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Hymns for Pentecost are hymns dedicated to the Christian feast of Pentecost, or Whitsun. Along with Christmas and Easter , it is a high holiday, dedicated to the Holy Spirit , or Holy Ghost. Hymns have been written from the 9th century to contemporary.
Gospel music is composed and performed for many purposes, including aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, and as an entertainment product for the marketplace. Gospel music is characterized by dominant vocals and strong use of harmony with Christian lyrics. Gospel music can be traced to the early 17th century. [1]
Alleluia! Alleluia! Sing a New Song to the Lord; Alleluia! Sing to Jesus; Alma Redemptoris Mater; Angels We Have Heard on High; Anima Christi (Soul of my Saviour) Asperges me; As a Deer; As I Kneel Before You (also known as Maria Parkinson's Ave Maria) At That First Eucharist; At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing; At the Name of Jesus; Attende ...
The Canadian Youth Hymnal: with music [harmonized] (1939) [529] Songs of the Gospel (a supplemental collection of evangelistic hymns and songs, 1948) [530] Bless the Lord (1967) [531] The Hymn Book (1971), produced jointly with Anglican Church of Canada [24] Sing (1972) [25] Songs for a Gospel People (Supplement to THB, 1987) Voices United ...
List of gospel songs which have reported sales of 1 million units or higher but are uncertified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Though "I'll Take You There" by The Staple Singers was certified Gold on January 31, 2019, for digital sales of 500,000 units, [4] its physical sales of 1.5 million units, reported on May 6, 1972, are uncertified by the RIAA.
Bach's Nekrolog mentions five cantata cycles: "Fünf Jahrgänge von Kirchenstücken, auf alle Sonn- und Festtage" (Five year-cycles of pieces for the church, for all Sundays and feast days), [1] which would amount to at least 275 cantatas, [2] or over 320 if all cycles would have been ideal cycles. [3]
As examples of the distinction, "Amazing Grace" is a hymn (no refrain), but "How Great Thou Art" is a gospel song. [52] During the 19th century, the gospel-song genre spread rapidly in Protestantism and to a lesser but still definite extent, in Roman Catholicism; [53] the gospel-song genre is unknown in the worship per se by Eastern Orthodox ...
Many of the contemporary artists who authored the folk music that was used in American Catholic Liturgy choose F.E.L. to be their publisher, as did Ray Repp, who pioneered contemporary Catholic liturgical music and authored the "First Mass for Young Americans", a suite of folk-style musical pieces designed for the Catholic liturgy. Repp gave an ...