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Boston School
University of Theology
Dissertation
THE MUSIC OF THE PROTESTANT HYMNALS USED IN PUERTO RICO
by
LUIS A, OLIVIERI
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the
in
partial
requirements
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for
of Sacred
1976
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fulfillment the Music
degree
of
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Music
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This in
work
grateful we have
Rosa
Mar:1'.a and f'irst
our
Boston advisor,
giving
to
to
during at
our
University
School
and
typing;
to
and
love our
wife has children
whom we learned to
University, this
Dr,
work;
the
to
draf't
helpful
Evelyn,
Dr.
Luis
us
who has papers
been
and and
a great
proofreading and
Piek,
Max Miller,
suggestions; who with
the
Paul
who gave
of' Theology,
done
and
To my parents,
reading and
persons
encouragement
childhood;
:for
of patience
their
from
Boston
significant
following
them,
orientation
my dear
the
Olivieri
f'aithf'ully
very
finally,
of
from
Arturo
professor
initial
:from
received
hymns
visiting the
dedicated
acknowledgment
help
the
is
Emanuel.
and
deal
TABLE
INTRODUCTION
• • .•..•......•••••
Reasons
for
Origins
of
CHAPTlcH
Sources
of
• •••
• •••••
• •••••.•••.••••••
,.1
study
Protestantism
in
DEVELOPMENT
early
hymns
Puerto
Rico
6
O.F' HYMNODY • ....................
used
of' hymns
Criteria The CHAPTER
the
THE
I
Use
OF CONTENTS
for
learnin TJ!E
II
Description Musical
the
HYMNALS
of content
the
AND THEIJl
main
on melodic
TOWAHD
the
Pentecostal
In
the
Disciples and
Content
, , • 49
CONTl,NT ••••.••••••••
hymnals
used
of' hymnals
In
Melodic
of
0 of' hymns
Observations CHAPTER III
selection
and
harmonic
A NATIVE llniNODY.,
•••
usage ,,,
l, •• ,,,,
•• ,,,
1J8
churches of' Christ
rhythmic
churches
elements
Choruses Present Other
hymnals contemporary
Contemporary CONCI,.TJSIONS
with
.•••
Puerto
South
American
hymns
collections Rican
., •• ., •• ., ••••••
hymn ., ••••
composers
., • ,. . ., ., •••
., ., ., ., ., • ., •• •.,., • • 184
APPENDIXES • ••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••• BIBIIOGRAPHY
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., ., •••••••••
., •.,. •
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.,
••
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LIST
APPENDIX I Best Represented in
the
Gospel
Spanish
APPENDIX II Melodic
OF APPENDIXES
Hymnals
Content
of' the
Songs ••.
Composers
...•..•.•...•.•......••..••
Hymnals
Used
• 190
by Churches
••••••
191
APPENDIX III Two-hundred
best-kno,m
tunes
..........
., ................
193
••••••••••••••••
197
APPENDIX IV Hymn texts
given
with
di:fferent
more
than
tunes
APPENDIX V Hymns
translated
once .........
....
., ..•..
&
••
1>20h
APPENDIX VI Tunes
Used
For
more
than
One Hymn •...
••••••••••••••••209
APPENDIX VII List
of' hymnals
Protestant
which
Churches
have
been
.••....•..
known
in
the 215
e •••••••••••••••••••••••
APPENDIX VIII List
of' hymnals
and
collections
with
choruses
••••••••
221
APPENDIX lX Hymns Himnos
of' Latin de
Fe
American y Ala.ba.nza
origin
in
• •.•.••••..•..••..•.
