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Read ArticleWhat Songs Are Stuck in Your Head?
I was leaning into the fridge and looking for a snack when the blasphemous lyrics popped into my head from out of nowhere. It was a line from a song by a band my husband and I had...
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Read ArticleComposer of the Month: Charles Ore
Charles Ore is a renowned organist, music teacher, and composer. His storied career spans more than sixty years, and his passion for liturgical music and education is unmatched. Ore’s...
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Read ArticleUniting Church Hymns throughout Time and Place
This summer, One and All Rejoice, a new children’s hymnal for K–8 students, will be released. There are two hundred well-loved hymns along with newer songs debuting in this hymnal....
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Read ArticleMusic of the Month: The Wind Blows Where It Wills
This year, May 31 is Pentecost Sunday, the day the Church celebrates the Holy Spirit coming to the disciples after Christ's resurrection and ascension. In preparation for the day and...
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Read FlipbookCPH Music Catalog | 2020-2021
Browse CPH Music's 2020 list, with 24 choral pieces, 26 keyboard pieces, and 12 handbell pieces.
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Read ArticleCling to Hymns in a Pandemic
This pandemic is certainly horrific, but I have found many positives during this time. One of these positives was a slower and more reflective Holy Week, allowing me to ponder and study...
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Read ArticleCling to Hymns in a Pandemic
This pandemic is certainly horrific, but I have found many positives during this time. One of these positives was a slower and more reflective Holy Week, allowing me to ponder and study...
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Read ArticleComposer of the Month: Paul Gerhardt
Paul Gerhardt (1607–76) is in a tier only with Martin Luther as the most beloved and celebrated Lutheran hymnwriters in the church today. Seventeen of Gerhardt’s 100-plus hymn texts are...
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Read ArticlePrepare for the Easter Season at Home
During the fifty days of the Easter season, the Church rejoices in the resurrected Lord and the new life He brings. This season includes three great feasts that we celebrate: the Feast...
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Read ArticleMusic of the Month: Christ Being Raised
A perfect selection for the Easter season comes in this SATB anthem based on Romans 6:9. Beginning with joyous alleluias, the music rises in sequence, portraying the text “raised from...
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Read ArticleComforting Hymns for Listening at Home
I know I’m not alone when I say that during times of distress, I cling to music. I cling to melodies that I have come to love, especially melodies and lyrics that I can repeat as a...
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Read ArticleMusic during Tragedy
In October 1966, tragedy struck the Welsh town of Aberfan when heavy rainfall mixed with coal waste and caused a mountainside to collapse. The sodden coal waste slid down to the town,...
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Read ArticleThe Women of Lutheran Service Book You Might Not Know About
Men have had an incredible impact on shaping Lutheran hymnody as it’s known today. From Paul Gerhardt to Dr. Carl Schalk, male hymnwriters have truly given Lutheranism foundational...
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Read ArticleMusic of the Month: Four Easter Hymns for Twelve Bells
Sandra Eithun’s primary collection of popular Easter hymns and second set of popular Easter hymns are perfect for the busy Easter season, especially if you are shorthanded for...
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Read ArticleGod’s Generous Gift of Music
Food. Water. Shelter. Oxygen. Not much is required for a human being to exist. Appropriate nutrients and an appropriate atmosphere. That is essentially what we need to survive.
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Read ArticleComposer of the Month: August Crull
August Crull (1845–1923) was born in Germany but moved with his mother to the United States as a young boy following the death of his father. His mother remarried, and Crull began...
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Read ArticleHow to Network with Local Church Musicians
The professional world is full of networking opportunities, from connecting with individuals at conferences to networking entirely online. For a church musician or a music director,...
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Read ArticleMusic of the Month: Three Lenten Chorales for Organ
A set of Lenten chorale preludes based on themes of repentance, Christopher M. Wicks’s settings are composed in variation style and are inspired by Bach’s partitas and the Orgelbüchlein.
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Read ArticleWhy Church Bells Ring
Crumbled have spires in ev’ry land; Bells still are chiming and calling,Calling the young and old to rest,But above all the souls distressed, Longing for rest everlasting. (LSB 645:1)
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Read ArticleComposer of the Month: Carl F. Schalk
Dr. Carl F. Schalk has written more than one hundred hymn tunes, composed dozens of sacred choral pieces, and authored numerous books on liturgical worship. But what lies underneath the...
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