Word: hymnals
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Blessed & Peaceful. Pastor Harris, who writes a religion column in the Atlanta Journal, has blown up a storm among his readers with the news that, at the recent Southeastern Methodist Conference, the Committee on Hymnology petitioned the Methodist General Conference to authorize a new hymnal that they hope will omit such oldtime gospel hymns as What a Friend We Have in Jesus and Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine. Musically, said the committee, they are difficult to sing; theologically they are inadequate...
...Luther, a prolific composer, himself handed down the most famous Lutheran hymn: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God. Bach is the pride of musical Lutherans, and the tradition continues. Just off the press, with a sellout first edition of 635,000 copies, is a brand-new Service Book and Hymnal more than twelve years in the making, with 602 hymns, many of them...
...committee at work on a new hymnal for U.S. Congregational churches turned up a Hungarian hymn, written nearly 300 years ago, that is ripe for revival. Excerpt from Hymn of the Hungarian Galley Slaves...
Painters and architects have for years been giving a contemporary look to liturgy. Composers and poets, while slower, have also produced some of their wares in church. A new example is a slim hymnal published last week...
...Music, whose work has been performed by the Philadelphia and Louis ville Orchestras, Philadelphia-born Persi chetti is also editor of the small music publishing house Elkan-Vogel, which has published his paperbound Hymns and Responses for the Church Year ($1). An eclectic churchgoer himself, Persichetti expects his hymnal to appeal to adven turous congregations of all Protestant denominations. Choir directors at Lu theran, Presbyterian and Episcopalian churches have already indicated interest...