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Canaan Land is a 2020 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard Rossi and starring Richard Rossi as Brother Billy and Rebecca Holden as Sister Sara Sunday. It is based on the novel of the same name by Rossi.
The lyrics of the first section mainly consist of a list of plants found in Amos' garden. Also included in this section are cut-up and manipulated vocals from Amos in the background, and the repeatedly occurring phrase "get out of the garden". This is then followed by a bridge section which switches to common time. In the second half of the ...
"I'm on my way (and I won't turn back)" is a traditional Gospel song. [1] It is described a typical "going-to-Canaan" song; and possibly an Underground Railroad song.[2]The lyrics begin "I'm on my way and I won't turn back, I'm on my way and I won't turn back, I'm on my way and I won't turn back; I'm on my way, great God, I'm on my way.
The song talks mostly of a promised land. This song might have boosted the morale and spirit of the slaves, giving them hope that there was a place waiting that was better than where they were. " Go Down Moses ", a spiritual that depicts the biblical story of Moses in Exodus leading his people to freedom, is believed by some to be a coded ...
Canaan Hymns or Songs of Canaan (Chinese: 迦南诗选; pinyin: Jiānán Shīxuǎn [1] [2]) is a collection of Chinese hymns composed by Lü Xiaomin, beginning in 1990. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Lü Xiaomin is a daughter of peasants of the Hui minority born in 1970, [ 5 ] who converted to Christianity. [ 3 ]
William Steffe (c.1830 – c.1890), born in South Carolina, United States, was a Philadelphia bookkeeper and insurance agent. He is credited with collecting and editing the musical tune for a camp-meeting song with the traditional "Glory Hallelujah" refrain, in about 1856. [1]
There are several relatively well-known hymns on the land of Beulah, whose similar titles can lead to confusion. Beulah Land, 1876, lyrics by Edgar Page Stites (1836–1921) and music by John R. Sweney. First line: "I've reached the land of corn [grain] and wine". [3] In this hymn, several themes from The Pilgrim's Progress are developed.
They were not separately named and appear to have become obscure for some centuries following the death of Tallis, but the set includes some of his most famous melodies: the third, "Why fum'th in sight", in the third or Phrygian mode, was used by Ralph Vaughan Williams as the basis of his Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis and became known as ...