{"slug": "forest-green", "name": "FOREST GREEN", "meter_label": "8.6.8.6.D", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "composer_source": "English traditional", "arranger": "ralph-vaughan-williams", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "f", "mode": "major"}, "preferred_harmonization": "forest-green-eh1906", "provenance": {"layer": "tune", "source": "english-hymnal-1906", "source_kind": "plate_transcription", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "FOREST GREEN, English traditional melody (collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams from a Surrey singer as 'The Ploughboy's Dream'), published as a hymn tune in The English Hymnal, 1906, No. 15 ('O little town of Bethlehem'). Pre-1931 publication; US public domain. Hymnary.org tune authority forest_green_english (Public Domain, 312 instances; 15 pre-1931 incl. EH 1906 itself). Sung at #doreancon 2026 (Psalm 119 Yod).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"tune_auth": "forest_green_english", "total_instances": 312}}, "harmonization": {"slug": "forest-green-eh1906", "tune": "forest-green", "music_file": "forest-green-eh1906.ly", "harmonizer": "ralph-vaughan-williams", "arrangement_type": "harmonization", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "f", "mode": "major"}, "time": "4/4", "pickup": "4", "system_breaks": [17, 34, 53], "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": false, "refrain": null, "source_line": "FOREST GREEN, English traditional melody; setting from The English Hymnal, 1906. Public domain (US).", "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "english-hymnal-1906", "source_kind": "plate_transcription", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Four-voice setting of FOREST GREEN from The English Hymnal (1906), No. 15 (music ed. Ralph Vaughan Williams), transcribed at plate pitch (F major) from the archive.org scan; the plate's A-with-repeat + B + A' form written out in performance order A A B A', EH's minim pulse halved 2:1 into 4/4 (the KINGSFOLD import convention). Adversarially re-derived by an independent verifier 2026-08-13 (all 192 printed noteheads, every dot, slur, tie and both key signatures): its bass A' a,-d crotchet pair and tenor B-section c' corrections are plate-true, but the session also INTRODUCED two errors, both caught by the owner's physical-hymnal comparison and settled 2026-08-19 by pixel-measured re-reads of the scan (staff lines detected locally per region, notehead ink profiles registered against them): (1) soprano ordinal 65 \"corrected\" to c'' as a claimed A' final-line rise \u2014 the plate's head sits on the B line: bes'; the soprano's A' final phrase repeats the A phrase; corrected to bes'. (2) the B->A' join written as tied g/e across both pickup beats \u2014 the plate's two dyads are different chords, slurred not tied: beat 3 d-f (heads on the D/F lines), beat 4 e-g (heads in the E/G spaces), a walk-up (bass c-d-e-f, tenor e-f-g-a) with the moving pair slurred as the pickup-syllable melisma; corrected. The same session re-confirmed every other notehead of the A' final-phrase bar (the inner-voice enrichment T [c' a] / B [a, d] c c is genuine). EMENDED 2026-08-27 at the book owner's direction: the B section's underlay had used the plate's 4-note arc (section ordinals 9-12) with single syllables at 7 and 8, misplacing \"thy judg-ments\"; re-slurred to the plate's regular pair slurring 7-8/9-10/11-12 (each syllable over two quavers), the tenor c'-bes and bass d-e pairs slurred under the first as the plate has them. The 4-note arc serves only the seven-syllable stanza of the irregular words. Pitches, durations and ordinals unchanged. The repeat (A sung twice), the zero-accidental sweep, and the Hymnary authority incipit 511123234534312 (ordinals 1-15) all confirmed. Editorial resolutions documented in the .ly header (regular-meter slur set chosen from the plate's double 'Words irreg.' slurring; Org. pedal cue omitted). US-PD by pre-1931 publication (1906); RVW d. 1958, so NOT PD in UK/EU until 2029 \u2014 US-scope corpus.