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WHY WE SING

Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Kirk Franklin Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 55116 66227 23432 Used With Text: Someone Asked the Question (Why We Sing)

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Someone Asked the Question (Why We Sing)

Author: Kirk Franklin Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Someone asked the question, "Why do we sing? Refrain First Line: Lord, have mercy Topics: Grace Pardon and Assurance Scripture: Isaiah 2:4 Used With Tune: WHY WE SING

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Someone Asked the Question (Why We Sing)

Author: Kirk Franklin Hymnal: The New Century Hymnal #523 (1995) Meter: Irregular First Line: Someone asked the question, "Why do we sing? Refrain First Line: I sing because I'm happy Topics: Adoration and Praise God; Freedom and Liberation Spiritual; Joy; Witness; Year A Epiphany 8; Year A Proper 7 Scripture: Luke 12:4-7 Languages: English Tune Title: WHY WE SING

Someone Asked the Question (Why We Sing)

Author: Kirk Franklin Hymnal: The Faith We Sing #2144 (2001) Meter: Irregular with refrain First Line: Someone asked the question, "Why do we sing? Refrain First Line: Lord, have mercy Topics: Grace Pardon and Assurance Scripture: Isaiah 2:4 Languages: English Tune Title: WHY WE SING

Why We Sing

Author: Kirk Franklin Hymnal: The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #525 (2001) First Line: Someone asked the question Topics: Assurance; Choir Selections; Joy; Security Languages: English Tune Title: [Someone asked the question]

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Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

b. 1953 Person Name: Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, b. 1953 Arranger of "[Someone asked the question: why do we sing?]" in African American Heritage Hymnal Evelyn Simpson Curenton (born 1953) is a leading African-American composer, pianist, organist, and vocalist. Simpson Curenton began piano lessons at age 5, began to perform with the Singing Simpsons of Philadelphia, a family group, and earned a B.M., Music Education and Voice from Temple University. She has been commissioned to write works for the American Guild of Organists, George Shirley, the late Duke Ellington, and her sister, the late Joy Simpson, arranged music for Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and the Porgy and Bess Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera, and has performed with musical organizations such as Philadelphia's National Opera Ebony (later renamed Opera North). Based in the Washington, D.C., area, Curenton is Music Director of the Washington Performing Arts Society's Men and Women of the Gospel and an associate of the Smithsonian Institution. She has given lectures and participated in workshops on early 18th-century black religious music and the music of African-Americans during the Civil Rights era. --en.wikipedia.org

Kirk Franklin

b. 1970 Author of "Someone Asked the Question (Why We Sing)" in The Faith We Sing
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