Fanny Crosby Frances Jane van Alstyne (née Crosby; March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915), more commonly known as Fanny Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. Crosby, the “Queen of Gospel songwriters” wrote…
Introduction His Mercy is More is a Modern hymn by Matt Papa and Matt Boswell. It originally appeared on Papa’s “Church Songs” project. My favourite rendition of this wonderful song is by the…
Introduction To God be the glory is a Hymn by the prodigious hymn text writer Fanny J. Crosby. It was set to music by William Howard Doane. To God be the glory was…
Introduction Lord for thy tender mercy’s sake is a sacred anthem composed by Richard Farrant, with as source of text, Lidley’s Prayers, 1566. It was first published in 1905 in The Anthem Book…
Choral music Definitions Music: Music is defined by the Concise Oxford Dictionary as “the art of mixing vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) to achieve beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion”….