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "archive.org theenglishhymnal00milfuoft, leaf 57, plate transcription session 2026-08-12"}, "music_ly": "%% FOREST GREEN (D.C.M.), English traditional melody; four-voice setting\n%% from The English Hymnal, 1906, No. 15 (music ed. Ralph Vaughan Williams);\n%% plate transcription (archive.org theenglishhymnal00milfuoft leaf 57),\n%% session 2026-08-12. The plate prints A (with repeat dots) + B + A';\n%% written out here in performance order A A B A' with EH's minim pulse\n%% halved 2:1 into 4/4 (the KINGSFOLD import convention). The plate's\n%% \"Words irreg.\" double slurring (small pairs AND large 4-note arcs over\n%% the same notes) is resolved to the REGULAR 8.6.8.6 D underlay: soprano\n%% pair-slurs at section ordinals 6-7/8-9/13-14 in each A, pairs 1-2/5-6/\n%% 7-8/9-10/11-12 in B (the plate's 4-note arc 9-12 belongs to the\n%% seven-syllable stanza of the irregular words and is not used). At the B->A' join the plate's\n%% tenor and bass WALK under the held S/A unison c': bass c-(d-e)-f,\n%% tenor e-(f-g)-a, the moving pair slurred as a melisma on the pickup\n%% syllable. The plate's small \"Org.\" pedal cue under the final chord is\n%% omitted.\n%% Adversarially re-read against the plate 2026-08-13 (independent\n%% derivation, all 192 printed noteheads): the bass A' a,8 d8 pair and\n%% tenor B c'4 corrections from that session are plate-true, but the\n%% session also INTRODUCED two errors, both caught by the owner's\n%% physical-hymnal comparison and settled 2026-08-19 by pixel-measured\n%% re-reads of the archive.org scan (staff lines detected LOCALLY per\n%% region \u2014 page warp shifts them \u00b14px \u2014 with notehead ink profiles\n%% registered against them):\n%% (1) soprano ord 65 \"corrected\" to c'' as a claimed A' final-line\n%% rise \u2014 the plate's head sits ON the B line: bes'; the A' final\n%% phrase repeats the A phrase in the soprano. Corrected to bes'.\n%% (2) the B->A' join written as TIED g/e across both pickup beats \u2014\n%% the plate's two dyads are different chords, slurred not tied:\n%% beat 3 is d-f (heads ON the D/F lines; blank paper at rows where\n%% an e-g upper head must leave ink), beat 4 is e-g (heads IN the\n%% E/G spaces; blank paper below the D line). Corrected to the\n%% walk-up f4( g4) over d4( e4).\n%% The same measurement session confirmed every other notehead of the\n%% A' final-phrase bar (T bes [c' a] c' [c' bes]; B g, [a, d] c c \u2014\n%% the A' inner-voice enrichment is genuine).\n%% EMENDED 2026-08-27 at the book owner's direction: the B section had\n%% been encoded with the plate's 4-note arc (ords 9-12, one syllable\n%% f'-g'-a'-bes') and singles at ords 7 and 8, which put \"thy judg-ments\"\n%% on the wrong notes. The regular eight-syllable underlay is the plate's\n%% pair slurring: a'( g') f'( g') a'( bes') \u2014 each of those syllables\n%% spans two quavers \u2014 with the tenor c'( bes) and bass d( e) pairs\n%% slurred under the first of them exactly as the plate slurs them.\n%% Pitches, durations and ordinals unchanged.\n%% Public domain (US; The English Hymnal, pub. 1906).\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key f \\major \\time 4/4 \\partial 4 }\n\nsoprano = {\n  c'4 f'4 f'4 f'4 g'4 a'8( g'8) a'8( bes'8) c''4 a'4 bes'4 a'8( f'8) g'4 g'4 f'2. c'4 f'4 f'4 f'4 g'4 a'8( g'8) a'8( bes'8) c''4 a'4 bes'4 a'8( f'8) g'4 g'4 f'2. f'8( a'8) c''4. d''8 c''8( bes'8) a'8( g'8) f'8( g'8) a'8( bes'8) c''4 c'4 f'4 a'4 g'4 f'4 c'2 c'2 f'4 f'4 f'4 g'4 a'8( g'8) a'8( bes'8) c''4 a'4 bes'4 a'8( f'8) g'4 g'4 f'2.\n}\nalto = {\n  c'4 c'4 d'4 c'4 d'8( e'8) f'4 f'4 e'4 d'4 d'4 f'4 f'4 e'4 f'2. c'4 c'4 d'4 c'4 d'8( e'8) f'4 f'4 e'4 d'4 d'4 f'4 f'4 e'4 f'2. f'4 e'4. d'8 e'4 c'4 c'4 f'4 e'4 c'4 c'4 c'4 bes4 a8( bes8) c'2 c'2 c'4 d'4 c'4 d'8( e'8) f'4 f'4 e'4 d'4 d'4 f'4 f'4 e'4 f'2.