Old Order, acted and atonally sung by Grunnfeu Arapacis, the lovely Serbantian import, then entered and delivered the well-known invocation to the god Phineoppus, whereupon the stage is quite unexpectedly visited by a company of wandering Gorshek priests, symbolizing Love, Lust, Prudence and General Motors, respectively.

Thus `` America '', the most widely sung of the patriotic songs, was written by a New England Baptist clergyman, Samuel Francis Smith ( 1808-1895 ), while a student in Andover Theological Seminary.

`` A Toast To The Bride '', sung by Clarence Nordstrom, playing a character called Old Man Toomey, is quite simple, direct and touching.

Songs from China and Japan were reserved exclusively for Miss Mao, who is a native of China, and those of the British Isles were sung by Mr. Fuller, who is English by birth.

Altogether fifteen virtually unknown Rodgers and Hart songs are sung by a quintet of able vocalists.

He did not have a separate cult, but he was the personification of the holy magic-song sung by the magicians that was supposed to cure disease.

Apollo's role as the slayer of the Python led to his association with battle and victory ; hence it became the Roman custom for a paean to be sung by an army on the march and before entering into battle, when a fleet left the harbour, and also after a victory had been won.

The earliest articles of faith were said to have been composed in the first century by the apostles themselves and sung publicly while on mission ( see Old Roman Symbol ).

Three verses were emblematically sung by Tom in his hour of deepest crisis.

However, this division into two groups is considered by some modern scholars to be too simplistic and often it is practically impossible to know whether a lyric composition was sung or recited, or whether or not it was accompanied by musical instruments and dance.

The song quickly gained popularity and an amended version was sung by a choir of 10, 000 at the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901.

Johnny Appleseed is remembered in American popular culture by his traveling song or Swedenborgian hymn (" The Lord is good to me ..."), which is today sung before meals in some American households.

Work songs sung by sailors between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries are known as sea shanties.

They were notably influenced by songs of African-Americans, such as those sung whilst manually loading vessels with cotton in ports of the southern United States.

More recently, " Twilight Zone " by 2 Unlimited was sung a cappella to the instrumentation on the comedy television series Tompkins Square.

*" ABC – DEF – GHI ", a song sung by Big Bird of Sesame Street

In analyzing the text of the song, Max Cryer wrote that it " is not intended to be sung by the young in love, but by a mature performer who has seen it all before.

The new songs included in this production had been added during a 1971 Los Angeles production: " Echo Song " ( sung by Hero and Philia ), and " Farewell " ( added for Nancy Walker playing the role of Domina as she and Senex depart for the country ).

Another draft of the opening number, " Invocation and Instructions to the Audience ," has been used in subsequent revues of Sondheim songs and was sung by Nathan Lane in the musical The Frogs.

The song was sung by Jerry Scoggins ( backed by Flatt and Scruggs ) over the opening and end credits of each episode.

In Ben Jonson's Lovers Made Men ( 1617 ), " the whole masque was sung after the Italian manner, stilo recitativo ".

There are versions by Enya ( sung in Gaelic ), Andrea Bocelli ( sung in Italian ), Stevie Nicks, Bing Crosby, Mahalia Jackson, an acoustic version by American R ' n ' B group Boyz II Men, and an instrumental version by Mannheim Steamroller.

After the final fade to black a sequence featuring an actor playing the Minstrel would be shown as he sung these lyrics to the tune of " Early One Morning ": " We'll have the merry time again with Robin and his Merry Men and the folk who'll bring him to you then now beg a word with you.

Men sing their own songs, while women have their songs sung for them by an elder.

In Ben Jonson's Lovers Made Men ( 1617 ), " the whole masque was sung after the Italian manner, stilo recitativo ".

The most commonly sung song is " Up You Men ", the official pep song of the organization which dates to 1931, when it was the winning entry in a song contest.

The Wise Men pass out sweets, children process in renaissance wear, carols are sung, and living nativity scenes are enacted, all similar to celebrations in Italy or Spain, pointing to the country ’ s Catholic heritage.

Nearly all of the album's tracks were produced by Nokio, who sung lead on the tracks " She Said " and " Men Always Regret ".

The Jeeves theatrical programme also lists song titles that weren't recorded: " Food Of Love " sung by Aunt Dahlia ( the role and song were cut in previews ); " Song Of Spode ", sung by the villainous Roderick Spode ; and " Literary Men " sung by Bertie, Jeeves & Gussie, the melody of which was later reused in Song and Dance-first as the finale " When You Want to Fall in Love " and later as a new song in the first act " Unexpected Song ".

This song is also sung by Alan in the chapter of Two and a Half Men that Charlie is suspected to be the father of the son of an old ex girlfriend.

* In the Two and a Half Men episode A Jock Strap in Hell, the song is sung by everyone when they are forced to go to church by Jake's former school teacher, Miss Pasternack.

