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"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954). Written from the context of African Americans in the late 19th century, the hymn is a prayer of thanksgiving to God as well as a prayer for faithfulness and freedom, with imagery that evokes the biblical Exodus from slavery to the freedom ...
Black gospel music, often called gospel music or gospel, is the traditional music of the Black diaspora in the United States.It is rooted in the conversion of enslaved Africans to Christianity, both during and after the trans-atlantic slave trade, starting with work songs sung in the fields and, later, with religious songs sung in various church settings, later classified as Negro Spirituals ...
4/4 [ 1] Published. 1925 [ 2] " Let us break bread together " is a traditional Christian hymn. Its melody is searching, simple, major key, and has simple lyrics. [ 3] "Let us break bread together" follows in the tradition of most Black spirituals. Black spirituals were mostly composed by African slaves who had no training in western music. [ 2]
John Newton, 1778 According to the Dictionary of American Hymnology, "Amazing Grace" is John Newton's spiritual autobiography in verse. In 1725, Newton was born in Wapping, a district in London near the Thames. His father was a shipping merchant who was brought up as a Catholic but had Protestant sympathies, and his mother was a devout Independent, unaffiliated with the Anglican Church. She ...
The Baptist Hymnal has been the primary book of hymns and songs used for Christian worship in churches affiliated with the United States denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, since 1956. For information on Baptist hymnals in a more general sense, see this list . The title was first used for a Convention publication in 1956, and a ...
Lyrics. The song is considered a Christmas carol, as its original lyrics celebrate the Nativity of Jesus : Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere; go tell it on the mountain, that Jesus Christ is born. An alternate final line omits the reference to the birth of Christ, instead declaring that "Jesus Christ is Lord".
In the United States "Rock of Ages" is usually sung to the hymn tune Toplady by Thomas Hastings as revised by Lowell Mason. In the United Kingdom the hymn tune Redhead 76 is most common. This tune is also called Petra, after Peter being referred to as the Rock by Christ, by Richard Redhead. Both tunes circulate in the churches of both countries.
Were You There. Sheet music for Were You There. " Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) " is an African-American spiritual that was first printed in 1899. It was likely composed by enslaved African Americans in the 19th century. [ 1]