Articles related to "Hymn Composers"

For centuries hymn writing and composing was a man's profession.These three women made it their task to not only write the words but compose the music to their hymns.

"That Glorious Song of Old" was written by Americans Edmund Sears and composer Richard Willis, a carol that speaks of angels and the nativity.

Usually sung on Good Friday, the hymn "The Old Rugged Cross" was written and composed by George Bennard.

Isaac Watts' "Joy to the World" is a Christmas carol sung around Christmas time in America. However, it may be appropriate to sing this Christmas hymn all year.

Brief biography of Christian lawyer Horatio G. Spafford and the history of the inspiring hymn he wrote, "It is Well with My Soul."