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Have I Done Any Good? Official Music Video ft. Alex Boye & Carmen Rasmusen Herbert
Preview: Have I Done Any Good? Alex Boye and Carmen Rasmusen Herbert
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
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...
History of Christmas carols in the LDS hymnbook
"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...
Hymns for priesthood congregations
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...
{A&E} Poll: Favorite Christmas Hymn
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!)...
Singing together is inspirational — and aspirational
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...
New LDS Music Mobile App
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...
Podcast: The 27 most popular hymns
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...
Christian churches, including the Latter-day Saints, share many hymns
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.” ...



