TALLIS' CANON
Stanza Arc
The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: Law (human weakness and vulnerability) to Gospel (God's eternal protection, forgiveness, and resurrection hope). Movement from evening penitence through divine instruction to peaceful rest and eschatological confidence.
Set to This Tune in The Lutheran Hymnal (1)
Notes on the Tune
From Hymn Desk's analyses of the hymns sung to it.
TLH 558, All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night : TALLIS' CANON (Thomas Tallis, 1567) — a round in which tenor follows soprano at the octave.