New Songs of Celebration Render

Author: Erik Routley

ERIK REGINALD ROUTLEY (1917-1982), was a scholar and an authority with keen insight, wit, grace and style. Pastor, musician and hymn writer in his own right, he was the catalyst for much that helped produce “The Hymn Explosion” of the 1970s. His influence as an editor, beginning with Congregational Praise (1951), Dunblane Praise (1962), Cantate Domino (1968), New Church Praise (1972), Ecumenical Praise (1977), and Rejoice in the Lord (1985), was profound. Dr. Routley was born in Brighton, England, on 31 October 1917, four hundred years exactly (give or take eleven days for the new style calender) after Martin Luther nailed his theses to the church door at Wittenburg. Erik once said that this was the only autobiographical fact about h… Go to person page >

Tune

RENDEZ À DIEU

GENEVAN 98/118 is the one tune in the Psalter Hymnal used for two psalms. It was first published in the 1551 Genevan Psalter as a setting for Psalm 118; in the 1562 edition it was also set to Psalm 98 (hence both numbers in the tune name). The tune is also often named RENDEZ A DIEV, the French incip…

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Worship and Rejoice #8

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Instances (17)TextImageAudioScore
A New Hymnal for Colleges and School #206
Celebrating Grace Hymnal #327Image
Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #705
Common Praise #316Text
Complete Anglican Hymns Old & New #478
Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #413TextImage
Hymnal Supplement II #28
Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard Edition #498
Hymns Old and New: New Anglican #350
Lutheran Service Book #792Text
Presbyterian Hymnal #218TextImage
Rejoice in the Lord #119Text
Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #13
Sing Glory: Hymns, Psalms and Songs for a New Century #87
The Worshiping Church #32TextImage
Trinity Hymnal #14Text
Worship and Rejoice #8TextImageAudioScore