., .•.•••••
o
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INTRODUCTION Reasons
Hico
About
40 di:f:ferent
since
1898,
organized, their
musical
di:f:ficult translated and which
content.
that
predominant there
are
hymnals,
the
songs
than
other
Some
o:f the
study
deal
our
hymns have
o:f the that
and
:folksongs churches to
the
learn
than
We would
1 For
like
a complete
chorale
States
o:f hymn
tunes
more
in
gospel
to
answer
o:f the
have
not
does any
country?
o:f these
gospel
learned the
popularity
have
through more
gospel in
tunes
our
relationship
to
How have tunes?
song
Are
the
the they
melodies?
indicate
list
United
knows
What
o:f our
melodies
to
was
o:f hymn
use
this
Do they music
learned
in
very
type
like
churches
explain
churches?
orpopular
types
type?
or
the
song 1 hymnals,
be
similar not
gospel
Puerto
to
content
:from
predominant
Why the
justi:fy
o:f their
we would
traditional
in
o:f hymn,
questions the
is
congregation
type
with
very
It
di:f:ferent
average
churches,
hymnals
easier
any
these
used began
are
English, the
in
these
in
most in
been
churches
literary
particularly
Although
this
Protestant
:from hymnals
is
have
hymnbooks
realize
England,
Study
o:f these
and
to
this
hymnals
when
Most
:for
which
o:f the
are
hymnals
the
di:f:ferent
see
Appendix
types
VII.
2
of' hymn tunes
represented
gospel
and
songs,
in
which
are
our
hymnals,
the
best
besides
f'rom
the
the
musical
point
of' view. ~fany of' these committees,
hymnbooks
except
f'or
interdenominational the
to
any
of' the
make
the
particular
we have
collections there
include
the
like
to or
to In
of' the
his
and small
this
by
inf'luenced
have
they
Is
there
hymnbook?
use
of' new
hymnals.
Some
composers.
Is
Can we speak
as
of' an
is
of' the study
have
been those churches,
hymn tunes
the
Himno
although
1
which
are
Our main some
Rican
first
churches,
attempt
done the
churches
in
of'ficial
comments
an
picture
The
is
subject
of'
a general
only
by Cecil
to
most
singing,
its
but in
already in
no
it.
hymnals
and
Puerto
of' study
write
Mc Connell
hymns
Hico,
books
will
to
study
en Castellano,
music
the
in
status,
the
be limited by the
"coritos"
church
Puerto
one done
hymnals
used
is
we
mus:t,c is
our
give
hymnody,
del
will
to
present
this
of' Spanish
field
This
and
called
their in
of' the
hymnbooks
popul?8.r
that
trying
the so
very
music
hymnody
we !{now,
in the
are said
we are
La Historia
especially
been
development
this
evaluation
various
included?
and
a.bout
indigenous
the
music
book
that
the
in
its
in
hymns
tunes
which
has
study
music
the
done
criteria
hymns?
somethine
It use
As far about
Which
o:f native
o:f the
choruses)
this
hymnals,
music
say
churches.·
attempt
way has
edited
a denominational.
pamphlets these
were
hymnody?
(ref'rains our
which
publication
production
new in
Besides would
the
by denominational
which
o:f having
in
the
something
indi1senous
o:f the
had
of' hymns
of' these
In
selection
edited
ones
hymn tunes?
advantage
Recently
been
earlier
agencies.
selection
used
the
have
for will
be given
the be on the
the
3
words
and
Spanish
how they
.!!f. !h.!!,
Probably, Rico
took
held
it
"the
place f'or
Bible
in
European
st
c;rnup ::u~
religious
liberty
was
tL£-
was
an
the
Puerto at
which,
en.me 11
very
,-.-n, tholic"
into
the
in
On November With
into
the
in
Protestant
f'ormally
Protestantism Baptists,
and to
group
had
W, Drees
came
of' the
(18.51-1924),
in
f'irst
0
Holy
J'rinity
on o:f the
it
also
living
permission Church United
invaded
by
established
Rico,
were
the
missionary
f'irst work,
Episcopals, Protestant The
Disciples
1906,
in
who came
Mexico,
a graduate
Justo L, Gonzalez, in the Latin Caribbean, Eerdmans T ublishine Co.,
churcll
who were
the
missionaries
been
c111.:1rch
eroup
got
which
a
of':ficin,1
they
was
1861
Protest;ant
Methodists,
Lutherans
in
government,
invassi
Puerto
establish
previously
1
in
of' a
English-speaking
denominations,
Presbyterians,
Congregat·ionals
Most
1898,
the
Bible
1869 as
the
the
the
Caribbean
20,
worship
of' l'once.
