Maria Solis is at home with the sprawling, diversity of Catholic liturgical music in the United States. Growing up bilingual in Texas, she saw the eclectic cultural influences of music at Mass, and, ...

William Buel Stevens (W. B. Stevens) was a Missouri-born minister and hymn writer active in the early 1900s. He traveled widely as a tent evangelist, sharing his music and faith across rural America.

John Mason Neale was best known for his work in church music. He wrote and translated many hymns that are still sung today. His music had deep spiritual meaning and a gentle, peaceful tone. Some of ...

It’s a Christmas carol you’ll no doubt be singing over the festive season. But what are the lyrics for ‘Joy to the World’, and aside from, well, joy – what’s the hymn all about? ‘Joy to the World’ was ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) Fans of a beloved contemporary Christian hymn won’t get any satisfaction in a new church hymnal. The committee putting together a new hymnal for the Presbyterian Church (USA) ...

The official anthem of the Olympics is heard when the flag is raised and lowered at the opening and closing ceremonies. But what are the lyrics and history behind the Hymn? This is the story of the ...

(RNS) — A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience. The Oxyrhynchus Hymn is the oldest surviving Christian hymn with musical notation — and was ...

Sister Amiya spent 42 years as a teacher and has been a passionate composer of sacred music. The Bangladeshi religious has ...

Worship leaders convince curriculum company of the value of lifewayworship.com. In July 2023, the company announced its plan to retire the platform—a “digital hymnal” that provides users with chord ...

BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — “The Sacred Harp” is a pre-Civil War compilation of sacred songs that uses music notes shaped like triangles, ovals, squares and diamonds, and it is getting an update. Sung in ...

The Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, will implement a formal ban this week on the singing of certain contemporary hymns at Mass because of doctrinal inaccuracies in their lyrics as well as a ...