Includes histories of hymns and biographical information on the hymn writers.
Contains 136 rare pictures of authors composers and famous churches, with biographies of thier authors/ composers as well as hymns and music itself. Wonderful book for the musical history fan.
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Over one million copies sold! Have you ever wanted to learn more about hymns, but weren't sure where to start? Bestselling author Robert J. Morgan shares the incredible stories behind...
The Complete Book of Hymns brings to life the stories behind more than 600 hymns and worship songs.
mong the musicians commemorated in Westminster Abbey, George Frederic Handel shares a space near William Croft (1678–1727), and, as Handel adorned the vaults of the world with his “Hallelujah Chorus,” Croft's memorial inscription does ...
Never before has the rich history of our hymn singing traditions been told through the story of our beloved music and its writers . Chas . Hallberg , Publisher One Hundred & One Famous Hymns , is truly a magnificent book .
Elisha Hoffman, one of the most popular heroes of the Gospel song era, wrote both words and music. I've enjoyed tracking down little newspaper accounts here and there of the old hymnists like Hoffman. In an old newspaper published in ...
George S. Barrett, 1891). Of one, C. H. Bateman's The Children's Hymnal ... Harriet Auber's “Our blest Redeemer, ere He breathed,” and classic ones such as Thomas Ken's “Awake, my soul, and with the sun.” As befits the mood of the late ...