di.ff'erent
the
and
A. Badillo,
organized an
to
Spanish
and
only by
islands
Island
the
Juan
who
as
kno1vn
Fuerto
presence
of' Jos6
Under
o
The
to
be
the
in San
fleile{:{er,
restricted
city
of Christ
Jll.£.Q.
be held
is
home to
es"tablish.ed
government
ll.ico
the
B:[blicos
wcs
:aco.
congrer,ations
to
c:1,lled
illa,
Drittanic
Fuerto
States
Las
Anglic2..n,
the
the
11
Roman
services
merchant
in
Bel·! evere
fdco
adapted
.!!:!, Puerto
Protestanti~
:first
origins
organized
in
and
1,598 when the British took 111 Another months. ref'erence
:five
Protestant
f'rorn
translated
in
Protestantism
in
been
language, Origins
:from
have
from
Among them Boston
to
Puerto
was
Charles
University
The Development of Christianity (Grand Rapids, Michigan: W, B, 1969) p. 101,
4
School
of' Theology,
First
Methodist
been
a missionary
in
the
production
Mexico
worked
the
the
director
Congregational Milton
E,
a:fter
were
Caldwell
the
worked
for
missionaries
priests Alliance
year
divided
among
Council.
in Bible
principal The in
'the
the1"e
organized.
in
early
work
in
i
1900, of' the ·work
This
In
1905
now known projects
Rican
was
the
was
the
:first
F,ederation
as
the
Evangelical
were
the
churches
1
1912, and the Evangelical Semina1:7 in 1919. Seminary was the result of the merging o:f institutes 2,nd small theological schools from denominations, Church
of' 1916,
related
in
United
States,
Frank
organize
Pentecostal,
the Inc,,
ber,an
under
who were
de Dios
is
a l'uerto
missionary
Island, It
Other
i•iissionary
denominations.
the
2~,;:udd
but
churches
The
ecumenical
Pentecostal
to
and
several
1899
from
(1873-1937), its
He
Catholic
ex-i'.toman
began
were
were
Society,
Christian
mission
di:f:ferent
Novembe;,,
Hico
were
Ortiz
Ricans
Puerto
being
n.
schools,
Mission
pastors
Puerto the
Baptist
in
3,nd A.
Both
Southern
organized,
Otlwr
Evangelical
Ponce
the
was
periodical,
the
after
Rico
McCormick
f-.
Baptist
enterprise
o:f Churches
the
in
This
denominations
ecumenical
:founded
Island
Puerto
missionaries,
who :rounded
various
various
Hueo
Villamil
By thi.s
The
to
early
Church,
the
came
Northern
like
to
1907)
Mexico.
and
ex-Franciscan
and
(1840-1911). of the evs,ngelistic work of the The first Presbyterian missionary,
educated
the
April,
Edwards
Baptist
and
who came
in
John
(d,
in
first
Virginia
Rico
ishman
Church.
servinb
ruerto
of San Juan
missio:rmry
was
as
to
1900, He had in Mexico since 1874 where he participated of Himnario Metodista, in 1881,
Church
Another in
who came
the to
0,
the
worl~ in
leadership Assemblies
under this
the
the
of'
of' God
was the
city
of two
Finkerbinder
church being
its
sent
name
:first
to
of' Iglesia
native
and
.5 autonomous up to were
the
present
organized
Assemblies
by dissidents Later
churches
the
small
the
church
Def'enders
Churches
most
growing
Pentecostal
of' this
on,
71f years
and
mother
were
Baptist,
support.
