The story indicates that Epimenides was probably heir to the shamanic religions of Asia, and proves together with the Homeric hymn, that Crete had a resisting religion up to the historical times.

Ward had originally written the music, Materna, for the hymn O Mother dear, Jerusalem in 1882, though it was not first published until 1892.

At various times in the more than 100 years that have elapsed since the song was written, particularly during the John F. Kennedy administration, there have been efforts to give " America the Beautiful " legal status either as a national hymn, or as a national anthem equal to, or in place of, " The Star-Spangled Banner ", but so far this has not succeeded.

St. Ambrose was also traditionally credited with composing the hymn Te Deum, which he is said to have composed when he baptised St. Augustine of Hippo, his celebrated convert.

The hymn was translated into other languages as well: while on the Trail of Tears, the Cherokee sang Christian hymns as a way of coping with the ongoing tragedy, and a version of the song by Samuel Worcester that had been translated into the Cherokee language became very popular.

It was recorded with musical accompaniment for the first time in 1930 by Fiddlin ' John Carson, although to another folk hymn named " At the Cross ", not to " New Britain ".

According to fellow folk singer Joan Baez, it was one of the most requested songs from her audiences, but she never realized its origin as a hymn ; by the time she was singing it in the 1960s she said it had " developed a life of its own ".

According to Porphyrion, the hymn to Hermes was imitated by Horace in one of his own ' sapphic ' odes ( C. 1. 10: Mercuri, facunde nepos Atlantis ).

The hymn to Hermes, fr308 ( b ), was quoted by Hephaestion ( grammarian ) and both he and Libanius, the rhetorician, quoted the first two lines of fr. 350, celebrating the return from Babylon of Alcaeus ' brother.

This first hymn was sung until 1828, when it was replaced with what is sung today.

Mariano Egaña, Chilean Minister in London, acting on the criticism that Robles ' song was receiving, asked Carnicer to compose a new hymn with Bernardo de Vera's original text.

The film's title was inspired by the line, " Bring me my chariot of fire ," from the William Blake poem adapted into the popular British hymn " Jerusalem "; the hymn is heard at the end of the film.

The earliest hymn book published was the " Sacred Melodist " which was published by Benjamin Wilson in Geneva, Illinois in 1860.

The next was the hymn book published for the use of Baptised Believers in the Kingdom of God ( an early name for Christadelphians ) by George Dowie in Edinburgh in 1864.

Ackerman was fluent in the international language Esperanto, and claimed to have walked down Hollywood Boulevard arm-in-arm with Leo G. Carroll singing La Espero, the hymn of Esperanto.

Some scholars argue that the prologue was taken over from an existing hymn and added at a later stage in the gospel's composition.

Although the audience did indeed demand an encore, it was not for Va, pensiero but rather for the hymn Immenso Jehova, sung by the Hebrew slaves to thank God for saving His people.

The earlier English writers tended to paraphrase biblical texts, particularly Psalms ; Isaac Watts followed this tradition, but is also credited as having written the first English hymn which was not a direct paraphrase of Scripture.

His father invited him to see what he could do about it ; the result was Watts ' first hymn, " Behold the glories of the Lamb.

Thanks to Thomas Symmes a new idea of how to sing hymns spread throughout the churches in which anyone would sing a hymn any way they felt led to ; this was opposed by the views of Symmes colleagues who felt it was " like Five Hundred different Tunes roared out at the same time.

These include, inter alia, settings of the four Marian antiphons from the Roman Rite, four Marian hymns set a3, a version of the Litany, the gem-like setting of the Eucharistic hymn Ave verum Corpus, and the Turbarum voces from the St John Passion, as well as a series of miscellaneous items.

Mameli's lyrics to a " hymn of the people "— " Suona la tromba "— were set by Giuseppe Verdi the following year.

The traditional Christian hymn Be Thou My Vision is set to an early medieval Irish folk song named Slane which is about the Hill of Slane.

The poetry was later set to the music of another Christian hymn, " My Redeemer " by James McGranahan, and included in Latter-day Saint hymnals, including the current one.

Zinnen set the poem to music, later transforming it into a solemn hymn.

Thus, each ci poem is labeled " To the tune of Name " ( 调寄 / 調寄 ) and fits the meter and rhyme of the tune ( much in the same way that Christian hymn writers set new lyrics to pre-existing tunes ).

When the slaughter began, and no escape was possible, the children of the city were formed in procession and marched across the market-place singing Luther's hymn: " Lord keep us steadfast in thy Word, Curb Pope and Turk who by the sword, would wrest the kingdom from thy Son, and set at naught all he hath done.

After a hymn written for the occasion, Robespierre set fire to mannequins representing Atheism, Ambition, Egoism and False Simplicity, revealing a statue of Wisdom.

For the exhibition of 1878 he wrote a hymn, Vive la France, which was set to music by Charles Gounod.

It is also sung as the hymn Rest, by Frederick Maker, and Charles Ives also set a part of it to music.

The latter poem, set to music by John Joseph Woods, was declared the country's national hymn in 1940, and made the second national anthem of New Zealand along with God Save the Queen in 1977.

been reprinted in several Roman Catholic hymn books set to the tune ' Hyfrydol.

In current use, the hymn seems to be set most often to the tune " Beecher " by John Zundel ( 1815 – 1882 ; from

The Mi Chamocha hymn, for example, was set by NFTY participants to the melody of Bob Marley's Redemption Song.

Crosby set a goal of winning a million people to Christ through her hymns, and whenever she wrote a hymn she prayed it would bring women and men to Christ, and kept careful records of those reported to have been saved through her hymns.

*" O father Zeus, give honor to this hymn for a victor at Olympia, and to his now famous arete in boxing " From a Pindarian ode inscribed on an Olympic victor's statue of Diagoras of Rhodes that is set up in Olympia.

He wrote poetry in traditional forms, including Prologue, a blank-verse drama on the life of John Huss, as well as several hymn texts ( set to music by Dwight Gustafson and Joan Pinkston ) that are known to a wider fundamentalist community beyond the BJU campus.

A popular hymn version, adapted and set to music by Sebastian Temple, © 1967 by OCP Publications, is Make Me A Channel of Your Peace.

Ave verum corpus is a short Eucharistic hymn that has been set to music by various composers.

" Up, Awake, Ye Defenders of Zion ", originally a militant hymn containing references to trials of LDS members in the central United States and the threatening United States government ( ironically set to the melody for “ Columbia, Gem of the Ocean ,” thus asserting the Saints ’ true patriotism, despite their alleged “ rebellion ”), became an anthem for LDS members during the difficulties preceding and during the Utah War of 1857 – 58.

Novio de la Muerte ( Bridegroom of Death ) is the official hymn and regimental slow march of the Spanish Legion, made in 1921 with words by Juan Costa set to music by Fidel Prado.

" The Spirit of God ," is included as the very first hymn and it is set to the tune Hosanna, which is the same tune used today — although the notes in the refrain differ slightly from modern editions, and it contained only soprano and bass instead of the four parts typical of modern editions.

While most English hymn tunes of its era are written for singing in SATB four-part harmony, Sine Nomine is primarily unison ( verses 1, 2, 3, 7 and 8 ) with organ accompaniment ; just three verses ( 4, 5 and 6 ) are set in sung harmony.

Church music is music written for performance in church, or any musical setting of ecclestiacal liturgy, or music set to words expressing propositions of a sacred nature, such as a hymn.