Errata for the first edition of Grant me, God, the Gift of Singing

Should you find more errors, please, please, let me know. You may also want to look at the list of comments.

Tune 15=162=234=252, bar 11: The second c in the alto is a c-natural; we should have added a cautionary natural.

Hymn 7, stanza 5, line 4: “loosing” should be “losing”. [2010/6/27]

Hymn 13, bar 10 (the first bar on the second page): The a-sharp in the soprano should be an a-natural.

Hymn 14: The Danish title is Nu takker alle Gud.

Hymn 16, the third last bar: The last soprano note should be stem-up. [2007/10/24]

Hymn 23, the copyright notice for the text should have read: © Text copyright 1939, 1966 by E. C. Schirmer Music Company, a division of ECS Publishing, Boston, MA. Used by permission.

Hymn 33, stanza 6, lines 2 and 4: “thy” should be “your”.

Hymn 37, stanza 3, line 1: Capitalise “your”.

Hymn 70: The Danish title is En sød og liflig klang.

Hymn 97, stanza 5: The text printed with the music should not be a repeat of the refrain but identical to the text printed below the music.

Hymn 146, bar 8: the base note should be c-natural, not c-sharp.

Hymn 148, stanza 1, line 5: “seal” should be “zeal”.

Hymn 169, stanza 5, line 4: “it’s” should be “its”.

Hymn 179, the second last bar: The last set of alto/soprano notes should be d/f rather than a second e/g.

Hymn 203, bar 4: The first soprano note should be a quarter not an eighth.

Hymn 211, stanza 5, line 2: “draw” should be “draws”.

Hymn 223, stanza 11, line 4: “With” should not be capitalised.

Hymn 225, stanza 2, line 2: Capitalise “bethink”. [2007/11/14]

Hymn 232, bar 4: The first soprano note should be a quarter not an eighth.

Hymn 255/256, stanza 4, line 3: “doth” should be “dost”.

Hymn 255/256, stanza 5, line 3: “for evermore” should be “forevermore”.

Hymn 280, stanza 1, line 4: “You” should be “Your”.

Hymn 294, first line, last bar: The space before “free” is missing. This error cannot happen.

Hymn 302, stanza 3, second last line: Capitalise His and He’ll.

Hymn 305, stanza 2, last two lines: “You” should be “Your”.

Hymn 319, the Danish title should be Se, døden alle dage.

Hymn 335, bar 9: The tenor note should be a b rather than a g. [2019/10/11]

Hymn 340, stanza 4, line 5: Capitalise His.

Hymn 343, stanza 2, line 1: “loosing” should be “losing”. [2010/6/27]

Hymn 348, stanza 1, line 3: “’round to world” should be “’round the world”.

Hymn 352, second bar: The hyphens in “heav’n-ly” and “an-cient” are missing. This error cannot happen. [2008/1/21]

Hymn 356, stanza 3, line 7: Capitalise “your”. [2005/10/05]

Hymn 366: We unfortunately failed to obtain the translator’s permission to alter the text. We apologise for the error. The second edition of Grant me, God, the Gift of Singing substitutes an entirely new translation of Det er så yndigt at følges ad.

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