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In 2012, The British Hymn Society named "In Christ Alone" as one of the top 5 Hymns of All Time. In 2018, Keith was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Elizabeth II , becoming the first church musician of the modern era to be given the award for contributions to music and hymn writing.
The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada – founded in 1922 [1] as The Hymn Society of America and renamed in 1991 [2] – is a not-for-profit organization for those people who: believe that congregational song is an integral component of worship; believe that the writing and singing of new texts and tunes needs to be promoted
Hymns for Living, General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (1985) Hymns of Faith and Freedom, Unitarian Christian Association (1991) Singing the Living Tradition, The Unitarian Universalist Association (1993) ISBN 1-55896-260-3. The YRUU Song Book, The Unitarian Universalist Association Youth Office (1997) [645]
In 2017, The Church published Christian Science Hymnal: Hymns 430–603. This hymnal complements the 1932 edition, and includes contemporary and traditional hymns, and hymns from around the world. The 2017 edition consists of 174 hymns, including 30 from the 2008 Supplement and 17 new settings of poems by Mary Baker Eddy. [12]
In 1927, the church's Music Committee decided to combine the best of the first three of these hymnals into one volume. The result was called Latter-day Saint Hymns, though it was commonly called "the green hymnbook". It contained 419 hymns, of which 128 still survive in the church's 1985 hymnal.
Worship 2 (2016) commonly called "The Orange Book", contains 133 new pieces consisting of congregational and individual music; hymns, songs, anthems, meditations; all intended for supplementing existing personal and congregational music. Music is presented as piano/vocal scores and choral arrangements to suit different uses and occasions.
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The hymn of the day is a congregational hymn that is centered on the theme of the lectionary texts for a given Sunday divine service. The practice was developed by Lutherans and is currently in use in other denominations. [which?] According to Carl Schalk, the hymn of the day came out of the singing of the gradual which is sung before the ...