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Bible Songs on Timeless Themes
Publication Date: 1991 Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association Publication Place: Boston Editors: Eugene B. Navias; Larry Phillips
Bible Songs on Timeless Themes
Jacob's Ladder
Author: Anonymous Appears in 93 hymnals First Line: We are climbing Jacob's ladder Lyrics: 1. We are climbing Jacob's ladder,
we are climbing Jacob's ladder,
we are climbing Jacob's ladder,
Children of our God.
2. Jacob stealing Esau's birthright,
Jacob stealing Esau's birthright,
Jacob stealing Esau's birthright,
Pardon ask of God.
3. Jacob wrest'ling with the angel,
Jacob wrest'ling with the angel,
Jacob wrest'ling with the angel,
Children of our God.
4. Jacob lives and gains God's blessing (3 times)
Blessing gained from God.
5. We are climbing Jacob's ladder (3 times)
Children of our God. Used With Tune: [We are climbing Jacob's ladder] Text Sources: African American Spiritual
Jacob's Ladder
The Ten Commandments
Author: Marjorie Skwire Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: I am your God, have none but me Used With Tune: [I am your God, have none but me]
The Ten Commandments
[We are climbing Jacob's ladder]
Appears in 64 hymnals Tune Sources: African American Spiritual Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 33335 55322 22466 Used With Text: Jacob's Ladder
[We are climbing Jacob's ladder]
[When Israel was in Egypt's land]
Appears in 55 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Larry Phillips Tune Sources: African American Spiritual Tune Key: f minor Incipit: 53322 33155 771 Used With Text: Go Down, Moses
[When Israel was in Egypt's land]
[Then God said to Noah, "There's gonna be a floody, floody,"]
Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Eugene B. Navias Tune Sources: Traditional Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 35535 56656 5653 Used With Text: Rise and Shine
[Then God said to Noah, "There's gonna be a floody, floody,"]
The Blessing of the Animals
Author: David Lindenfeld Hymnal: BSTT1991 #2 (1991) First Line: Well, it says in Genesis One-twenty Refrain First Line: Blest be the animals Languages: English Tune Title: [Well, it says in Genesis One-twenty]
The Blessing of the Animals
Anonymous
Hymnal Number: 10a Author (vs. 2-4) of "Jacob's Ladder" in Bible Songs on Timeless Themes In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
Anonymous
Thomas Tallis
1505 - 1585 Hymnal Number: 16 Composer of "[I am your God, have none but me]" in Bible Songs on Timeless Themes Thomas Tallis (b. Leicestershire [?], England, c. 1505; d. Greenwich, Kent, England 1585) was one of the few Tudor musicians who served during the reigns of Henry VIII: Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth I and managed to remain in the good favor of both Catholic and Protestant monarchs. He was court organist and composer from 1543 until his death, composing music for Roman Catholic masses and Anglican liturgies (depending on the monarch). With William Byrd, Tallis also enjoyed a long-term monopoly on music printing. Prior to his court connections Tallis had served at Waltham Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral. He composed mostly church music, including Latin motets, English anthems, settings of the liturgy, magnificats, and two sets of lamentations. His most extensive contrapuntal work was the choral composition, "Spem in alium," a work in forty parts for eight five-voice choirs. He also provided nine modal psalm tunes for Matthew Parker's Psalter (c. 1561).
Bert Polman
Thomas Tallis
Ralph Vaughan Williams
1872 - 1958 Person Name: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 Hymnal Number: 21 Harmonizer of "[The little ants for one poor grain do labor, tug and slave]" in Bible Songs on Timeless Themes Through his composing, conducting, collecting, editing, and teaching, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, October 12, 1872; d. Westminster, London, England, August 26, 1958) became the chief figure in the realm of English music and church music in the first half of the twentieth century. His education included instruction at the Royal College of Music in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as additional studies in Berlin and Paris. During World War I he served in the army medical corps in France. Vaughan Williams taught music at the Royal College of Music (1920-1940), conducted the Bach Choir in London (1920-1927), and directed the Leith Hill Music Festival in Dorking (1905-1953). A major influence in his life was the English folk song. A knowledgeable collector of folk songs, he was also a member of the Folksong Society and a supporter of the English Folk Dance Society. Vaughan Williams wrote various articles and books, including National Music (1935), and composed numerous arrangements of folk songs; many of his compositions show the impact of folk rhythms and melodic modes. His original compositions cover nearly all musical genres, from orchestral symphonies and concertos to choral works, from songs to operas, and from chamber music to music for films. Vaughan Williams's church music includes anthems; choral-orchestral works, such as Magnificat (1932), Dona Nobis Pacem (1936), and Hodie (1953); and hymn tune settings for organ. But most important to the history of hymnody, he was music editor of the most influential British hymnal at the beginning of the twentieth century, The English Hymnal (1906), and coeditor (with Martin Shaw) of Songs of Praise (1925, 1931) and the Oxford Book of Carols (1928).
Bert Polman
Ralph Vaughan Williams
