Triple Metre in Song
There are many classical songs in triple metre. Bist du bei mir, from Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (but the melody originally by Stölzel) is in triple metre; Bach's Jesu, joy of man's desiring is an interesting composite with the melody marked in a compound triple 9/8 and the underlying harmony in 3/4.
Franz Schubert composed several lieder in triple time, including, from his 1824 set Die Schöne Müllerin, the songs Am Feierabend, Der Müller und der Bach, Des Müllers Blumen, Halt!, Morgengruss, Tränenregen and Ungeduld.
In hymns and other religious works it is still common, with tunes such as Dave Bilborough's Abba, Father following from more traditional melodies such as Slane (adapted form a traditional Irish melody), Cloisters (written in the 16th Century), and Amazing Grace.
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