Extract from the first entry in the Minute Book of The Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland: ‘A Conference of those interested in the Study of Hymnody was held in Room A of Westminster Central Hall on Monday October 5th 1936 to consider the question of forming a Society for that purpose…Rev. Canon G. W. Briggs, Worcester, was called …
Treasure No 76: Producing 5,842 hymns
Treasure No 76: Producing 5,842 hymns by Bert Tosh An Article from Bulletin 262, January 2010 (A transcript of the paper given to the Hymn Society Conference of 2009) hen your President asked me for a title for this talk and I came up with ‘Producing 5,842 hymns’, I wondered if you thought there was another Charles Wesley in your …
Treasure No 17: What makes a good hymn?
Treasure No 17: What makes a good hymn? by Erik Routley: An article from Bulletin 63, Spring 1953 (This is the script of a broadcast made by the Editor on the BBC Home Service on October 7th, 1952. It is here reprinted in response to the suggestion of some readers, and by courtesy of the BBC. Only a few points …
Treasure No 10: Hymns on the Air
Treasure No 10: Hymns on the Air by the Rev. Cyril Taylor (Religious Broadcasting Department, B.B.C.): An article from Bulletin No. 41, October 1947 have been asked to review the field of hymn-singing on the air, and to say something about the criteria which govern the choice of hymns in religious broadcasts. As these programmes stand at the moment, no …