Common meter hymns were interchangeable with a variety of tunes ; more than twenty musical settings of " Amazing Grace " circulated with varying popularity until 1835 when William Walker assigned Newton's words to a traditional song named " New Britain ", which was itself an amalgamation of two melodies (" Gallaher " and " St. Mary ") first published in the Columbian Harmony by Charles H. Spilman and Benjamin Shaw ( Cincinnati, 1829 ).

Ephrem wrote a wide variety of hymns, poems, and sermons in verse, as well as prose biblical exegesis.

This long tradition has resulted in a wide variety of hymns.

These are reflected in Mesopotamian religion and in a variety of Babylonian literature in the forms of dialectic, dialogs, epic poetry, folklore, hymns, lyrics, prose, and proverbs.

10th-7th century BCE ) comprises over 300 poems in a variety of styles ranging from those with a strong suggestion of folk music to ceremonial hymns.

* Psalter ( Greek: Ψαλτήρ ( ιον ), Psalter ( ion ); Slavonic: Ѱалтырь or Ѱалтирь, Psaltyr ' ) A book containing the 150 Psalms divided into 20 sections called Kathismata together with the 9 Biblical canticles which are chanted at Matins ; although these canticles had been chanted in their entirety, having over time come to be supplemented by interspersed hymns ( analogously to stichera ) to form the Canon, the canticles themselves are now only regularly used in a few large monasteries The Psalter also contains the various " selected psalms ", each composed of verses from a variety of psalms, sung at matins on feast days, as well as tables for determining which Kathismata are to be read at each service ; in addition to the Psalms read at the daily offices, all the Psalms are read each week and, during Great Lent, twice a week.

The beginning of what is now considered German music could be traced back to the 12th century compositions of mystic abbess Hildegard of Bingen, who wrote a variety of hymns and other kinds of Christian music.

* Oracles or speeches by the prophets, usually in poetic form, and drawing on a wide variety of genres, including covenant lawsuit, oracles against the nations, judgment oracles, messenger speeches, songs, hymns, narrative, lament, law, proverb, symbolic gesture, prayer, wisdom saying, and vision.

These choirs sang a variety of popular and patriotic songs, hymns and folk tunes.

Harmony-singing church music and a wide variety of hymns and wedding and funeral music are found throughout the Cook Islands.

These are then interspersed with a variety of modern music set primarily to lyrics from traditional hymns, with the passion of Christ treated briefly near

Notably, gospel music-syncopated and chromatic, often with piano accompaniment-had become popular, along with a number of church hymns of the " mainstream " variety, such as " Rock of Ages.

It is said to be primarily a fusion of ska with calypso, but is also influenced by a wide variety of music forms from the British Isles and United States, include sea shanties, hymns and spiritual with percussion instruments, later augmented by saxophone, trombone and trumpet.

Flor y Canto Segunda Edición is a hymnal which showcases more than 700 hymns and songs in Spanish in a variety of styles, representing music from the Americas, Mexico, Spain, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Puerto Rico.

The service of today combines hymns, prayers and reflections by a variety of ministers and laypeople.

The story is based on the folkloric American lumberjack, Paul Bunyan, with the music incorporating a variety of American styles, including folk songs, blues and hymns.

In this respect Newton's use of simple and repetitive metres ( rhythms ) and simple rhyming structures ensured that his audience were better able to remember these hymns.

In preparation for that day, Jim Jones incorporated, whole cloth, entire blocks of Peace Mission phraseology, organizational structures, hymns, references, rationalizations and theology into his young and burgeoning People Temple Church.

At the heights of the Great Depression, gospel music started to become popular by people like Thomas A. Dorsey and Mahalia Jackson, who adapted Christian hymns to blues and jazz structures.

The missionaries introduced church hymns and European song structures and melodies started to influence Tuvaluan music.

These included an uptempo, energetic style called rhythm and blues ( R & B ), a merger of blues and Anglo-Celtic song called country music and the fusion of hymns and spirituals with blues structures called gospel music.

This theme of " Lenten joy " is also found in many of the hymns of the Triodion, such as the stichera which begin with the words: " The Lenten Spring has dawned !...

