Hymn #3

Notable features:

1. Meter: 10 10 10 10 (or any with 4 phrases between 8 and 10 syllables per phrase)
2. Form: ABAB
3. 2nd phrase ends in a Plagal cadence!
4. Final phrase starts after a full count of silence (on beat 2) and features a melisma in the tenor voice supporting a perceived phrase augmentation leading to the final cadence.
5. Final cadence is a variation on Plagal with a V in the bass voice.
6. Inspiration:
   • "Jesus is My Shepherd", by by Tammy Simister Robinson
   • "Valley of the Shadow", Little Women, Soundtrack by Thomas Newman
   • "We're Not Ashamed to Own Our Lord", Hymns, 57, Music by John Longhurst
7. Derivative works:
   • Remember Me, Bryan Amundson
   • The Lost Is Found, Jenny Whatcott

-Michael Whatcott