Post by LarryPost by DonPost by LarryPost by s***@here.nowDoes anyone know where to get the origional "Morning Has Broken" score
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Post by DonPost by LarryThe reason you're having trouble finding the score is because the
original
Post by DonPost by Larryscore was by Cat Stevens, not Rick Wakeman.
This was "originally" a hymn, or a folk song turned into a hymn. At
any rate it can be found in many hymnals, among them the 1955 (Maroon)
Presbyterian Hymnal.
This might not be the arrangement being looked for, but it has the
tune, the words and a harmonization....
When I was very young (believe it or not, it was once true) I recall vaguely
a piece called "Morgenstein" (Remember, I was very young, I couldn't spell
then.) I don't recall who wrote it, but memory from half a century seems
like it was the same tune.
Gerry
as to aquiring wakeman's > arrangement < hmm, wouldn't hold my breath.
did some digging - ahh, search engines :) - and found OP's source (?) -
"This was a gentle album of hymns played on the piano and in the same
style as Christmas Variations. I think this as an album worth having if
you have a faith and want something a little different in your
collection." <- Rick Wakeman's liner notes to "Morning Has Broken (2000)
.. variations on favourite hymns".
here -> http://www.rwcc.com/rwcc/code/title_detail.asp?int_titleID=125
('abide with me'; 'all people that on earth do dwell' > fourteen tracks)
the tune, well-known, is usually referred to as 'an old gaelic melody'.
the lyrics, familiar to most?, 'eleanor farjeon, 1931 (1881 - 1965)';
who she, you may ask? -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Farjeon
now, further to that hymn, she took inspiration/s from Psalm 118 v 24.
as is always the case w/hymns, other lyrics do exist; in gaelic, here.
< 'morgenstein' .. hmm .. nothing so far, i fear .. anyone else? .. >
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