Wim Mennes (b. Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1917; d. Noordwolde, 1996) composed ANTHEA for Petter's text in 1984 in Noordwolde, the Netherlands; his tune was selected by the Psalter Hymnal Revision Committee from among several tunes submitted as part of a hymn search for this text. He named the tune after a granddaughter.
Sing the stanzas of this bar-form tune (AABB') in unison, with organ trio style accompaniment, using manuals only, but sing the refrain in full harmony accompanied by a larger organ registration, including pedal. The refrain should be legato, with repeated notes tied; it also functions well at the beginning of the music. If you like, use the refrain separately as a chorus (possibly sung repeatedly) or as a frame around another psalm or hymn such as 34, 178, or 220.
Born into a family of musicians, Mennes graduated from the Conservatory of Amsterdam in 1941. He was organist in the Gereformeerde Church of Amsterdam South and in the Andreas Church of Zwolle and was a professor of music in a teachers' college in Zwolle. A writer of some fifty hymns, Mennes was a leader in promoting contemporary hymnody in the Netherlands.
--Psalter Hymnal Handbook
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