It was used for a variety of songs. Shakespeare references it through his character ... the tenor and church musician, William Hyman Cummings put Wesley’s century old hymn to Mendelssohn’s tune, and ...
Emphasizing the formative power of music and its influence on Catholics’ understanding and practice of the faith, that document warns that hymns with inaccurate or incomplete theology can lead ...
Now, some Catholics will have to do the same with the Index of Forbidden Music, Liturgical Division. Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City decreed Oct. 28 that a dozen hymns no longer be used ...
The short-lived decree, "Suggested Mass Settings and Prohibited Hymns," also named three composers whose music was not to be performed in the diocese due to credible allegations of sexual abuse ...
The popularity of concerts when aging rock or music stars visit illustrates that – the Boss (Bruce Springsteen ... whether it’s praising God in the words of one of the old classic hymns, or in a more ...
New Zealand hymn writer Shirley Erena Murray’s life and work is celebrated in a new biography by Anne Manchester: Peace is Her Song. You can hear hymns by Shirley Murray in this week’s programme. Read ...