Sentences with phrase «of classic hymns»

It is an attempt to rehabilitate a whole range of classic hymns.

Proponents of classic hymns and choral music, scions of alternative new hymnody and «world music,» and lovers of the good ol' «Sankey Doodle» gospel songs have all registered their dismay, as evidenced by the infamous «worship wars» which have plagued churches in recent years.

This summer, the always spiritually insightful Harper releases his next album, Lifeline, which follows a string of amazing records and his gospel collaboration with the blind boys of Alabama that consisted of classic hymns.

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I like the classic hymns that contain a sense of awe, mystery, and majesty....

The classic evangelical hymns contain the clearest, most memorable, cohesive, and widely repeated expressions of what it has meant to be an evangelical.

I'm still inclined to believe «Thirteenth, Greatest of Centuries» and steadfastly sing the classic Latin hymns I learned in choir — albeit alone in the shower, because our crazed liturgists have decreed «Amazing Grace» fit for corporate worship.

And the great composer Carter Burwell's score integrates a number of Protestant hymns, including «Leaning On the Everlasting Arms,» which «True Grit» uses so beautifully it nearly steals it away from its most memorable appearance in the classic Gothic thriller «The Night of the Hunter.»

Penguin Classics has just released a new e-book by Toby Wilkinson that has translated a rich selection of pieces, ranging from accounts of battles to hymns to stories to royal proclamations.

Penguin Classics has just released a new e-book by Toby Wilkinson that has translated a rich selection of pieces, ranging from accounts of battles to hymns to stories to royal... [Read more...]

The most notable among them include the jazzy, mystical song cycle Astral Weeks [1968]; the swinging, soulful classics Moondance [1970], His Band and the Street Choir [1970], and Tupelo Honey [1971]; the deeply personal and revelatory Saint Dominic's Preview [1972] and Veedon Fleece [1974]; and the visionary and spiritual - minded Common One [1980], A Sense of Wonder [1985], Avalon Sunset [1989], Enlightenment [1990] and Hymns to the Silence [1991].

Grandmother taught little Sarah that music was the speech of the gods while Peppy insisted that Sarah learn to play some hymns to counterbalance the sinful effects of the classics.