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The song is referred to by Pete Seeger in his 1989 book Everybody Says Freedom. It falls under the folk music genre, which was popular in the 1930s and 1940s and was revived in the 1960s during the civil rights movement. Music and singing were an integral part of the movement, many songs being adapted from earlier religious songs. [1] [5] [6] [7]
The Daily Office is a term used primarily by members of the Episcopal Church. In Anglican churches, the traditional canonical hours of daily services include Morning Prayer (also called Matins or Mattins, especially when chanted) and Evening Prayer (called Evensong, especially when celebrated chorally), usually following the Book of Common Prayer.
Anglican chant, also known as English chant, [1] [2] is a way to sing unmetrical texts, including psalms and canticles from the Bible, by matching the natural speech-rhythm of the words to the notes of a simple harmonized melody. [3]
Ein Keloheinu (in Hebrew: אֵין כֵּאלֹהֵינוּ, "there is none like our God") is a well known Jewish hymn. Orthodox Jews pronounce it as Ein Kelokeinu [1] when referring to it outside of prayer, in order to avoid taking the name of God in vain or otherwise violating the sanctity of reverence to the Almighty.
Evensong was initially sung entirely to plainsong.Musicians gradually created polyphonic settings of its music, especially of the Magnificat. [6]The first musical setting of the Book of Common Prayer, by John Marbeck, provided a simplified version of traditional chant settings. [7]
Morning Prayer from the 1777 New England Primer: [1] Almighty God the Maker of every thing in Heaven and Earth; the Darkness goes away, and the Day light comes at thy Command. Thou art good and doest good continually. I thank thee that thou has taken such Care of me this Night, and that I am alive and well this Morning.
Prayers in various traditions said during the morning; Morning Prayer (Anglican), one of the two main Daily Offices in the churches of the Anglican Communion; In Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism: Morning offering of Catholicism; Matins, general name for midnight or morning canonical hour in Western Christianity, also known as Sapro in other rites
"The Lord's Prayer" is a pop rock setting of the Lord's Prayer with music by Arnold Strals recorded in 1973 by the Australian nun Sister Janet Mead. [1] [2] Mead was known for pioneering the use of contemporary rock music in celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass and for her weekly radio programs. [3]