Hymns – Berita, Riset, dan Analisis – The Conversation

‘Joy to the World’ may be one of the most famous hymns, but the Yuletide season isn’t always cheery. Ben Birchall/PA Images via Getty Images

Desember 21, 2022

Christmas isn’t always holly jolly – even some of its best-loved songs are bittersweet

David W. Stowe, Michigan State University

Songs of the season – sacred and secular music alike – sometimes acknowledge that Christmas isn’t all joy.

King David playing the lyre in a scene from a 15th-century manuscript of the Book of Psalms. Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images

November 21, 2022

Thanksgiving hymns are a few centuries old, tops – but biblical psalms of gratitude and praise go back thousands of years

David W. Stowe, Michigan State University

Gratitude and praise are not only some of the most common themes in Christian music, but also some of the oldest.

The Catholic hymn, “Te Deum” – which says, “You, God, we praise” – has been used for centuries in Catholic worship for thanksgiving. Iconotheca Valvasoriana Author Jean Marot via Wikimedia Commons.

November 18, 2022

How medieval Catholic traditions of thanksgiving prayers and feasting shaped the Protestant celebration of Plymouth’s pilgrims

Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross

The Pilgrims who started the first Thanksgiving tradition after they landed in Plymouth were following the customs they had grown up with, originating in medieval times.

Oktober 31, 2017

Luther’s musical legacy is the Reformation’s unsung achievement

Jonathan Willis, University of Birmingham

In the great reformer’s eyes, if you didn’t love a rousing tune you deserved only “the music of the pigs”.

Swedish organist Anna von Hausswolff. Anders Nydam

Agustus 21, 2017

The pipe organ - more than just a church instrument

Theo van Wyk, University of Pretoria

Other than church, the pipe organ is often perceived as belonging in horror movies. But there’s more to the instrument that spans most musical genres.

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