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Here in the Busy City

Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: City; Evangelism and Mission; Justice and Peace Scripture: Matthew 5:13 Used With Tune: MUNICH

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 334 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847 Tune Sources: Neuvermehrtes Gesangbuch, 1693 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 12365 43335 43221 Used With Text: Here in the Busy City

CATHEDRAL SQUARE

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Barry Brinson Tune Key: d minor or modal Incipit: 12323 43213 45654 Used With Text: Here in the busy city

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Here in the busy city

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Hymnal: Hope is our Song #56 (2009) Tune Title: CATHEDRAL SQUARE

Here in the Busy City

Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Hymnal: The Covenant Hymnal #697 (1996) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: City; Evangelism and Mission; Justice and Peace Scripture: Matthew 5:13 Tune Title: MUNICH

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Shirley Erena Murray

1931 - 2020 Person Name: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Author of "Here in the Busy City" in The Covenant Hymnal Shirley Erena Murray (b. Invercargill, New Zealand, 1931) studied music as an undergraduate but received a master’s degree (with honors) in classics and French from Otago University. Her upbringing was Methodist, but she became a Presbyterian when she married the Reverend John Stewart Murray, who was a moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Shirley began her career as a teacher of languages, but she became more active in Amnesty International, and for eight years she served the Labor Party Research Unit of Parliament. Her involvement in these organizations has enriched her writing of hymns, which address human rights, women’s concerns, justice, peace, the integrity of creation, and the unity of the church. Many of her hymns have been performed in CCA and WCC assemblies. In recognition for her service as a writer of hymns, the New Zealand government honored her as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit on the Queen’s birthday on 3 June 2001. Through Hope Publishing House, Murray has published three collections of her hymns: In Every Corner Sing (eighty-four hymns, 1992), Everyday in Your Spirit (forty-one hymns, 1996), and Faith Makes the Song (fifty hymns, 2002). The New Zealand Hymnbook Trust, for which she worked for a long time, has also published many of her texts (cf. back cover, Faith Makes the Song). In 2009, Otaga University conferred on her an honorary doctorate in literature for her contribution to the art of hymn writing. I-to Loh, Hymnal Companion to “Sound the Bamboo”: Asian Hymns in Their Cultural and Liturgical Context, p. 468, ©2011 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

1809 - 1847 Person Name: Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847 Adapter of "MUNICH" in The Covenant Hymnal Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (b. Hamburg, Germany, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany, 1847) was the son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn and the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His Jewish family became Christian and took the Bartholdy name (name of the estate of Mendelssohn's uncle) when baptized into the Lutheran church. The children all received an excellent musical education. Mendelssohn had his first public performance at the age of nine and by the age of sixteen had written several symphonies. Profoundly influenced by J. S. Bach's music, he conducted a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 (at age 20!) – the first performance since Bach's death, thus reintroducing Bach to the world. Mendelssohn organized the Domchor in Berlin and founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843. Traveling widely, he not only became familiar with various styles of music but also became well known himself in countries other than Germany, especially in England. He left a rich treasury of music: organ and piano works, overtures and incidental music, oratorios (including St. Paul or Elijah and choral works, and symphonies. He harmonized a number of hymn tunes himself, but hymnbook editors also arranged some of his other tunes into hymn tunes. Bert Polman