Securing the legal permission to use a piece of music can be tricky, and it will affect what hymns wind up in the new “Hymns ...

The early evangelical Protestant hymns, penned in the 18th and 19th centuries, typically run three to seven verses, sometimes with no refrain. Often written by pastors, they are heavy on church ...

Like her life, the funeral music for Diana, princess of Wales, will be a creative fusion of the traditional and the contemporary. The musical selections for the service were reportedly chosen joint… ...

See the new hymns in the global hymnbook that many may have heard first sung by The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.

Chapman says the beauty and simplicity of hymns like "Blessed Assurance" convey far more in their lyrics and traditional a cappella delivery. "It's pure, clean, unadulterated," Chapman says.

Traditional hymns may be fading as churches look to contemporary music to attract younger crowds, but Dave Talbott is keeping the old music alive. Retired in September after 41 years as director of… ...

And often, that means less traditional organ music and Christian hymns. But the organist at the West Auburn Congregational Church in Auburn, Maine, is as popular as ever.

The church has recorded and produced a CD called Ruth Schaefer's Mansion Over the Hilltop, featuring Schaefer playing 15 traditional hymns like Amazing Grace and The Old Rugged Cross.

The couple has recorded Christian music, and Ruth has produced a CD called Hymns on the Marimba. In Vermont, John Genco has been the pastor at Lowell Congregational Church for more than 10 years ...