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If you enjoy the hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, then you will enjoy Our Latter-day Hymns: The Stories and the Messages. In this volume you will find the stories of all the hymns in the 1985 LDS hymnbook, so far as those stories are known. Some of the hymns came about in ways that are quite dramatic and personal; others came into being under ordin
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May 07, 2018
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The author has reviewed the history of the LDS hymns, their authors and composers with lots of miscellaneous information that brings the circumstances of their creation to light. A good resource.
Psstt... (I didn't actually read all of this book . . .)
The last 120 pages are paragraph biographies of all the composers of the hymns. Biographies are already one of the most boring of literary genres. To then make them composer biographies of music and only a paragraph long makes it not worth my time. I actually tried to skim read them, but by the third one I was done.
What I love about this book is that it is a reservoir of personal experiences on how ARTISTS receive and act on revelation. Thi ...more
The last 120 pages are paragraph biographies of all the composers of the hymns. Biographies are already one of the most boring of literary genres. To then make them composer biographies of music and only a paragraph long makes it not worth my time. I actually tried to skim read them, but by the third one I was done.
What I love about this book is that it is a reservoir of personal experiences on how ARTISTS receive and act on revelation. Thi ...more
This is an excellent reference book to have if you are at all interested in the hymns and their history. When teaching them to choirs, when trying to match certain hymns or just trying to avoid all of Manookin's hymns until the new hymnbook comes out, this book is invaluable. There is a small snippet on author, composer and history on each hymn along with some musical info.
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An interesting resource for those in a music calling, but not a great read, otherwise. Truly interesting tidbits seemed too few and far between, so it felt like I was slogging through the rest of the book to get to them.
Jan 19, 2021
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Good reference material. Got bored with the book, shelved it, read some, shelved it, read some, etc. Nearly two years later, done.
Great book on hymns.
For the past year or so I came up with this idea to study the hymns. So here is what I did (this is going to sound really nerdy):
I started with the beginning of the hymnbook by reading the introduction. Then from there I sang all verses of the first hymn, looked up the correlating scriptures and then read about that hymn in this “Our Latter-Day Hymns” book. Finally I read the information about the people who wrote the text and the music from the back of the "Our Latter-Day Hymns” book. I continu ...more
I started with the beginning of the hymnbook by reading the introduction. Then from there I sang all verses of the first hymn, looked up the correlating scriptures and then read about that hymn in this “Our Latter-Day Hymns” book. Finally I read the information about the people who wrote the text and the music from the back of the "Our Latter-Day Hymns” book. I continu ...more
I read this book back in the late-1980s, when it first came out, and loved every page! I read it cover-to-cover, enjoying the story of each hymn, as well as the brief biographies of the composers and authors of the texts. Since that time, I've referred to this book again and again, because it's such a wonderful reference for people with music callings or even just for preparing for a talk. To me, this is one of those treasures that would be a welcome addition for every LDS home library.
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This book is wonderful for anyone who loves the hymns from the Latter Day Saint hymnal. It gives background information on every song and is also a great book for chorister's to refer to when searching for a song on a certain topic. It's also a great reference when teaching a new song. In one ward I attended, the chorister in Relief Society would read the story behind the song we would "practice" that week. It was so interesting to learn about our hymn's origins before we sang them. It helps you
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I read most of it during September of 2010. I loved hearing about the history of the hymns we love so much and have sung all of our lives in church. It is interesting to know about those that were blind and had other adversities in their lives and still found a way to add music to other peoples lives. The song we sing were written from the 1400's up to the almost present day.
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The more I know about things the more I appreciate and enjoy them. I am thankful for the information in this book for teaching me more about the authors and the tune writers of the various hymns. It inspired me to greater study of the authors and tune writers on my own (on the internet). When I know the backstory on the hymns they mean so much more to me. This book is a good starting point.
This is a GREAT historical book. I love reading about history of each hymn. I recommend this book to any Latter-Day Saint, however it is especially good if you are in Relief Society and are the music appreciation leader.
Sadly very boring for the most part so I didn't finish it. However, we did have a wonderful FHE thanks to the IDEA of this book. We each chose our favorite song, told why we liked it and looked up the scripture then sang the song (from either the LDS Hymnbook or Children's Songbook)
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I take issue with the fact that goodreads.com thinks I want to read this because I rated the Holy Bible. The Holy Bible stands alone in it's own category away from scriptures of other religions. Yes I am interested in perusing through this book but it belongs on a lower shelf than my Bible!
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Dec 29, 2011
Nanette
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I decided to study the hymns again this year for my personal study and this book is an immense help!
Jan 11, 2010
Kathrynlouis
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So interesting...
Bleh. This is not a book to read cover to cover! This is a book to use as a reference when you want to know (or have to tell - in a church talk) whence a hymn originates.
I use this book for our Relief Society's 5 minute music time each week. It has been great resource to learn and share information about the history of the hymns.
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Sometimes a little boring, but overall there's something interesting behind our hymns and this book lets you know.
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Aug 19, 2008
Scarehaircare
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Read about the history of the hymns in the LDS hymnbook
Mar 05, 2008
Heidi-Marie
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10/4/16 Been reading sporadically over the years. Decided to go from the beginning and read cover to cover as part of my hymn blogging project. So excited, because this book is amazing!
This is a very interesting book. It's fascinating to hear all the details about the hymns. I just love it.
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I love singing and playing the hymns. Learning about how they came to be written was very inspirational.
I have read about some of the songs so I can't say I read the whole thing. This is a great book with lots of fun, interesting, and sometimes sad information.
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Aug 27, 2012
Jana
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Good review of the stories behind the hymns. It can really add to your appreciation of the hymns.
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