\n}\ntenor = {\n  g4 a4 bes4 c'4 bes4 c'4 f4 g4 f4 bes4 c'4 d'4 c'8 bes8 a2. g4 a4 bes4 c'4 bes4 c'4 f4 g4 f4 bes4 c'4 d'4 c'8 bes8 a2. a4 a4. f8 c'4 c'8( bes8) a4 f4 g4 e4 f4 f4 d8( e8) f4 e2 f4( g4) a4 bes4 c'4 bes4 c'4 f4 g4 f4 bes4 c'8 a8 c'4 c'8 bes8 a2.\n}\nbass = {\n  e4 f4 bes4 a4 g4 f4 d4 c4 d4 g,4 a,4 bes,4 c4 f2. e4 f4 bes4 a4 g4 f4 d4 c4 d4 g,4 a,4 bes,4 c4 f2. d4 a,4. bes,8 c4 d8( e8) f4 d4 c4 c8( bes,8) a,4 f,4 bes,4 d4 c2 d4( e4) f4 bes4 a4 g4 f4 d4 c4 d4 g,4 a,8 d8 c4 c4 f2.\n}\n"}, "harmonizations": [{"slug": "forest-green-eh1906", "tune": "forest-green", "music_file": "forest-green-eh1906.ly", "harmonizer": "ralph-vaughan-williams", "arrangement_type": "harmonization", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "f", "mode": "major"}, "time": "4/4", "pickup": "4", "system_breaks": [17, 34, 53], "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": false, "refrain": null, "source_line": "FOREST GREEN, English traditional melody; setting from The English Hymnal, 1906. Public domain (US).", "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "english-hymnal-1906", "source_kind": "plate_transcription", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Four-voice setting of FOREST GREEN from The English Hymnal (1906), No. 15 (music ed. Ralph Vaughan Williams), transcribed at plate pitch (F major) from the archive.org scan; the plate's A-with-repeat + B + A' form written out in performance order A A B A', EH's minim pulse halved 2:1 into 4/4 (the KINGSFOLD import convention). Adversarially re-derived by an independent verifier 2026-08-13 (all 192 printed noteheads, every dot, slur, tie and both key signatures): its bass A' a,-d crotchet pair and tenor B-section c' corrections are plate-true, but the session also INTRODUCED two errors, both caught by the owner's physical-hymnal comparison and settled 2026-08-19 by pixel-measured re-reads of the scan (staff lines detected locally per region, notehead ink profiles registered against them): (1) soprano ordinal 65 \"corrected\" to c'' as a claimed A' final-line rise \u2014 the plate's head sits on the B line: bes'; the soprano's A' final phrase repeats the A phrase; corrected to bes'. (2) the B->A' join written as tied g/e across both pickup beats \u2014 the plate's two dyads are different chords, slurred not tied: beat 3 d-f (heads on the D/F lines), beat 4 e-g (heads in the E/G spaces), a walk-up (bass c-d-e-f, tenor e-f-g-a) with the moving pair slurred as the pickup-syllable melisma; corrected. The same session re-confirmed every other notehead of the A' final-phrase bar (the inner-voice enrichment T [c' a] / B [a, d] c c is genuine). EMENDED 2026-08-27 at the book owner's direction: the B section's underlay had used the plate's 4-note arc (section ordinals 9-12) with single syllables at 7 and 8, misplacing \"thy judg-ments\"; re-slurred to the plate's regular pair slurring 7-8/9-10/11-12 (each syllable over two quavers), the tenor c'-bes and bass d-e pairs slurred under the first as the plate has them. The 4-note arc serves only the seven-syllable stanza of the irregular words. Pitches, durations and ordinals unchanged. The repeat (A sung twice), the zero-accidental sweep, and the Hymnary authority incipit 511123234534312 (ordinals 1-15) all confirmed. Editorial resolutions documented in the .ly header (regular-meter slur set chosen from the plate's double 'Words irreg.' slurring; Org. pedal cue omitted). US-PD by pre-1931 publication (1906); RVW d. 1958, so NOT PD in UK/EU until 2029 \u2014 US-scope corpus.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "archive.org theenglishhymnal00milfuoft, leaf 57, plate transcription session 2026-08-12"}, "music_ly": "%% FOREST GREEN (D.C.M.), English traditional melody; four-voice setting\n%% from The English Hymnal, 1906, No. 15 (music ed. Ralph Vaughan Williams);\n%% plate transcription (archive.org theenglishhymnal00milfuoft leaf 57),\n%% session 2026-08-12. The plate prints A (with repeat dots) + B + A';\n%% written out here in performance order A A B A' with EH's minim pulse\n%% halved 2:1 into 4/4 (the KINGSFOLD import convention). The plate's\n%% \"Words irreg.