hymn tune
melody of a musical composition to which a hymn text is sung
folk chorals
type of hymn-tune with roots in traditional music
Alma Redemptoris Mater
loving Mother of our Redemer
Te Deum
1680s–90s composition by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
chorale
German Protestant church hymn, and several musical forms (e.g. organ chorale, four-part chorale) derived from it
Lutheran chorale
musical setting of a Lutheran hymn