Hymn #4

Notable features:

1. Meter: CMD
2. Form: AABA
3. Wanders freely between e-minor and G-major before settling on G-major in the end.
4. Sparse use of 8th note non-harmonic tones.
5. Each phrase but the 3rd ends in a cadence including suspension-like resolutions.
6. The third phrase cadence, lacking suspensions, only lasts 2 counts, moving directly to the 4th and final phrase after two counts.
7. The final phrase features novel tenor leaps leading to an authentic cadence with a plagal extension.
8. Inspiration:
   • Upon the Cross of Calvary
   • Easter Hosannah
   • Father, This Hour Has Been One of Joy
   • How Long, O Lord Most Holy and True
9. Derivative Works:
   • The Gathering of Israel, Michael Whatcott
   • The Atonement of Christ, Dirk Whatcott

-Michael Whatcott