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O Give the LORD Wholehearted Praise

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: Hymns of Praise First Line: O give the LORD whole-hearted praise Lyrics: 1 O give the LORD wholehearted praise. To him thanksgiving I will bring; with all his people I will raise my voice and of his glory sing. 2 His saints delight to search and trace his mighty works and wondrous ways. Majestic glory, boundless grace, and righteousness his work displays. 3 God's wondrous deeds of faithfulness his people ever keep in mind. His works of love and graciousness reveal that God the LORD is kind. 4 God's promise shall forever stand; he cares for those who trust his word. Upon his saints his mighty hand the wealth of nations has conferred. 5 His works are true and just indeed; his precepts are forever sure. In truth and righteousness decreed, they shall forevermore endure. 6 By God's own hand redemption came; his covenant sure no change can know. Let all revere his holy name in heaven above and earth below. 7 In reverence and in godly fear we find the key to wisdom's ways; the wise his holy name revere. Through endless ages sound his praise! Scripture: Psalm 111 Used With Tune: GERMANY Text Sources: Psalter, 1912, alt.

Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Appears in 124 hymnals Topics: Hymns of Praise Refrain First Line: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Lyrics: 1 Praise the Lord who reigns above and keeps his court below; praise the holy God of love, and all his greatness show; praise God for his noble deeds, praise God for his matchless power; God from whom all good proceeds let earth and heaven adore. 2 Celebrate the eternal God with harp and psaltery, timbrels soft and cymbals loud in this high praise agree; praise God, every tuneful string; all the reach of heavenly art, all the powers of music bring, the music of the heart. 3 God, in whom they move and live, let every creature sing, glory to their Maker give, and homage to their King. Hallowed be his name beneath, as in heaven on earth adored; praise the Lord in every breath, Let all things praise the Lord. Scripture: Psalm 150 Used With Tune: AMSTERDAM

Psalm 150 (A Responsorial Setting)

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Appears in 1,176 hymnals Topics: Hymns of Praise First Line: All creation join to say: Alleluia! Lyrics: Alternate Refrain 1: All creation join to say: Alleluia! Scripture: Psalm 150 Used With Tune: EASTER HYMN (fragment) Text Sources: Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm text)

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GENEVAN 68

Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 D Appears in 104 hymnals Topics: Hymns of Praise Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 11231 34554 32134 Used With Text: Approach Our God with Songs of Praise

KREMSER

Meter: Irregular Appears in 290 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Edward Kremser Topics: The Glory of the Triune God Providence; Adoration and Praise; Christian Year Thanksgiving Day; Guidance; Opening Hymns; Providence Tune Sources: 16th cent. Dutch melody Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 55653 45432 31556 Used With Text: We Gather Together

BUNESSAN

Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Appears in 261 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Carlton R. Young Topics: The Glory of the Triune God Creation; Particular Times of Worship Morning; Adoration and Praise; Children's Choir Selections; Creation; Morning Prayer; Nature; Opening Hymns; Service Music Greeting/Call to Worship Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 13512 76565 12356 Used With Text: Morning Has Broken

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God in Mercy Grant Us Blessing

Author: David G. Preston Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #67B (2012) Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Topics: Hymns of Praise Lyrics: 1 God in mercy grant us blessing, lift on us his radiant face; may all earth, his ways confessing, know the power of saving grace: let the people's voices raise, Lord, to you their hymns of praise. 2 Let them all with jubilation sing of your transcendent worth; justly ruling every nation, sovereign Lord of all the earth: let the people's voices raise, Lord, to you their hymns of praise. 3 See the blessing God has granted on our labors in the field! May his word, in hearts implanted, worldwide harvests duly yield: so shall all the nations raise to our God their hymns of praise. Scripture: Psalm 67 Tune Title: ZEUCH MICH, ZEUCH MICH

Approach Our God with Songs of Praise

Author: Martin Tel; Michael Morgan Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #68A (2012) Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 D Topics: Hymns of Praise Refrain First Line: Lift up your voices, shout and sing! Scripture: Psalm 68 Languages: English Tune Title: GENEVAN 68

