Word: hymned
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...brass and timpani gives them a sound that instantly captures an audience's attention. The chorale in the middle of the cantata was a good display of the near-infinite variety of Bach's accompaniments. That they were invented solely to alleviate the boredom of the same old hymn tunes is forgotten in their individual splendor...
...Hymn to Denver...
Voll is a staunch adherent of a small, New York-based band of some 40 Protestant pentecostalists who call themselves the New Testament Missionary Fellowship. The group's three-hour Sunday services, in a Manhattan apartment, include robust hymn fests and something called "dancing in the Spirit," a sprightly, solo two-step that expresses their spiritual joy. Otherwise, the fellowship is self-consciously prim. Men wear short haircuts and neat suits; women wear dresses that fall below the knee. Members eschew all nonmarital sex, hold regular jobs, tend to live close to one another as if in some kind...
...result is a bold piece of work-improvisatory, imaginative and thoroughly in keeping with the spirit of the toccatas of Bach that inspired it. In "Anne Boleyn," Wakeman starts out with the courtly use of an old English hymn, then progresses to a violently free-for-all jazz v. rock v. classics jamboree. In these and the other four movements, Wakeman writes in a manner that has the punch and power of rock combined with the taste and cohesion of traditional symphonic fare...
Nixon and his top aides, including Secretary of State Rogers and Presidential Adviser Henry Kissinger, wait at the head of a red carpet extending from the White House diplomatic entrance. After a trumpet fanfare, a military band plays the Hymn of the Soviet Union, followed by The Star-Spangled Banner...