Bryn Calfaria ("

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Hill") is a

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hymn tune A hymn tune is the melody of a musical composition to which a hymn text is sung. Musically speaking, a hymn is generally understood to have four-part (or more) harmony, a fast harmonic rhythm (chords change frequently), with or without refrain ...

written in 8,7,8,7,4,4,4,7,7 meter. The melody by William Owen is used as a setting for several hymns, most notably the English hymn "Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor" by George Hugh Bourne and the Welsh hymn "Laudamus". The tune is reputed to have been originally written by Owen on a piece of slate whilst on his way to work at the

Dorothea quarry Dorothea quarry is a disused slate quarry in the Nantlle Valley area in North Wales. It covers a large area near the village of Talysarn and contains three flooded deep lakes. History Turner family The quarry commenced working in the earl ...

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. The melody was the basis for Channing Lefebvre's orchestral composition ''Measures on an Old Welsh Tune'', written in Nova Scotia in 1946 and premiered in Concord on December 7, 1947 by the

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Bryn Calfaria at Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary

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