He is the most frequent vocalist in Gwar, after Oderus, having sung lead on " Cool Place To Park ", " The Road Behind ", " Pussy Planet ", " Jack The World " ( during the chorus ), " Eat Steel ", " Bad Bad Men " ( during the chorus, and also the " Yeehaw " at the beginning ) " Fight ", ( by Bishop ) " Crush Kill Destroy ", " I Hate Love Songs " ( By Orr, originally slated to be performed by Mike Derks, who wrote the song ), " The Bonus Plan " ( by Evans ), " Metal Metal Land ", " The Price of Peace " and " Beat You To Death " ( The latter two also by Orr ).

The custom of always singing it at the theater slowly disappeared, until it was ordered that it only be sung at the anniversary of the country.

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

Then, all of a sudden, he raised his arms and began conducting, urging the student singers to go full out, which they did, the crescendo building, their eyes locked with his, until the final ' on an ordinary Sunday ' was sung.

British singer-songwriter Laura Critchley commented that she had sung vocals for three songs, and said that it would not be released until 2009.

In the Slavic usage, Great Compline is chanted on Friday night — though some parts are read rather than sung as they are on other weeknights, and some Lenten material is replaced by non-Lenten hymns — and the Akathist is not chanted until Matins of the fifth Saturday.

Lyrics by his uncle, Simonides, and his rival, Pindar, were known in Athens and were sung at parties, they were parodied by Aristophanes and quoted by Plato, but no trace of Bacchylides ' work can be found until the Hellenistic age, when Callimachus began writing some commentaries on them.

It is also sung on Maundy Thursday, during the procession from the church to the place where the Blessed Sacrament is kept until Good Friday.

Up until the time of Finland's independence in 1917 – 18, when the song began to be recognized as specifically applying to Finland, Pacius's tune and Runeberg's text were often also sung in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Although there are a few occasions in which members of one orchestra join the other, the full forces do not join together until the latter part of the last movement, when the tenor and baritone sing the final line of Owen's poem " Strange Meeting " (" Let us sleep now …") as " In Paradisum deducant " (" Into Paradise lead them ...") is sung first by the boys ' choir, then by the full choir ( in 8-part canon ), and finally by the soprano.

The song was originally penned for and sung by Roy Orbison, although his version was not released until 1992, three years after Lauper's version and four years after his death.

Because the lyrics were sung on formal occasions, such as birthdays, there was no sheet music for it until 19th century.

Barbour made provision for a mass to be sung for himself and his parents, an instruction that was observed in the Kirk of St Machar until the Reformation.

In the US, by the late 1930s and early 1940s, swing had become the most popular musical style and remained so for several years, until it was supplanted in the late 1940s by the pop standards sung by the crooners who grew out of the Big Band tradition that swing began.

The audience erupted in applause and refused to let her leave the stage until she had sung three more songs.

Lynn continued to reach the Top 10 until the end of the decade, including with 1975's " The Pill ", considered to be the first song to discuss birth control, other than the 1967 French-language song in French, Pilule d ' Or, sung by Luc Dominique, the former " Singing Nun ".

There is a continual debate about the merits of this system as compared to solfege: it holds the advantage that when dealing with abstract concepts such as interval distance a student may easily recognize that the distance between 1 to 5 is larger than the distance between 1 to 4 because of the numerical values assigned ( as compared to Solfege, where comparing Do to Sol and Do to Fa remain completely abstract until sung or played ).

Hugill readily included more recently popular songs — those that evidently were not sung until after the shanty genre was experiencing decline, but which were extant when Hugill sailed ( 1920s-40s ).

Mary as Queen of Heaven is praised in the Salve Regina "( Hail Queen )", which is sung in the time from Trinity Sunday until the Saturday before the first Sunday of Advent.

Up until the 20th century, bandura repertoire was an oral tradition based primarily on vocal works sung to the accompaniment of the bandura.

Although the words were not set to music until after Halbertsma's death ( they were first sung in 1875 at a ceremony held to commemorate his work ), the author may well have known the melody from his days as a student at Heidelberg since it is that of a student song ( Vom hoh ' n Olymp ) by Heinrich Christian Schnoor which had been popular there as the setting for several different German texts since the 1790s.

From 1991 on, Steve Lukather would handle a majority of the vocals ( until Bobby Kimball's return in 1998 ), but some older songs originally sung by Kimball, Fergie Frederiksen, and Joseph Williams were put in the set list and sung by new backup singers Fred White ( who was replaced by John James in 1992 ), Jackie McGee ( who'd joined for the 1990 tour and was replaced by Donna McDaniel in 1992 ) and Jenny Douglas-McRae ( who'd also come aboard in 1990.

Some songs belong to everyone, some songs to just one person but may be sung by others, and some songs individuals save until times of great need.

One of his most successful pieces of writing for Parish choirs was his Communion Service in G which was widely sung, especially in Anglo-Catholic churches, until recent times.