{"slug": "auld-lang-syne", "name": "AULD LANG SYNE", "meter_label": "8.6.8.6.D", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "composer_source": "Scottish traditional", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "f", "mode": "major"}, "preferred_harmonization": "auld-lang-syne-cyberhymnal", "provenance": {"layer": "tune", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "AULD LANG SYNE, traditional Scottish air (the standard tune joined to Burns's text in Thomson's Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs, 1799). As a hymn tune in American use from at least the 1840s; Hymnary.org tune authority auld_lang_syne ('Scotch melody', C.M., Public Domain; 145 instances per the authority record, ~124 pre-1931). Imported in the full doubled (verse + chorus-strain) form, 8.6.8.6 D \u2014 the form printed as 'Auld Lang Syne. C.M. Double' in Sacred Songs for Public Worship (1883) and sung at #doreancon 2026 (Psalm 119 Tet). With the ordinal-15/43 emendation noted on the harmonization, the soprano matches the Hymnary authority incipit 511132123113566 digit-for-digit.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"tune_auth": "auld_lang_syne", "total_instances": 145}}, "harmonization": {"slug": "auld-lang-syne-cyberhymnal", "tune": "auld-lang-syne", "music_file": "auld-lang-syne-cyberhymnal.ly", "harmonizer": null, "arrangement_type": "harmonization", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "f", "mode": "major"}, "time": "4/4", "pickup": "4", "system_breaks": [14, 28, 42], "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": false, "refrain": null, "source_line": "AULD LANG SYNE, traditional Scottish air; four-part setting from the Cyber Hymnal encoding. Public domain.", "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Standard four-part setting of AULD LANG SYNE as sung in pre-1931 American hymnals and songbooks. Encoded exactly from The Cyber Hymnal NWC (AuldLangSyne(short).nwc, SongInfo Copyright 'Public Domain'), decompressed and converted record-by-record (no MIDI quantization); adversarially verified 2026-08-12: all 56 chord columns of all four voices match the CH engraving. Cross-checked against an independent pre-1931 printing, Sacred Songs for Public Worship (1883), Nos. 81-85, headed 'Auld Lang Syne. C.M. Double': the chorus strain (soprano ordinals 29-42) is IDENTICAL in all four voices, the verse substantially the same setting with documented position-level variants (see the refutation report, session 2026-08-12). EMENDATION: the CH melody's f'' phrase-pair pickups (soprano ordinals 15 and 43) are emended to d'', the reading of the 1883 printing, the Hymnary authority incipit, and the majority of pre-1931 instances. All musical components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "The Cyber Hymnal, AuldLangSyne(short).nwc (2-staff chorded SATB), exact NWC text-record conversion, session 2026-08-12", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication"}, "music_ly": "%% AULD LANG SYNE (traditional Scottish air), four-voice setting\n%% Converted from The Cyber Hymnal NWC encoding (AuldLangSyne(short).nwc) via\n%% the exact NWC text-record parser (scratchpad nwc2voices.py, session 2026-08-12)\n%% Music: traditional Scottish air; four-part setting per the Cyber Hymnal\n%% (marked Public Domain there), verified note-for-note against the CH\n%% engraving. EMENDATION: the CH melody's f'' pickups at soprano ordinals\n%% 15 and 43 are emended to d'' \u2014 the reading of Sacred Songs for Public\n%% Worship (1883) No. 81, the Hymnary authority incipit (511132123113566),\n%% 137 of 148 Hymnary instance rows, and the #doreancon 2026 performance.\n%% Public domain.\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key f \\major \\time 4/4 \\partial 4 }\n\nsoprano = {\n  c'4 f'4. f'8 f'4 a'4 g'4. f'8 g'4 a'4 f'4. f'8 a'4 c''4 d''2. d''4 c''4. a'8 a'4 f'4 g'4. f'8 g'4 a'4 f'4. d'8 d'4 c'4 f'2. d''4 c''4. a'8 a'4 f'4 g'4. f'8 g'4 d''4 c''4. a'8 a'4 c''4 d''2. d''4 c''4. a'8 a'4 f'4 g'4. f'8 g'4 a'4 f'4. d'8 d'4 c'4 f'2.\n}\nalto = {\n  c'4 c'4. c'8 c'4 f'4 e'4. d'8 e'4 e'4 f'4. f'8 f'4 f'4 f'2. f'4 f'4. f'8 f'4 f'4 e'4. d'8 e'4 c'4 d'4. bes8 bes4 bes4 a2. f'4 f'4. f'8 f'4 f'4 e'4. d'8 e'4 e'4 f'4. f'8 f'4 f'4 f'2. f'4 f'4. f'8 f'4 f'4 e'4. d'8 e'4 e'4 d'4. bes8 bes4 bes4 a2.