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YADDO (Benjamin)

Meter: 10.11.10.11 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thomas Benjamin Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 56712 32345 55424

Author: Fred Kaan (holandés, n. 1929); Gaylord E. Smith (estadounidense, n. 1939) Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: No rompas este círculo de amor Lyrics: 1 No rompas este círculo de amor, en que el perdón se entrega y se recibe. Invita a muchos, hazlo ensanchar, para que abarque a todo ser que vive. 2 Contempla nuestro amor que brota aquí en donde todos hablan libremente y nadie acusa al prójimo de un mal. Los lazos que nos unen duren siempre. 3 Ven, júntate al impulso librador de gente de cualquier nación o raza que busque su destino en paz cumplir con actos de alegría, amor y gracia. Topics: Amistad; Friendship; Amor y Compasión; Love and Compassion; Bienvenida; Welcome; La Humanidad: Hombres y Mujeres; Humanity: Men and Women; Perdón; Forgiveness; Valentía y Esperanza; Courage and Hope Used With Tune: YADDO

Break Not the Circle

Author: Fred Kaan, 1929- Meter: 10.11.10.11 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Break not the circle of enabling love Lyrics: 1 Break not the circle of enabling love where people grow, forgiven and forgiving; break not that circle, make it wider still, till it includes, embraces all the living. 2 Come, wonder at this love that comes to life, where words of freedom are with humor spoken, and people keep no score of wrong and guilt, but will that human bonds remain unbroken. 3 Join then the movement of the love that frees, till people of whatever race or nation will truly be themselves, stand on their feet, see eye to eye with laughter and elation. Topics: Humanist Teachings Humanity: Women and Men; Beloved Community; Communion; Forgiveness and Reconciliation; Gay and Lesbian Pride Day; Integrity; Unity and Diversity Used With Tune: YADDO

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

No rompas este círculo

Author: Fred Kaan (holandés, n. 1929); Gaylord E. Smith (estadounidense, n. 1939) Hymnal: Las Voces del Camino #62 (2009) First Line: No rompas este círculo de amor Lyrics: 1 No rompas este círculo de amor, en que el perdón se entrega y se recibe. Invita a muchos, hazlo ensanchar, para que abarque a todo ser que vive. 2 Contempla nuestro amor que brota aquí en donde todos hablan libremente y nadie acusa al prójimo de un mal. Los lazos que nos unen duren siempre. 3 Ven, júntate al impulso librador de gente de cualquier nación o raza que busque su destino en paz cumplir con actos de alegría, amor y gracia. Topics: Amistad; Friendship; Amor y Compasión; Love and Compassion; Bienvenida; Welcome; La Humanidad: Hombres y Mujeres; Humanity: Men and Women; Perdón; Forgiveness; Valentía y Esperanza; Courage and Hope Languages: Spanish Tune Title: YADDO

Break Not the Circle

Author: Fred Kaan, 1929- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #323 (1993) Meter: 10.11.10.11 First Line: Break not the circle of enabling love Lyrics: 1 Break not the circle of enabling love where people grow, forgiven and forgiving; break not that circle, make it wider still, till it includes, embraces all the living. 2 Come, wonder at this love that comes to life, where words of freedom are with humor spoken, and people keep no score of wrong and guilt, but will that human bonds remain unbroken. 3 Join then the movement of the love that frees, till people of whatever race or nation will truly be themselves, stand on their feet, see eye to eye with laughter and elation. Topics: Humanist Teachings Humanity: Women and Men; Beloved Community; Communion; Forgiveness and Reconciliation; Gay and Lesbian Pride Day; Integrity; Unity and Diversity Languages: English Tune Title: YADDO

People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

Fred Kaan

1929 - 2009 Person Name: Fred Kaan, 1929- Author of "Break Not the Circle" in Singing the Living Tradition Fred Kaan Hymn writer. His hymns include both original work and translations. He sought to address issues of peace and justice. He was born in Haarlem in the Netherlands in July 1929. He was baptised in St Bavo Cathedral but his family did not attend church regularly. He lived through the Nazi occupation, saw three of his grandparents die of starvation, and witnessed his parents deep involvement in the resistance movement. They took in a number of refugees. He became a pacifist and began attending church in his teens. Having become interested in British Congregationalism (later to become the United Reformed Church) through a friendship, he was attended Western College in Bristol. He was ordained in 1955 at the Windsor Road Congregational Church in Barry, Glamorgan. In 1963 he was called to be minister of the Pilgrim Church in Plymouth. It was in this congregation that he began to write hymns. The first edition of Pilgrim Praise was published in 1968, going into second and third editions in 1972 and 1975. He continued writing many more hymns throughout his life. Dianne Shapiro, from obituary written by Keith Forecast in Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/fred-kaan-minister-and-celebrated-hymn-writer-1809481.html)

Thomas Benjamin

b. 1940 Composer of "YADDO (Benjamin)" Thomas Benjamin was born in 1940 in Bennington, Vermont. He received degrees from Bard College, Bradeis, Harvard and Eastman. He has taught at the National Music Camp at Interlochen, the University of Houston's School of Music, and the Peabody Conservatory of The John Hopkins University. He is the co-author of three music theory texts and the author of two books on counterpoint. He has composed music for violin, piano, viola, orchestra, chamber orchestras and choir. He has also written oratorios, cantatas, operas, and a number of hymn tunes for the Unitarian church. Dianne Shapiro from "A digital library of Unitarian Universalist biographies, books, and media," Harvard Square Library, accessed online 8/9/2020