The U.S. bishops voted to approve close to 300 new hymn texts for the Liturgy of the Hours. The Nov. 12 vote was 205-5 with two abstentions. The proposal needed two-thirds of the Latin-rite bishops to ...
Collected and Arranged by NEHEMIAH ADAMS, D.D. Boston : Ticknor & Fields. THE Rev. Dr. Bushnell, in August, 1852, delivered an address upon “Religious Music” before the Beethoven Society of Yale ...
Hymns are “important in the history of ideas, the formation of culture, and the inner life of individual readers,” J. R. Watson reminds us in this time when the disciplines of hymn writing and singing ...
John Mason Neale was best known for his work in church music. He wrote and translated many hymns that are still sung today. His music had deep spiritual meaning and a gentle, peaceful tone. Some of ...
Like many Methodists, Leon French grew up believing some of his favorite hymns were set to tunes of drinking songs – just as “The Star-Spangled Banner” used the melody of English tavern favorite “To ...
When was ‘Guide me, O thou great Redeemer’ written, and by whom? We explore the Welsh hymn’s origins, meaning, and lyrics. The beloved 18th-century Welsh hymn ‘Guide me, O thou great Redeemer’ (also ...
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