puriteen18
Puritan Board Freshman
Does anyone here know of a good traditional hymnal still in print?
I've recently accepted the job of the music director at a local ARP. The duties include accompanying the congregational singing, getting a new hymnal, putting a choir together.......and ?helping the pastor with his yard work?
Anyway, the congregation is using the 1960s Blue Trinity, and for several reasons, I will not take the time to mention, want a new hymnal.
There are big "fundamentalist" influences from the Churches of Christ and the Southern Baptists around. We are trying to steer this congregation back to a firm Reformed structure of worship.
I've had mentioned to me to replace Old Blue with the new Red edition of the Trinity.
I don't really care for the new Trinity though. Some of the texts have been "modernized", and I'm not ashamed to admit that this bothers my traditionalist leaning.
Also the harmonies are just as bad as the harmonies in the old Blue, and are extremely awkward to play. I don't know where this harmonies originated since they are definately not the standard found in most, if not all other hymnals.
Here are a few of the hymnals I am considering:
Traditional Reformed
Rejoice in the Lord - Eerdmans Pub.
Cantus Christi - Canon Press
Rejoice and Sing - Oxford
The Hymnal (compiled by Buckley) - Westminter John Knox
"Old School" Episcopal and Methodist
Hymns Ancient and Modern - Canterbury/Cambridge
Cokesbury Hymnal - Abington
Modernized, albeit a Good Collection
Praise Hymnal - www.praise.org.uk
This particular church has also used these hymnals/psalters in the past:
Bible Songs -an old 1930's type Psalter- (the ARP was Psalter-only until about forty years ago, I understand)
Worship and Service Hymnal - Hope 1965
Hymns of Faith -Tabernacle- 1980
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If anyone has some familiarity with any of the above mentioned books, or knows of others I would greatly appreciate any help one could other.
I'll probably just end up ordering one copy of each and then deciding which ones to present to the session.
I've recently accepted the job of the music director at a local ARP. The duties include accompanying the congregational singing, getting a new hymnal, putting a choir together.......and ?helping the pastor with his yard work?
Anyway, the congregation is using the 1960s Blue Trinity, and for several reasons, I will not take the time to mention, want a new hymnal.
There are big "fundamentalist" influences from the Churches of Christ and the Southern Baptists around. We are trying to steer this congregation back to a firm Reformed structure of worship.
I've had mentioned to me to replace Old Blue with the new Red edition of the Trinity.
I don't really care for the new Trinity though. Some of the texts have been "modernized", and I'm not ashamed to admit that this bothers my traditionalist leaning.
Also the harmonies are just as bad as the harmonies in the old Blue, and are extremely awkward to play. I don't know where this harmonies originated since they are definately not the standard found in most, if not all other hymnals.
Here are a few of the hymnals I am considering:
Traditional Reformed
Rejoice in the Lord - Eerdmans Pub.
Cantus Christi - Canon Press
Rejoice and Sing - Oxford
The Hymnal (compiled by Buckley) - Westminter John Knox
"Old School" Episcopal and Methodist
Hymns Ancient and Modern - Canterbury/Cambridge
Cokesbury Hymnal - Abington
Modernized, albeit a Good Collection
Praise Hymnal - www.praise.org.uk
This particular church has also used these hymnals/psalters in the past:
Bible Songs -an old 1930's type Psalter- (the ARP was Psalter-only until about forty years ago, I understand)
Worship and Service Hymnal - Hope 1965
Hymns of Faith -Tabernacle- 1980
_____________________________
If anyone has some familiarity with any of the above mentioned books, or knows of others I would greatly appreciate any help one could other.
I'll probably just end up ordering one copy of each and then deciding which ones to present to the session.