A Litany of Praise

Author: Coni Huisman Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #104A (2012) Topics: Hymns of Praise First Line: Praise the Lord, O my soul Scripture: Psalm 104 Tune Title: [Praise the Lord, O my soul]

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John Zundel

1815 - 1882 Topics: Hymns of Praise Composer of "BEECHER" in Psalms for All Seasons John Zundel; b. 1815, near Stuttgart, Germany; organist in Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1847 to 1878; d. Cannstadt, Germany, 1882 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Louis Bourgeois

1510 - 1561 Person Name: Louis Bourgeois, ca. 1510-1561 Topics: Hymns of Praise Composer of "GENEVAN 134 (OLD HUNDREDTH)" in Psalms for All Seasons Louis Bourgeois (b. Paris, France, c. 1510; d. Paris, 1561). In both his early and later years Bourgeois wrote French songs to entertain the rich, but in the history of church music he is known especially for his contribution to the Genevan Psalter. Apparently moving to Geneva in 1541, the same year John Calvin returned to Geneva from Strasbourg, Bourgeois served as cantor and master of the choristers at both St. Pierre and St. Gervais, which is to say he was music director there under the pastoral leadership of Calvin. Bourgeois used the choristers to teach the new psalm tunes to the congregation. The extent of Bourgeois's involvement in the Genevan Psalter is a matter of scholarly debate. Calvin had published several partial psalters, including one in Strasbourg in 1539 and another in Geneva in 1542, with melodies by unknown composers. In 1551 another French psalter appeared in Geneva, Eighty-three Psalms of David, with texts by Marot and de Beze, and with most of the melodies by Bourgeois, who supplied thirty four original tunes and thirty-six revisions of older tunes. This edition was republished repeatedly, and later Bourgeois's tunes were incorporated into the complete Genevan Psalter (1562). However, his revision of some older tunes was not uniformly appreciated by those who were familiar with the original versions; he was actually imprisoned overnight for some of his musical arrangements but freed after Calvin's intervention. In addition to his contribution to the 1551 Psalter, Bourgeois produced a four-part harmonization of fifty psalms, published in Lyons (1547, enlarged 1554), and wrote a textbook on singing and sight-reading, La Droit Chemin de Musique (1550). He left Geneva in 1552 and lived in Lyons and Paris for the remainder of his life. Bert Polman

Ralph Vaughan Williams

1872 - 1958 Topics: Hymns of Praise Adaptor and harmonizer. of "LASST UNS ERFREUEN" in Psalms for All Seasons Through his composing, conducting, collecting, editing, and teaching, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, October 12, 1872; d. Westminster, London, England, August 26, 1958) became the chief figure in the realm of English music and church music in the first half of the twentieth century. His education included instruction at the Royal College of Music in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as additional studies in Berlin and Paris. During World War I he served in the army medical corps in France. Vaughan Williams taught music at the Royal College of Music (1920-1940), conducted the Bach Choir in London (1920-1927), and directed the Leith Hill Music Festival in Dorking (1905-1953). A major influence in his life was the English folk song. A knowledgeable collector of folk songs, he was also a member of the Folksong Society and a supporter of the English Folk Dance Society. Vaughan Williams wrote various articles and books, including National Music (1935), and composed numerous arrangements of folk songs; many of his compositions show the impact of folk rhythms and melodic modes. His original compositions cover nearly all musical genres, from orchestral symphonies and concertos to choral works, from songs to operas, and from chamber music to music for films. Vaughan Williams's church music includes anthems; choral-orchestral works, such as Magnificat (1932), Dona Nobis Pacem (1936), and Hodie (1953); and hymn tune settings for organ. But most important to the history of hymnody, he was music editor of the most influential British hymnal at the beginning of the twentieth century, The English Hymnal (1906), and coeditor (with Martin Shaw) of Songs of Praise (1925, 1931) and the Oxford Book of Carols (1928). Bert Polman

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