\n}\ntenor = {\n  a4 a4. a8 a4 c'4 c'4. c'8 c'4 bes4 a4. a8 c'4 a4 bes2. bes4 a4. c'8 c'4 a4 c'4. c'8 c'4 e4 f4. f8 f4 e4 f2. bes4 a4. c'8 c'4 a4 c'4. c'8 c'4 bes4 a4. c'8 c'4 a4 bes2. bes4 a4. c'8 c'4 a4 c'4. c'8 c'4 e4 f4. f8 f4 e4 f2.\n}\nbass = {\n  f4 f4. f8 f4 f4 c4. c8 c4 c4 f4. f8 f4 f4 bes,2. d4 f4. f8 f4 f4 c4. c8 c4 c4 d4. bes,8 bes,4 c4 f,2. f4 f4. f8 f4 f4 c4. c8 c4 c4 f4. f8 f4 f4 bes,2. d4 f4. f8 f4 f4 c4. c8 c4 c4 d4. bes,8 bes,4 c4 f,2.\n}\n"}, "harmonizations": [{"slug": "auld-lang-syne-cyberhymnal", "tune": "auld-lang-syne", "music_file": "auld-lang-syne-cyberhymnal.ly", "harmonizer": null, "arrangement_type": "harmonization", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "f", "mode": "major"}, "time": "4/4", "pickup": "4", "system_breaks": [14, 28, 42], "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": false, "refrain": null, "source_line": "AULD LANG SYNE, traditional Scottish air; four-part setting from the Cyber Hymnal encoding. Public domain.", "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Standard four-part setting of AULD LANG SYNE as sung in pre-1931 American hymnals and songbooks. Encoded exactly from The Cyber Hymnal NWC (AuldLangSyne(short).nwc, SongInfo Copyright 'Public Domain'), decompressed and converted record-by-record (no MIDI quantization); adversarially verified 2026-08-12: all 56 chord columns of all four voices match the CH engraving. Cross-checked against an independent pre-1931 printing, Sacred Songs for Public Worship (1883), Nos. 81-85, headed 'Auld Lang Syne. C.M. Double': the chorus strain (soprano ordinals 29-42) is IDENTICAL in all four voices, the verse substantially the same setting with documented position-level variants (see the refutation report, session 2026-08-12). EMENDATION: the CH melody's f'' phrase-pair pickups (soprano ordinals 15 and 43) are emended to d'', the reading of the 1883 printing, the Hymnary authority incipit, and the majority of pre-1931 instances. All musical components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "The Cyber Hymnal, AuldLangSyne(short).nwc (2-staff chorded SATB), exact NWC text-record conversion, session 2026-08-12", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication"}, "music_ly": "%% AULD LANG SYNE (traditional Scottish air), four-voice setting\n%% Converted from The Cyber Hymnal NWC encoding (AuldLangSyne(short).nwc) via\n%% the exact NWC text-record parser (scratchpad nwc2voices.py, session 2026-08-12)\n%% Music: traditional Scottish air; four-part setting per the Cyber Hymnal\n%% (marked Public Domain there), verified note-for-note against the CH\n%% engraving. EMENDATION: the CH melody's f'' pickups at soprano ordinals\n%% 15 and 43 are emended to d'' \u2014 the reading of Sacred Songs for Public\n%% Worship (1883) No. 81, the Hymnary authority incipit (511132123113566),\n%% 137 of 148 Hymnary instance rows, and the #doreancon 2026 performance.\n%% Public domain.\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key f \\major \\time 4/4 \\partial 4 }\n\nsoprano = {\n  c'4 f'4. f'8 f'4 a'4 g'4. f'8 g'4 a'4 f'4. f'8 a'4 c''4 d''2. d''4 c''4. a'8 a'4 f'4 g'4. f'8 g'4 a'4 f'4. d'8 d'4 c'4 f'2. d''4 c''4. a'8 a'4 f'4 g'4. f'8 g'4 d''4 c''4. a'8 a'4 c''4 d''2. d''4 c''4. a'8 a'4 f'4 g'4. f'8 g'4 a'4 f'4. d'8 d'4 c'4 f'2.\n}\nalto = {\n  c'4 c'4. c'8 c'4 f'4 e'4. d'8 e'4 e'4 f'4. f'8 f'4 f'4 f'2. f'4 f'4. f'8 f'4 f'4 e'4. d'8 e'4 c'4 d'4. bes8 bes4 bes4 a2. f'4 f'4. f'8 f'4 f'4 e'4. d'8 e'4 e'4 f'4. f'8 f'4 f'4 f'2. f'4 f'4. f'8 f'4 f'4 e'4. d'8 e'4 e'4 d'4. bes8 bes4 bes4 a2.\n}\ntenor = {\n  a4 a4. a8 a4 c'4 c'4. c'8 c'4 bes4 a4. a8 c'4 a4 bes2. bes4 a4. c'8 c'4 a4 c'4. c'8 c'4 e4 f4. f8 f4 e4 f2. bes4 a4. c'8 c'4 a4 c'4. c'8 c'4 bes4 a4. c'8 c'4 a4 bes2. bes4 a4. c'8 c'4 a4 c'4. c'8 c'4 e4 f4. f8 f4 e4 f2.\n}\nbass = {\n  f4 f4. f8 f4 f4 c4. c8 c4 c4 f4. f8 f4 f4 bes,2. d4 f4. f8 f4 f4 c4. c8 c4 c4 d4. bes,8 bes,4 c4 f,2. f4 f4. f8 f4 f4 c4. c8 c4 c4 f4. f8 f4 f4 bes,2. d4 f4. f8 f4 f4 c4. c8 c4 c4 d4. bes,8 bes,4 c4 f,2.\n}\n", "preferred": true}], "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}