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Latest revision as of 03:56, 28 July 2007
History
Traditionally, in the early days of hymns, lyrics and tunes were separate. One would pick a set of lyrics and pick a tune to match its poetic meter. Today, however, each set of lyrics is usually sung to a certain tune (sometimes more than one, but still a rather small amount of tunes).
