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GENEVAN 119
Meter: 10.11.10.11.10.11 Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Louis Bourgeois; Howard Slenk Hymnal Title: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 12313 55432 31765 Used With Text: Blessed Are Those Who Heed the Law of God
GENEVAN 119
O selig sind, die stets in Redlichkeit
Author: Jorissen Appears in 1 hymnal Hymnal Title: Gesangbuch für deutsche Gemeinden Used With Tune: [O selig sind, die stets in Redlichkeit]
O selig sind, die stets in Redlichkeit
How Blessed Are the Perfect in the Way
Author: Dewey Westra Meter: 10.11.10.11.10.11 Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: Psalter Hymnal (Blue) Topics: Law of God; Meditation; Peace and Rest; Vows; Will of God; Teacher, God Our Scripture: Psalm 119 Used With Tune: ROYAL LAW
How Blessed Are the Perfect in the Way
Blessed Are Those Who Heed the Law of God
Author: Clarence P. Walhout Meter: 10.11.10.11.10.11 Appears in 1 hymnal Hymnal Title: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Topics: Illumination; Law of God; Profession of Faith; Temptation & Trial; Grace; Illumination; Judgment; Law of God; Light; Mercy; Ministry & Service; Profession of Faith; Sanctification; Temptation & Trial; Walk with God; Word of God Scripture: Psalm 119 Used With Tune: GENEVAN 119
Blessed Are Those Who Heed the Law of God
O selig sind, die stets in Redlichkeit
Author: Jorissen Hymnal: Gesangbuch für deutsche Gemeinden #493 (1901) Hymnal Title: Gesangbuch für deutsche Gemeinden Languages: German Tune Title: [O selig sind, die stets in Redlichkeit]
O selig sind, die stets in Redlichkeit
How Blessed Are the Perfect in the Way
Author: Dewey Westra Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Blue) #235 (1976) Meter: 10.11.10.11.10.11 Hymnal Title: Psalter Hymnal (Blue) Topics: Law of God; Meditation; Peace and Rest; Vows; Will of God; Teacher, God Our Scripture: Psalm 119 Languages: English Tune Title: ROYAL LAW
How Blessed Are the Perfect in the Way
Blessed Are Those Who Heed the Law of God
Author: Clarence P. Walhout Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #119 (1987) Meter: 10.11.10.11.10.11 Hymnal Title: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Topics: Illumination; Law of God; Profession of Faith; Temptation & Trial; Grace; Illumination; Judgment; Law of God; Light; Mercy; Ministry & Service; Profession of Faith; Sanctification; Temptation & Trial; Walk with God; Word of God Scripture: Psalm 119 Languages: English Tune Title: GENEVAN 119
Blessed Are Those Who Heed the Law of God
Louis Bourgeois
1510 - 1561 Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Composer of "GENEVAN 119" Louis Bourgeois (b. Paris, France, c. 1510; d. Paris, 1561). In both his early and later years Bourgeois wrote French songs to entertain the rich, but in the history of church music he is known especially for his contribution to the Genevan Psalter. Apparently moving to Geneva in 1541, the same year John Calvin returned to Geneva from Strasbourg, Bourgeois served as cantor and master of the choristers at both St. Pierre and St. Gervais, which is to say he was music director there under the pastoral leadership of Calvin. Bourgeois used the choristers to teach the new psalm tunes to the congregation.
The extent of Bourgeois's involvement in the Genevan Psalter is a matter of scholarly debate. Calvin had published several partial psalters, including one in Strasbourg in 1539 and another in Geneva in 1542, with melodies by unknown composers. In 1551 another French psalter appeared in Geneva, Eighty-three Psalms of David, with texts by Marot and de Beze, and with most of the melodies by Bourgeois, who supplied thirty four original tunes and thirty-six revisions of older tunes. This edition was republished repeatedly, and later Bourgeois's tunes were incorporated into the complete Genevan Psalter (1562). However, his revision of some older tunes was not uniformly appreciated by those who were familiar with the original versions; he was actually imprisoned overnight for some of his musical arrangements but freed after Calvin's intervention. In addition to his contribution to the 1551 Psalter, Bourgeois produced a four-part harmonization of fifty psalms, published in Lyons (1547, enlarged 1554), and wrote a textbook on singing and sight-reading, La Droit Chemin de Musique (1550). He left Geneva in 1552 and lived in Lyons and Paris for the remainder of his life.
Bert Polman
Louis Bourgeois
Matthias Jorissen
1739 - 1823 Person Name: Jorissen Hymnal Title: Gesangbuch für deutsche Gemeinden Author of "O selig sind, die stets in Redlichkeit" in Gesangbuch für deutsche Gemeinden
Matthias Jorissen
Henry A. Bruinsma
1916 - 1991 Hymnal Title: Psalter Hymnal (Blue) Harmonizer of "ROYAL LAW" in Psalter Hymnal (Blue) It was in Bruinsma's musical compositions that his brilliance was most displayed. “Henry’s personality was … embodied in his music: colorful, radiating charisma, magnetic in a nonverbal way,” niece Jane DeGroot said.
Bruinsma displayed musical potential even before he was considered old enough to take music lessons, said his wife, Grace Hekman Bruinsma. The preschooler would eavesdrop on his older brother’s piano lessons. After the teacher left, Bruinsma would climb onto the piano bench to practice his brother’s lesson assignment. Later on, he chose to attend Ottawa Hills High School in Grand Rapids, Mich., for its music program.
Following high school graduation in 1933, Bruinsma attended the University of Michigan for a degree in music. He stayed on to complete a Ph.D. in musicology, becoming the first musicologist to graduate from the University of Michigan. It was during his graduate work that Bruinsma wrote Scherzo on a Dutch Nursery Song. “He never lost his love for Dutch history or Dutch Reformed music,” Grace Bruinsma said.
It was also during his time at U of M that Bruinsma began taking Grace to music concerts, and in 1939 they were married.
Bruinsma began his time as a professor of music at Calvin College (1946-55). In addition to his teaching duties at the college, Bruinsma taught the first music and theology course at Calvin Seminary. He also chaired the first Conference on Liturgy of Music.
However, not long after his time at Calvin, Bruinsma decided he was being called to move from teaching to education administration. Of note is his time at Ohio State University (1959-64), where he served as the director of the School of Music. He also held the position of executive committee member of the College of Education.
Next, Bruinsma moved to what is now Arizona State University (1964-79), another notable mark in his education administration career. During that time, he served first as chair of the School of Music, then as founding dean of the College of Fine Arts. He is also known to have started the first religious studies program at Arizona State as part of the university’s interdisciplinary studies program.
Due to the amount of time he spent in education administration, much of Bruinsma’s musical compositions were never published. After his death, Grace Bruinsma contacted Gerry Bouma of Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. Bouma and Henry Bruinsma had met in 1969 at a Grand Rapids Christian High School concert in Chicago. “For whatever reason, Henry and Grace treated us like we were their kids,” Bouma said. Grace asked Bouma to catalog and publish the 10,000 pages of Henry’s material. Taking a semester sabbatical, Bouma began his work.
Bouma’s catalog of Bruinsma’s work can be found in the Heritage Hall Archives at the Hekman Library, Calvin College. The Archives also hosts additional works from Bruinsma’s time at Calvin.
--Excerpted from Calvin Spark, Spring 2006 issue
Henry A. Bruinsma
