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New Hymns is the third studio album by American Christian music artist Forrest Frank. [1] [2] The album was released on Frank's independent record label River House Records. [3] It includes traditional Christian hymns, reimagined as lo-fi and rap/hiphop. It features guest appearances from rappers Lecrae and Hulvey.
The LDS Church released the first batch of new music in late May 2024. Additional batches of new music will be released in the future, including Faith in Every Footstep by K. Newell Dayley , other music composed after the issuing of the 1985 Hymnal , music from other faiths, and a few of the melodies submitted as part of the process of creating ...
Music has had a long history in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, from the days in Kirtland, Nauvoo, and the settlement of the West, to the present day.In the early days of the Church, stripped-down Latter-Day Saint folk music, which could be sung without accompaniment due to the lack of instruments in Utah, was popular.
In 1948, a new hymnbook that replaced both the Latter-day Saint Hymns (1927) and the Deseret Sunday School Songs was published under the title Hymns: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as the official hymnbook of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1948 to 1985. The 1948 edition included 387 hymns.
In the leadup to the weekend of the October 2023 General Conference, the church released new details about the new music. The hymnbook and children's songbook will be consolidated into a single volume, featuring 450-500 selections. The "core collection" will be released in 2024, with the new music book now titled "Hymns—for Home and Church".
On 1 September 2016, Smith released his third album of LDS hymn arrangements, a collection of fresh, new arrangements of about the Saviour, Jesus Christ, titled Behold the Great Redeemer, Sacred Hymns, Vol. III. A new addition is the release of his original sheet music so that now other experienced pianists can perform this genre music in ...
During the folk boom of the 1950s-70s, a number of artists made recordings of Mormon folk songs. Perhaps the best known of these was Rosalie Sorrels, who devoted an entire LP to the subject. [11] The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square has also performed various Mormon folk songs, including a 2009 album of "American folk hymns and spirituals."
This article refers to the English version. The book was published on the 150th anniversary of the publication of the first LDS hymnbook, compiled by Emma Smith in 1835. Previous hymnbooks used by the church include The Manchester Hymnal (1840), The Psalmody (1889), Songs of Zion (1908), Hymns (1927), and Hymns (1948).