are
related
The
Protestant 15 to
l
and to
the
9
000
United only
one
churches
and
other
of' Faith
and
organized;
their
of' the 1 people,
Conventions in
of' the
the
both
by
Protestant
on the
Mission
States
f'or
self'-support
f'entecostals,
population
20 percent
J,000
in
most
depend
The
Disciples,
two
o:f lif'e,
:f.nstitutions
churches
economical
about
and
of' 1931, Af'ter
be
Hico
Other
of' Christian
year
the
Puerto
time,
denominations. the
in
church
Puerto
Island
Boards the:tr
churcl10s although
in Rico
the is
population,
of'
the United
are f'irst States,
estimated which
to is
Figures are estimated taking into account the information given by D, Moore, Puerto Rico para Cristo, (Cuernavaca, Mexico: CIDOC, 1969), p, .5/12,
CHAPTER I THE DEVELOPMENT OF HYMNODY
,2! Early
Sources The missionaries they
used
t!'m:!alated the
to
sing
in
Mexico
nineteenth About
Puerto
in
their and
to
Puerto
countries, Spain
Hico most
during
the
the
hymns
of' them
last
half'
of'
century. the
Rican
Maria
brought
Hymns~
impact
of' the
culture,
Luisa
Munoz
the
Protestant
Puerto
hymns
Rican
in
the
musicologist
says:
No podemos olvidar la inf'luencia ejercida. por las iglesias protestantes con el canto de sus himnos, El himno :f'ue el f'iel acompafiante del misionero predioador del San_to Evangelia, y el pueblo agrupado en congregaciones ,ts o menos numerosas, descubri6 un alborozo y sa.tisf''/:cci6n, de una. ma.nera armoniosa de ala.bar a Dios._ The f'irst worshipers Society
churches
were
hymnal,
produced
various
in
of' New York,
It
is
interesting using
by Puerto
Evang~licos,
• published
agency,
the
used
was Himnos
EvangcHico Tract
hymnal
what
1893
Rican also
and
evangelical
called
1895 by the
J:!imnario American
an interdenominational to
note
that
may be called
by a committee
with
by that
time,
an ecumenical representation
denominations,
l (Sharon,
Maria Luisa Munoz, La M!Ssica Conn: The Troutman Press,
en Puerto
1966),
Rico, pp, 34.35,
ot'
The
hymns
sources
and
one,
included
hymnal.s
According
Spanish an edition Society para
to
in
published
in
their
hymns
en el the
poems,
Martinez
de
la
be sung wrote
cielo",
to
liberal
poets
was Jos~
"Senor
Tomas
Spain
Jose
yo te
Psalms
in
Engl.and.
Los Sal.mos
Y Prose. Santos,
work
In
traducidos
Conf'orme From
this
al
collection
"Cantad Al.egres ,al Sefior", with tune DUKE STREET,
included
Liberal based
Spanish
:free
contributed of' English poets
was
who wrote MULLER,
"Venid
Jose
Mio",
to
Joaquin
be
sung
tierra
ni
Another
o:f
"Ni ien la
be
with
sung last
did
group
in
with
the
published
Castellano
en Verso Doctrina
comes
on Psalm
tune
this
who did
Carvajal la
the
one in
Watts
ya
probably
were
(1817-1893),
one Isaac al
Iglesia
was published
(1753.1834)
Nuevamente
la
was
y Moral The
1819 Gonzalez
Sentido
de
WELLESLEY, to
Mason. the
Himnos
Padre
Zorrilla
Carvajal to
hymnal
tunes
tune
tune
conozco",
Gonzalez
a similar
the
WAS SCHWEBET, and with
Tract
Among these
"Ob Dioe,
be sung
American
(1787-1862)
with
Wil.liam
century
these
in
This
Some of' the
nineteenth
Rosa
hymnal.
