Arfon is a traditional Welsh hymn tune which exists with major and minor variants.
General information
The hymn tune Arfon originates as a Welsh folk tune of six lines (with the second couplet
duplicate of the firstbeing omitted), but it was adapted into a French hymn tune as the eight-line tune known today.
In its major form, it can be used as an alternative tune for the
Ascensiontide
The Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus Christ, also called Ascension Day, Ascension Thursday, or sometimes Holy Thursday, commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of Jesus into heaven. It is one of the ecumenical (i.e., shared by ...
hymn ''Hail, Thou once despised Jesus''. In its minor form, it is the tune for the
Passiontide
Passiontide (in the Christian liturgical year) is a name for the last two weeks of Lent, beginning on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, long celebrated as Passion Sunday, and continuing through Lazarus Saturday. The second week of Passiontide is Holy Wee ...
hymn ''Man of sorrows, wrapt in grief'' by
Matthew Bridges
Matthew Bridges (14 July 1800 – 6 October 1894) was a British-Canadian hymnodist.
Life
Bridges was born in Essex, England on 14 July 1800, the youngest son of John Bridges of Maldon, Essex and brother of the Rev Charles Bridges, a priest of th ...
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Music
Major
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Minor
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References
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Hymn tunes