\" double slurring (small pairs AND large 4-note arcs over\n%% the same notes) is resolved to the REGULAR 8.6.8.6 D underlay: soprano\n%% pair-slurs at section ordinals 6-7/8-9/13-14 in each A, pairs 1-2/5-6/\n%% 7-8/9-10/11-12 in B (the plate's 4-note arc 9-12 belongs to the\n%% seven-syllable stanza of the irregular words and is not used). At the B->A' join the plate's\n%% tenor and bass WALK under the held S/A unison c': bass c-(d-e)-f,\n%% tenor e-(f-g)-a, the moving pair slurred as a melisma on the pickup\n%% syllable. The plate's small \"Org.\" pedal cue under the final chord is\n%% omitted.\n%% Adversarially re-read against the plate 2026-08-13 (independent\n%% derivation, all 192 printed noteheads): the bass A' a,8 d8 pair and\n%% tenor B c'4 corrections from that session are plate-true, but the\n%% session also INTRODUCED two errors, both caught by the owner's\n%% physical-hymnal comparison and settled 2026-08-19 by pixel-measured\n%% re-reads of the archive.org scan (staff lines detected LOCALLY per\n%% region \u2014 page warp shifts them \u00b14px \u2014 with notehead ink profiles\n%% registered against them):\n%% (1) soprano ord 65 \"corrected\" to c'' as a claimed A' final-line\n%% rise \u2014 the plate's head sits ON the B line: bes'; the A' final\n%% phrase repeats the A phrase in the soprano. Corrected to bes'.\n%% (2) the B->A' join written as TIED g/e across both pickup beats \u2014\n%% the plate's two dyads are different chords, slurred not tied:\n%% beat 3 is d-f (heads ON the D/F lines; blank paper at rows where\n%% an e-g upper head must leave ink), beat 4 is e-g (heads IN the\n%% E/G spaces; blank paper below the D line). Corrected to the\n%% walk-up f4( g4) over d4( e4).\n%% The same measurement session confirmed every other notehead of the\n%% A' final-phrase bar (T bes [c' a] c' [c' bes]; B g, [a, d] c c \u2014\n%% the A' inner-voice enrichment is genuine).\n%% EMENDED 2026-08-27 at the book owner's direction: the B section had\n%% been encoded with the plate's 4-note arc (ords 9-12, one syllable\n%% f'-g'-a'-bes') and singles at ords 7 and 8, which put \"thy judg-ments\"\n%% on the wrong notes. The regular eight-syllable underlay is the plate's\n%% pair slurring: a'( g') f'( g') a'( bes') \u2014 each of those syllables\n%% spans two quavers \u2014 with the tenor c'( bes) and bass d( e) pairs\n%% slurred under the first of them exactly as the plate slurs them.\n%% Pitches, durations and ordinals unchanged.\n%% Public domain (US; The English Hymnal, pub. 1906).\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key f \\major \\time 4/4 \\partial 4 }\n\nsoprano = {\n  c'4 f'4 f'4 f'4 g'4 a'8( g'8) a'8( bes'8) c''4 a'4 bes'4 a'8( f'8) g'4 g'4 f'2. c'4 f'4 f'4 f'4 g'4 a'8( g'8) a'8( bes'8) c''4 a'4 bes'4 a'8( f'8) g'4 g'4 f'2. f'8( a'8) c''4. d''8 c''8( bes'8) a'8( g'8) f'8( g'8) a'8( bes'8) c''4 c'4 f'4 a'4 g'4 f'4 c'2 c'2 f'4 f'4 f'4 g'4 a'8( g'8) a'8( bes'8) c''4 a'4 bes'4 a'8( f'8) g'4 g'4 f'2.\n}\nalto = {\n  c'4 c'4 d'4 c'4 d'8( e'8) f'4 f'4 e'4 d'4 d'4 f'4 f'4 e'4 f'2. c'4 c'4 d'4 c'4 d'8( e'8) f'4 f'4 e'4 d'4 d'4 f'4 f'4 e'4 f'2. f'4 e'4. d'8 e'4 c'4 c'4 f'4 e'4 c'4 c'4 c'4 bes4 a8( bes8) c'2 c'2 c'4 d'4 c'4 d'8( e'8) f'4 f'4 e'4 d'4 d'4 f'4 f'4 e'4 f'2.\n}\ntenor = {\n  g4 a4 bes4 c'4 bes4 c'4 f4 g4 f4 bes4 c'4 d'4 c'8 bes8 a2. g4 a4 bes4 c'4 bes4 c'4 f4 g4 f4 bes4 c'4 d'4 c'8 bes8 a2. a4 a4. f8 c'4 c'8( bes8) a4 f4 g4 e4 f4 f4 d8( e8) f4 e2 f4( g4) a4 bes4 c'4 bes4 c'4 f4 g4 f4 bes4 c'8 a8 c'4 c'8 bes8 a2.\n}\nbass = {\n  e4 f4 bes4 a4 g4 f4 d4 c4 d4 g,4 a,4 bes,4 c4 f2. e4 f4 bes4 a4 g4 f4 d4 c4 d4 g,4 a,4 bes,4 c4 f2. d4 a,4. bes,8 c4 d8( e8) f4 d4 c4 c8( bes,8) a,4 f,4 bes,4 d4 c2 d4( e4) f4 bes4 a4 g4 f4 d4 c4 d4 g,4 a,8 d8 c4 c4 f2.\n}\n", "preferred": true}], "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}