Spain.
hymns
to
MISSIONARY HYMN by Lowel.l is
of' the
...this
pastor
hymnal.
adapted
WAS LEBET,
who wrote
Most
of' the
(1783-1864)
tune
of' this
of' well•known
to
first
Espafiolas
Melodies
Pastorcillos", de Mora
the
1848 the
W, H, Rule,
liberals
bef'ore
poems.
were
Francisco
with
edition
3.50 hymns,
and
publ.ished
The
Congregacionea
by pastor
:from di:ff'erent
1835 in Cadiz,
in
New York
1880, with
came
Wesleyan
music,
Another
with
English
without
Cristiana.
thinkers
been
published Uso de las
translated
book
Mc Connell.,l.
by the
el
in
had
Cecil.
(1812-1890)
Rule
thie
which
was edited
Harris
in
the
100,
de
hymn-psalm to
be sung
1
(El
p.
Cecil Mc Connell., Paso, Texas: Casa
113.
los
La Historia del Himno en Castellano, Bautista de Publicaciones, 1963),
8
One of' the music
was Lira
earliest
Spanish
hymnbooks
Sagrada,
published
in
with
1874
printed
by Mateo
Coeid6
1
a. Spanish ex•catholic priest. Two of' his translations were included in this hymnbook: "Iglesia de Cristo" by Charles Wesley, to be sung with tune LYONS and "Hoy es dia de reposo", a sabbatical hymn from B. Richards, to be sung with the tune
AHMSTHONG.
Juan
The most
outstanding
Bautista
Cabrera
Reformed el
Church.
Uso de
the
la
Sunday
hymns, from
He edited
School
the
from
English
We owe him "Castillo
and
the
best
Fuerte
of
Latin, most
Nuestro
There
Dios",
done
chorale f'rom
by Fritz
in
Fliedner
Madrid
Spanish
includes
some
Argentine
1864,
of' his
the
Baptist
li:f'e
there.
translated edited
by our
.five
The is
into
pastor
chorales
translations
English Later
church
hymnal
Clntico
FESTE
Spanish
who lived
were
Mexico
' Realizing
the
need
of the
best
used
in
which
the
now
Nuevo,
edited
Mexico
was
1875
translations
and
the
first
missionary
and
spent
most
English
Cristiano, 1889,
were
M, Westrup
:f'or hymns
known
Incieneo
in
Thomas
on he became in
in
founded
missionary
Conve1,1tion
a hymnbook: of his
these
churches, EIN
1
.f:l.r11t translated
hymnals.
evangelical
many
two editions,
of
Cabrera.
by
Luther's
a. German
original
1962.
in
by the
(18J7•1909).
None American
'rhe first in
were
(1845-1901),
by 1870,
earliest in
chorales
one
translations
BURG IST UNSER GOT"T• The German
for
were
and
of' them
known
para
The first
languages most
Spanish
y Canciones
Himnos
JOO hymns.
the
was
Himnario
schools.
other
and
011
and
parochial
1878 with
paraphrases
bishop
hymnody
two hymnbooks:
Espanola and
in
of' Spanish
(1837-1916),
IP,lesia
was published
figure
in
One hundred included
in
the
of his
Spanish,
hymns, which
of'
and
went and
he through
twenty-
Himnario
9 of' 189.5.
Evangelico with
Me",
and
many
gospel The
Among them,
"Jesus
songs
Lover
and
Himnario
de
las
in
f'irst
edition
which
had
some
of' Himnario
a music
de
editionl
la
in
In Argentina, in
1881:
by the
Himnos
Evangelicos.,
The
under
the
:from United
direction
of' Henry
included,
Af'ter
hymns
was member
of' the
Methodist
Hymnal
the
Episcopal and
f'or
publication
who translated,
of' the
1876
Butler
music
States
some
editorship
translators
with
the
in
William
and
hymnal
the
Metodista
1881,
first
Methodists
a missionary wrote
the
1877
published
Iglesia
William H, Rule were the editors the hymns in this hymnbool~.
in
under
The Methodists
translated
poems,
published
Evangelicas
"Abide
11 ,
He also
original
Mexico
Iglesias
o:f' M, N, Hutchinson.
of' Agee
of' my Soul",
wrote
Presbyterians
"Rock
most
was
printed
was
sponsored
G, Jackscm, adapted
this,
in
Committee
o:f'
in
and
190.5, he
the
United
i
Another the
collection
prepared Tract
Society. each,
services
Americas always
sung
missionary The
words
Henry
collection and
with
"A nuestro the
the
published
c.