The ceremonies begin with an interfaith service, comprising prayers, hymns and readings by senior representatives of the main Christian denominations and of the Jewish and ( since 1994 ) Islamic faiths.

One of the eight hymns in the first Lutheran hymnal is attributed to him, In Jesu Namen wir heben an ( In the name of Jesus we begin )), which appeared in 1524 with four hymns by Martin Luther and three by Paul Speratus.

They sing hymns to San Marco ( Saint Mark ) and begin the " race ".

Through the singing of his hymns, the participant may connect with the spirit, teachings, and experience of Irineu and, in many ways, begin walking the same spiritual path.

An etiology in the Homeric hymns associated the epithet " Delphinius " with dolphins.

( Widor had not grown up with knowledge of the old Lutheran hymns.

Catching the impulse from Hilary and confirmed in it by the success of Arian psalmody, Ambrose composed several original hymns as well, four of which still survive, along with music which may not have changed too much from the original melodies.

Ordained in the Church of England in 1764, Newton became curate of Olney, Buckinghamshire, where he began to write hymns with poet William Cowper.

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.

Primitive Baptists in the Appalachian region often used " New Britain " with other hymns, and sometimes sing the words of " Amazing Grace " to other folk songs, including titles such as " In the Pines ", " Pisgah ", " Primrose ", and " Evan ", as all are able to be sung in common meter, of which the majority of their repertoire consists.

Moody and Sankey began publishing their compositions in 1875, and " Amazing Grace " appeared three times with three different melodies, but they were the first to give it its title ; hymns were typically published using the first line of the lyrics, or the name of the tune such as " New Britain ".

Churches worldwide hold a one-hour service each Sunday, consisting of hymns, prayer, and currently, readings from the King James Version ( KJV ) of the Bible ( although there is no requirement that this version of the Bible be used ) and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.

He was a renowned man of letters, having written several hymns and being credited with having transcribed 300 books.

The service takes the form of non-liturgical, open worship with all male participants allowed to pray audibly and select hymns or readings.

Col 3: 16 " Let the word of Christ dwell in you believers richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

" He devised hymns laden with doctrinal details to inoculate right-thinking Christians against heresies such as docetism.

He also played organ at Philadelphia's Christ Church and composed or edited a number of hymns and psalms including: " A Collection of Psalm Tunes with a few Anthems and Hymns Some of them Entirely New, for the Use of the United Churches of Christ Church and St. Peter's Church in Philadelphia " ( 1763 ), " A psalm of thanksgiving, Adapted to the Solemnity of Easter: To be performed on Sunday, the 30th of March, 1766, at Christ Church, Philadelphia " ( 1766 ), and " The Psalms of David, with the Ten Commandments, Creed, Lord's Prayer, & c. in Metre " ( 1767 ).

The Western tradition of hymnody begins with the Homeric Hymns, a collection of ancient Greek hymns, the oldest of which were written in the 7th century BC, praising deities of the ancient Greek religions.

Christian hymns are often written with special or seasonal themes and these are used on holy days such as Christmas, Easter and the Feast of All Saints, or during particular seasons such as Advent and Lent.

In ancient and medieval times, stringed instruments such as the harp, lyre and lute were used with psalms and hymns.

Such hymns were banned, along with any form of instrumental musical accompaniment, and organs were ripped out of churches.

He developed a new focus: expressing one's personal feelings in the relationship with God as well as the simple worship seen in older hymns.

Along with the more classical sacred music of composers ranging from Mozart to Monteverdi, the Catholic Church continued to produce many popular hymns such as Lead, Kindly Light, Silent Night, O Sacrament Divine and Faith of our Fathers.

The documented history of Indian religions begins with the historical Vedic religion, the religious practices of the early Indo-Aryans, which were collected and later redacted into the Samhitas ( usually known as the Vedas ), four canonical collections of hymns or mantras composed in archaic Sanskrit.

Many secular motets are known as " ceremonial motets " Characteristic of ceremonial motets was a clarity of diction, for the audience was not presumed to be familiar already with the text ( as would have been true with Latin hymns ) and also a clear articulation of formal structure, for example a setting apart of successive portions of text with sharp contrasts of texture or rhythm.