Play Hymns, Book 3


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In Play Hymns, Book 3, pianists young and old will find accessible arrangements of beloved hymns, which are a continuous source of inspiration and an important part of worship services. Titles: * Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah * I Need Thee Every Hour * I Sing the Mighty Power of God * I Surrender All * It Is Well with My Soul * O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus * O Worship the King * Steal Away * Trust and Obey * When We All Get to Heaven




When Life Doesn't Seem Fair


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Documents the struggles of the Ericksons to overcome adversity when three of their children succumb to a mysterious, crippling illness.




Getty Kids Hymnal - Family Hymn Sing


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(Sacred Folio). Family Hymn Sing is the third in the "Getty Kids Hymnal" series which exists to help children learn the Christian faith through singing. With kid-friendly arrangements recorded by the Gettys' band of Irish and American virtuosos and sung by kids, this collection features songs the whole family can sing together! Titles include: All Creatures of Our God & King * Crown Him with Many Crowns * This Is My Father's World * Power in the Blood * His Mercy Is More * Jesus Paid It All * O! For a Thousand Tongues to Sing * He Will Hold Me Fast * In Christ Alone/I Stand Amazed (How Marvelous) * How Great Thou Art * Be Thou My Vision * What Wondrous Love Is This?







Book of Praise


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Hymns in Concert


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This collection of 10 hymn arrangements, suitable for church services, hymn festivals or recitals, uses a variety of keys and moods to make the pieces enjoyable for the performer as well as the listener. Titles: * All Creatures of Our God and King * How Firm a Foundation * I Need Thee Every Hour * It Is Well with My Soul * Like a River Glorious * My Faith Looks Up to Thee * O God, Our Help in Ages Past * O, How I Love Jesus * Softly and Tenderly with Lord, I'm Coming Home * There's a Land that is Fairer Than Day




Wonderful Words of Life


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While many evangelical congregations have moved away from hymns and hymnals, these were once central fixtures in the evangelical tradition. This book examines the role and importance of hymns in evangelicalism, not only as a part of worship but as tools for theological instruction, as a means to identity formation, and as records of past spiritual experiences of the believing community. Written by knowledgeable church historians, Wonderful Words of Life explores the significance of hymn-singing in many dimensions of American Protestant and evangelical life. The book focuses mainly on church life in the United States but also discusses the foundational contributions of Isaac Watts and other British hymn writers, the use of gospel songs in English Canada, and the powerful attraction of African-American gospel music for whites of several religious persuasions. Includes appendixes on the American Protestant Hymn Project and on hymns in Roman Catholic hymnals. Contributors: Susan Wise Bauer Thomas E. Bergler Virginia Lieson Brereton Esther Rothenbusch Crookshank Kevin Kee Richard J. Mouw Mark A. Noll Felicia Piscitelli Robert A. Schneider Rochelle A. Stackhouse Jeffrey VanderWilt







Paul Robeson's Voices


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Paul Robeson's Voices is a meditation on Robeson's singing, a study of the artist's life in song. Music historian Grant Olwage examines Robeson's voice as it exists in two broad and intersecting domains: as sound object and sounding gesture, specifically how it was fashioned in the contexts of singing practices, in recital, concert, and recorded performance, and as subject of identification. Olwage asks: how does the voice encapsulate modes of subjectivity, of being? Combining deep archival research with musicological theory, this book is a study of voice as central to Robeson's sense of self and his politics. Paul Robeson's Voices charts the dialectal process of Robeson's vocal and self-discovery, documenting some of the ways Robeson's practice revised the traditions of concert singing in the first half of the twentieth century and how his voice manifested as resistance.