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Christ, We Climb with You the Mountain

Author: Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Cross; Jesus Christ; Mission / Ministry; Transfiguration Scripture: Matthew 17:1-22 Used With Tune: HYMN TO JOY

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IN BABILONE

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 201 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Julius Röntgen; Ralph Vaughan Williams Tune Sources: Oude de Nieuwe Hollantse Boernlietjes en Contradansen Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 17651 21231 43232 Used With Text: Christ, We Climb with You the Mountain

HYMN TO JOY

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 519 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827; Edward Hodges, 1796-1867 Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 33455 43211 23322 Used With Text: Christ, We Climb with You the Mountain

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Christ, We Climb with You the Mountain

Author: Herman G. Stuempfle Jr Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #131 (2013) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Church Year Transfiguration; Church Year Lent; Social Justice; Violence and Crime Scripture: Matthew 17:1-13 Languages: English Tune Title: IN BABILONE

Christ, We Climb with You the Mountain

Author: Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 Hymnal: New Wine In Old Wineskins #7 (2007) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Cross; Jesus Christ; Mission / Ministry; Transfiguration Scripture: Matthew 17:1-22 Languages: English Tune Title: HYMN TO JOY

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Herman G. Stuempfle

1923 - 2007 Person Name: Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 Author of "Christ, We Climb with You the Mountain" in New Wine In Old Wineskins Rev. Dr. Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 83, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, after a long illness. Born April 2, 1923, in Clarion, he was the son of the late Herman G. and Helen (Wolfe) Stuempfle, Sr. Stuempfle lived most of his life in Gettysburg, PA. He served as President of the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg. He attended Hughesville public schools, and was a graduate of Susquehanna University and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. He received additional advanced degrees from Union Theological Seminary in New York and a doctoral degree at Southern California School of Theology at Claremont. He retired in 1989. Rev. Dr. Stuempfle was the author of several books and numerous articles and lectures on preaching, history, and theology. He was also among the most honored and respected hymn writers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Rev. Dr. Stuempfle was known for his leadership in community and civic projects. Always taking an active stance on social issues, he participated in the creation of day care centers, served on the Gettysburg interchurch social action committee, helped create and support prison ministries and a homeless shelter, and tutored young people in the after school program of Christ Lutheran Church, where he was a long time member. --Excerpts from his obituary published in Evening Sun from Mar. 15 to Mar. 16, 2007

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770 - 1827 Person Name: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827 Composer of "HYMN TO JOY" in New Wine In Old Wineskins A giant in the history of music, Ludwig van Beethoven (b. Bonn, Germany, 1770; d. Vienna, Austria, 1827) progressed from early musical promise to worldwide, lasting fame. By the age of fourteen he was an accomplished viola and organ player, but he became famous primarily because of his compositions, including nine symphonies, eleven overtures, thirty piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, the Mass in C, and the Missa Solemnis. He wrote no music for congregational use, but various arrangers adapted some of his musical themes as hymn tunes; the most famous of these is ODE TO JOY from the Ninth Symphony. Although it would appear that the great calamity of Beethoven's life was his loss of hearing, which turned to total deafness during the last decade of his life, he composed his greatest works during this period. Bert Polman

Ralph Vaughan Williams

1872 - 1958 Arranger of "IN BABILONE" in Lift Up Your Hearts 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