Many of the songs posted here at Easter by commentators were ones I didn’t know because I’ve only been playing since 1997 at churches where the more traditional songs have been largely left behind – no organs don’t you know.
The text is early 16th century by Jean Tisserand translated by John M Neale in 1851 and based on Matthew 28 and John 20. The music is O FILI ET FILLAE – a seventeenth century French tune.
I’m doing backings for these old songs to familiarise myself with them as I suspect I’m one of the few church musician who doesn’t know these songs.
Hymnary has all the details and links to sheet music – it notes this song is in 149 hymnals!
My backing is an attempt to avoid the dodgy church organ VST plug ins and is meant to sound vaguely of the period – such as BIAB can manage.
Like wow…