{"id":115760,"date":"2021-03-01T22:42:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T03:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/?post_type=product&#038;p=115760"},"modified":"2024-03-19T08:07:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T12:07:52","slug":"what-wondrous-love-is-this-4","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/all-music\/artists\/christa-grix\/what-wondrous-love-is-this-4\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wondrous Love Is This"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Note from the arranger<\/h3>\n<p>This arrangement changes key from D Dorian to E Dorian. Although the composition was written for the pedal harp, it can easily be played on lever. There are 7 lever changes, but the tempo is slow enough that they can easily be made. The left hand is arpeggiated through the piece, and there are two harmonics in the right hand.<\/p>\n<p>The text and melody were first published together in the United States in The Southern Harmony, a book of shape note hymns compiled by William Walker in the mid-1800s, who noted that it was a popular old Southern tune. Samuel Barber composed a theme and variations for organ on this melody called Wondrous Love: Variations On A Shape Note Hymn in 1958, to dedicate a new organ at Christ Episcopal Church in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. What Wondrous Love was first included in a standard hymnal in 1966 by the United Methodist Book of Hymns.<\/p>\n<h3>Listen<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Wondrous Love Video\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f0_5RHpZuco?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-115760-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/What-Wondrous-Love.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/What-Wondrous-Love.mp3\">https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/What-Wondrous-Love.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Christa Grix has arranged the hymn &#8220;What Wondrous Love Is This&#8221; for solo lever or pedal harp. Says the arranger, &#8220;The haunting melody is derived from a popular 18th century English ballad about the pirate Captain Kidd. The melody is sung in Dorian mode, with a lowered third and seventh, giving the tune its quiet, austere quality.&#8221; This hymn is widely known and utilized by many denominations in the Lenten season. Scroll down for more notes from the arranger.<\/p>\n<p>This piece is a PDF download for\u00a0<strong>$8.00.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Length<\/em>: 6 pgs.<\/p>\n<p><em>Duration<\/em>: 4:00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":115761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[418],"product_tag":[695,477],"class_list":["post-115760","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-christa-grix","product_tag-easter","product_tag-harp-solo","pa_artist-grix-christa","pa_composer-traditional","pa_genre-sacred","pa_harp-type-harp-lever","pa_instrumentation-harp-solo","pa_level-intermediate","pa_occasion-church","pa_occasion-easter","first","instock","downloadable","virtual","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/115760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=115760"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=115760"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=115760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}