Riley
this
wa.e
in
and
£or '
They
speaking From
hymnals 1867 the
American
of' 16 pamphlets
music,
Padre
tune
early
consisted
printed
Spanish many years, 2
hymn
f'or
de Belen,
of' the
£or
well-known
source
Estrella.
by the
4 pages the
important
were
used
congregations hymnbook
Dios",
which
comes has
the
been
AMERICA,
A copy of' this edition 0£ Theology Library. 2
Cecil
Mc Connell,
is
at
the
Boston
22• £ll• , p, 126,
in
0£ the
l
School
of
University
10
For
example,
The most Juan
in
important
Bautista
with
11,
With
original
Evang4lico
translators
Cabrara
H, Rule
William
Tomls
Himnario
7, Pedro
Gonzalez
in
The hymn tunes f'ron
English
list
shows
and the
North
are
composer
some
.American
is
with
given,
For
with
10,
pastor,
6,
Ram6n Bon with
most
hymnal
important
are
Cosid6
f'or
the
hymnbooks,
represented
tunee
and
the
are
5,
with most
part
The
following
' no
source
composers:
Lowell Mason William Bradbury Phillip Bliss Ira D. Sankey Joseph P, Holbrook James Mc Granaham George F. Root William H, Doane George C, Stebbins There
are:
a Spanish
4, and Mateo
:!.11 this
most
5,
Spanish, with
513 hymns.
hymnbook
Castro,
with
Carvajal
this
are
Thomas .M, Westrup
53,
M, N, Hutchinson texts
in
with
with
there
J2 tunes 16
14 14 12 9
7 7 7
Spanish
names,
but'
CADIZ,
example;
or
CUBA, HABANA,
MALAGA, MEXICO, PUEBLA, SANTIAGO, MI BIEN and FUENTE, total,
there
dif'ferent such
are
398 melodies,
hymns.
as
There
among
them,
Two more hymnbooks
in
Evang4lico,
hymnals Puerto to
from
the
dif'f'erent
were
two missionaries: and
three
non-English
with
some
tunes
should Rico.
the
repeated
f'or
European
name
arranged
tunes
ALAMEDA, BAVARIA,
f'rom Mendelssohn's
be mentioned The f'iret
Himnario
a committee Rev.
composed
Mexican
working John
pastors
is
American
Eva.ng~lico
denominations
among
one
1914 by the
in
the
appointed
Wallace,
of' them
WILSON,
published
a.s a revision Society
some
WACHET AUF identif'ied
ELLACOMBE, GERMAN and music,
are
many
In
Butler
the
early
.!:l!, Nuevo Tract
of' 189.5.
Himnario Society
The
of' representatives in
Mexico.
and Rev.
who were
also
There William
hymnwriters,
ll
Revs.
Vicente
Barocio, the
Mendoza,
About
same
the
committee
Epigmenio
work
on the
Velasco
and Te6filo
production
o:f' the
new hymnal
expressed.
