Subject: Re: (urth) A Thousand Ages
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 17:04:45 -0600
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Matthew writes:
> Yes, it's based on Psalm 90. It's Isaac Watts'=20
> versification of the psalm, made when the Puritan=20
> faction was demanding that only the psalms be=20
> sung in churches. These days, Roman Catholics=20
> avail themselves of the rich heritage of Protestant=20
> hymnody, when they bother to sing hymns at all=20
> (as opposed to bad "folk" music).
Wolfe talks about that hymn in an essay in _Castle of Days_. Mind you, =
Wolfe didn't grow up Roman Catholic, did he? He may well have been =
familiar with the song (which is a pretty popular one and shows up in a =
ton of hymnals) from his youth.
John
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Matthew writes:
> Yes, it's based on Psalm 90. It's Isaac =
Watts'
> versification of the psalm, made when the Puritan
> faction was demanding that only the psalms be
> sung in churches. These days, Roman Catholics
> avail themselves of the rich heritage of Protestant
> hymnody, when they bother to sing hymns at all
> (as opposed to bad "folk" music).
Wolfe talks about that hymn in an essay in _Castle of Days_. =
Mind=20
you, Wolfe didn't grow up Roman Catholic, did he? He may well have =
been=20
familiar with the song (which is a pretty popular one and shows up in a =
ton of=20
hymnals) from his youth.
John
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