This majestic setting of O Worship the King is perfect
for a prelude, offertory, special, postlude, or other
use in a church service. One thing that struck me when
I arranged it was the similarly between this tune
(probably by Haydn’s brother) and a tune from the
second movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. I try
to make this similarity very apparent in the fourth
run-through of this hymn. I don’t have a tempo
marking listed for measure 82, but don’t go too fast!
In fact, go as slo...(+)
This majestic setting of O Worship the King is perfect
for a prelude, offertory, special, postlude, or other
use in a church service. One thing that struck me when
I arranged it was the similarly between this tune
(probably by Haydn’s brother) and a tune from the
second movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. I try
to make this similarity very apparent in the fourth
run-through of this hymn. I don’t have a tempo
marking listed for measure 82, but don’t go too fast!
In fact, go as slowly as you need to play the notes
well, and you may even want to go slower. The second
movement of a symphony is always slow, and the way this
part of the piece is arranged, it should be too.
This arrangement isn’t too difficult (compared with
others; I don’t know how hard it is for you
personally), but if you need to make it a little
easier, you can always just play the top notes of the
octaves from 82-97. Also, you can just play a quarter
note in the left hand at m. 81, instead of doing the
tremolo. However, if you’re good enough to play the
piece as written, play it all as-is to produce the full
effect.
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