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Biblical Songs was written between 5 and 26 March 1894, while Dvořák was living in New York City. It has been suggested that he was prompted to write them by news of a death (of his father Frantisek, or of the composers Tchaikovsky or Gounod, or of the conductor Hans von Bülow); but there is no good evidence for that, and the most likely explanation is that he felt out of place in the ...
Star of the East, thou hope of the soul, While round us here the dark billows roll, Lead us from sin to glory afar, Thou star of the East, thou sweet Bethlehem's star. Star of the East, un-dim'd by each cloud, What tho' the storms of grief gather loud? Faithful and pure thy rays beam to save, Still bright o'er the cradle, and bright o'er the grave!
The song has been recorded by The Pennywhistlers on their 1965 album, A Cool Day and Crooked Corn; [5] by The Young Tradition, live, included on the 1970 compilation album, The Folk Trailer (Trailer LER 2019); [6] by Emmylou Harris on her 1987 album Angel Band; [7] by The Wailin' Jennys on their 2011 album, Bright Morning Stars;, [8] by the Northern Irish folk singer Cara Dillon on her 2014 ...
Cross Rhythms reviewer Tony Cummings gave the album nine stars out of ten, describing it as "surely the most ambitious various artists album to be released for years." [4] Kevin Garrett of Christianity Today said "One might find it a challenge to produce a single piece of art encompassing the expansive tale of hope for humanity, from Creation to Christ to the Second Coming.
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Some claim the song takes its theme from some of Jesus's remarks to his followers. Matthew 5:14-16 of the King James Version gives: "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
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Wheelwright wrote the words and music of the two-part Christmas anthem "Star Bright" (Estrella de Luz) with words in English and Spanish, and accompaniment for guitar and keyboard. Wheelwright also wrote "Mother I Love You", a song in the Primary Children's Songbook. He edited and published an autobiography of his mother. [10]