Mormon Life - Hymns tag

Have I Done Any Good? Official Music Video ft. Alex Boye & Carmen Rasmusen Herbert

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:56:00 -0600

source: youtube.com

Mormon Life says: Beautiful!

Preview: Have I Done Any Good? Alex Boye and Carmen Rasmusen Herbert

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:04:00 -0600

source: youtube.com

Mormon Life says: A behind the scenes video of LDS musicians Alex Boye and Carmen Rasmusen Herbert arranging the hymn "Have I Done Any Good?"

Sacred Anthems: Why Latter-day Saints worship with music

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:01:00 -0700

source: news.lds.org

Mormon Life says: “There could not be a heaven without music of surpassing beauty.” —Elder Douglas L. Callister Since the first hymnbook was assembled by Emma Smith, Latter-day Saints have used hymns to “invite the Spirit of the Lord, create a feeling of reverence, unify [them] as members, and provide a way for [them] to offer praises to the Lord” (see “First Presidency Preface,” Hymns, ix).

But at the official 1985 launch ceremony for the Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a new period of LDS music was ushered in.

During that event, Thomas S. Monson, then of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, said, “My prayer is that we will learn once again in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to really sing. We simply must do something with our congregational singing to bring out the spirit of music in the heart and soul of every boy, every girl, every man, and every woman.”

History of Christmas carols in the LDS hymnbook

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:36:00 -0700

source: deseretnews.com

"There's something in our human DNA that needs to rejoice and raise our voices in song," said Craig Jessop, dean of the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University and former music director for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. "I think it's an ancient, ancient, ancient tradition of the human race."

The word "carol," as defined by Merriam-Webster, is actually an old round dance with singing. Christmas carols, in particular, draw from deep roots of ancient celebrations of the winter solstice. Countless authors and composers have penned poems and scored tunes that have withstood time, carrying the celebration of Christmas around the world.

Hymns for priesthood congregations

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:15:00 -0700

source: ldschurchnews.com

Mormon Life says: Check out this new hymnbook for men. Men of all ages who find themselves stretching for high notes will soon be able to sing from a collection of hymns arranged especially for them.

"Priesthood Hymns: Easy Accompaniment for Unison Singing" is a collection of 26 hymns written in a comfortable vocal range with simple arrangements. The collection, arranged by Tabernacle Organist Emeritus Robert Cundick, is intended to help both accompanists and singers.

{A&E} Poll: Favorite Christmas Hymn

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:17:00 -0700

by LDS Living
source: MormonLife.com

Mormon Life says: Vote for your favorite Christmas hymn!

A few months ago LDS Living held a contest called The "Favoritest" Hymn of All where readers voted for their favorite song in the hymn book. (Click on the link to find out the winner of that poll!) Today we're doing the same thing, but with Christmas songs. Vote below for your most-loved Christmas hymn, and leave a comment of your favorite secular (or non-hymn) song.

Singing together is inspirational — and aspirational

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:49:00 -0600

source: MormonTimes.com

I was visiting in the Westwood 2nd Ward in Los Angeles a few weeks ago, a Mormon village I have been visiting off and on for years whenever I visit my cousins.

In the middle of the meeting, to my surprise, all the women of the ward got up from the benches and walked up into the steep choir loft in this decidedly unusual building.

The congregation of men and children felt a little sparse — but the choir loft was packed.

The choir of women proceeded to sing "As Sisters in Zion," one of the most beautiful hymns in the hymnbook (No. 309) — partly because of the words, which come from a wonderful poem by handcart pioneer Emily H. Woodmansee, and partly because of Janice Kapp Perry's lilting, almost Gaelic melody.

New LDS Music Mobile App

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:33:00 -0600

source: ldsmediatalk.com

LDS Music is a new mobile app for music of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It lets you browse and search Hymns and the Children’s Songbook, read the words and sheet music, and listen to accompaniments. Now, you can access the words, music, and audio with your mobile device and not just on the web at music.lds.org.

(Click through to full story for a link to download the app.)

Podcast: The 27 most popular hymns

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:06:00 -0600

source: researchonreligion.org

Mormon Life says: Number six on the list, "Guide Me, O, Thou Great Jehovah," is the more common version of the LDS hymn "Guide Us, O, Thou Great Jehovah" (hymn #83). What are the top mainline Protestant hymns of the past two centuries? Why isn't "Amazing Grace" on that list? Do Catholics share any common hymns with Protestants? Does the contemporary Christian music scene present a significant challenge to the old, traditional hymns sung in churches over the past two centuries? Robert T. Coote joins us to discuss these questions and more in an extremely interesting episode about the role of hymns in Christianity.

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Christian churches, including the Latter-day Saints, share many hymns

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:22:00 -0600

source: MormonTimes.com

Four decades ago, when my wife Dianne and I were active Baptists, somehow we ended up with a Baptist hymnal in our home. This same kleptomaniac-like behavior has surfaced on multiple occasions with respect to LDS hymnals. We even have an LDS hymnal embossed with “Joseph Smith Memorial Building.”

Our Baptist hymnal is a part of the 22nd printing of the once widely-used, 1956-copyrighted edition published by Convention Press in Nashville, Tenn.

Dianne and I were married in The First Baptist Church of Hartwell, Ga., by her cousin minister in 1968. Five years and two children later, we became the first two converts in my small hometown of Wetumpka, Ala., to what the world calls “Mormonism.” Through the ensuing years subsequent to our conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we received much enjoyment sitting at the piano and singing some of our favorite hymns from this old Baptist hymnbook — hymns that we learned and loved throughout the 1950s, ’60s, and early ’70s and still love today.