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Before the Marvel of This Night
Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda, b. 1919 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.8.6 Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Christmas Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 Used With Tune: MARVEL
Before the Marvel of This Night
As Tender As a Mother Hen
Author: Mary Louise Bringle Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.8.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Jesus Christ Used With Tune: MARVEL
As Tender As a Mother Hen
Before the Marvel of This Night
Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda Hymnal: Voices United #40 (1996) Meter: Irregular Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Angels; Christian Year Christmas; Hunger; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Joy; Music and Singing; Peace (World); Wonder; World; Christmas Eve Year A; Proper 9 Year B Languages: English Tune Title: MARVEL
Before the Marvel of This Night
Before the Marvel of This Night
Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda Hymnal: Glory to God #125 (2013) Meter: Irregular Topics: Christian Year Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Jesus Christ Birth Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 Languages: English Tune Title: MARVEL
Before the Marvel of This Night
Before the Marvel of This Night
Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda, b. 1919 Hymnal: RitualSong #512 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.8.6 Topics: Angels; Christmas; Incarnation; Jesus Christ; Love of God for Us; Peace; Petition; Song; Universe Scripture: Luke 2:9-14 Languages: English Tune Title: MARVEL
Before the Marvel of This Night
Jaroslav J. Vajda
1919 - 2008 Person Name: Jaroslav J. Vajda, b. 1919 Author of "Before the Marvel of This Night" in With One Voice Jaroslav J. Vajda (b. Lorain, Ohio, 1919; d. 2008) Born of Czechoslovakian parents, Vajda was educated at Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1944, he served congregations in Pennsylvania and Indiana until 1963. He was editor of the periodicals The Lutheran Beacon (1959-1963) and This Day (1963-1971) and book editor and developer for Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis from 1971 until his retirement in 1986. Working mainly with hymn texts, Vajda served on several Lutheran commissions of worship. A writer of original poetry since his teens, he was the author of They Followed the King (1965) and Follow the King (1977). His translations from Slovak include Bloody Sonnets (1950), Slovak Christmas (1960), An Anthology of Slovak Literature (1977), and contributions to the Lutheran Worship Supplement (1969) and the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978). A collection of his hymn texts, carols, and hymn translations was issued as Now the Joyful Celebration (1987); its sequel is So Much to Sing About (1991). Vajda's hymns are included in many modern hymnals, and he was honored as a Fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada in 1988.
Bert Polman
Jaroslav J. Vajda
Mary Louise Bringle
b. 1953 Author of "As Tender As a Mother Hen" in Sing a New Creation
Mary Louise Bringle
Carl Schalk
1929 - 2021 Person Name: Carl Schalk, b. 1929 Composer of "MARVEL" in With One Voice Carl F. Schalk (b. Des Plaines, IL, 1929; d. 2021) is professor of music emeritus at Concordia University, River Forest, Illinois, where he taught church music since 1965. He completed graduÂate work at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri. From 1952 to 1956 he taught and directed music at Zion Lutheran Church in Wausau, Wisconsin, and from 1958 to 1965 served as director of music for the International Lutheran Hour. Honored as a Fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada in 1992, Schalk was editor of the Church Music journal (1966-1980), a member of the committee that prepared the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978), and a widely published composer of church music. Included in his publications are The Roots of Hymnody in The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (1965), Key Words in Church Music (1978), and Luther on Music: Paradigms of Praise (1988). His numerous hymn tunes and carols are collected in the Carl Schalk Hymnary (1989) and its 1991 Supplement.
Bert Polman
Carl Schalk