La Comisi6n ha trabajado con tanta :f'idelidad y entusiasmo como le ha sido posible, revisando y estudiando cada himno 9 estrofa por estrofa y verso por verso, comparando a veces dos, tres y hasta cinco traducciones de un himno1 as{ como las musicas que major se adaptan a ellosi revisando mas de diez diferentes colecciones de himnos de Espafia ,, Sud Am,rica y M4jico, No es aventurado decir que revis6 y estudi6 lo menos unoe tree mil. himnos de toda procedencia y de caracter para llegar al resultado que ahora ofrece al pueblo evang,lico,1 substitute to Himnario was first used ass 2 as It was considered :for many years Evang,lico of 1895, J49 hymns, It contained the hymnbook published in Spanish, Seventy tunes were :from English composers, most of' them :from Tlle hymnal
Dukes,
Sullivan,
:from United There
States
were
Epigmenio
Velasco,
Italy,
Chile
"Psalm
2J"
earliest
f'rom
were
and
second in
"The
Puerto
Rico,
some
19 tunes,
melodies
were
Anglican
chants
Lord's
hymnal
and
:fi:fty
70 gospel
composers, •
German
included
Sicily.
One hundred
including
works
Other
and
Smart,
used,
:from master
composers
The
and
ware
27 melodies
arrangements Mexican
Barnby
folk
J
songs.
most
of
them
melodies.
6 of them from
tunes
Spain,
were
From by France,
given
f'or
among
the
the
Prayer",
which
may be considered
although
it
ie
still
in
use,
ia
1
{San
American Trac.t Society, Nuevo Himnario Evang~lico. Joa,, Costa Rica: Editorial Caribe, 1914), pp, v-vi. 2
It of' Puerto
l
was the o:f:f:icial hymnal Rico until 1962.
3 seven
{1837-1899)
Metodista.
at
the
Evangelical
of the gospel songs were :from John P, who wrote them specially for Himnario Episcopal of' 1881, in Mexico,
Seminary
Sweney
12 Himnos !!!!. Gloria. It H. c. Ball (b. 1896). substitute
for
supplement
of it,
of the use it time, this
the
was edited in 1921 by the missionary This hymnbook was not used as a
Nuevo Himnario because
it
Evangelico,
included
more
but gospel
as
a
songs
evangelistic type, although some churches began to as their only hymnal and still do up to the present According to Rev, Ball, more than 800,000 copies of
hymnal
congregations hymnal
were
have
been
sold
throughout published
among the
the Spanish speaking world. 1 Word editions of the
previously
there In Himnos !!!!. Gloria represented translators are: Vicente Mendoza Henry c. Ball Cabrera Juan Bautista Pedro Grado H, w. Cragin Thomas Westrup Pedro Castro
in are
1916
and
2JO hymns.
1919. The most
39
34 13 11
9 7 !i
\)oems by some original Most o:f translators and 7 poems by Fanny Crosby, translated hymns are gospel songs :from the United and 21 hymns translated :from English writers, The
Included
in
represented
the
hymnal
are
gospel-song
composers
Charles H, Gabriel William J, Kirkpatrick John R, Sweney George C, Stebbins William H, Doane Mrs. C, H, Morris Phillip Bliss William Bradbury George J!', Root
1
Henry
C, Ball,
personal
these the States most
are; 14 lJ 8 6 6 6 6
!i .5
letter,
December
28,
1961.
lJ Of' the
non
gospel
14 from United
song
States
4 f'rom other
and
melodies from
tunes, composers
European
f'rom dif'f'erent
Latin
10 are
English
composers. are
Among them
composers,
6 by Lowell
including
countries
America.
from Folk
and
secular
used
but
none
LILUOlULANI
are
Mason, of' them
or ALOHA
JUANITA and PUEBLA :f'rom Spain, LILY OF THE VALLEY or THE LITTLE OLD CABIN f'rom Kentucky and AUTUMNf'rom
from
Hawaii,
Scotland. However, of' gospel
In
its
song
times
the
publication were Gabriel
same
at
English
the
are and
and
is
were
Charles
0£ 1917,
compiled
the
,.,abriel, in
of' that
to
the
kind,
gospel
States
by the
end
o:f the
original
poems
and
in
the
songs
P, i3liss, which similar hymnbooks
Phillip Other compiled
by pharles
H,
Co, 'of' Chicago
by C,
P,
Revival Service
with
Doane
in
H, Rode•
Curry,
by the
B, Ackley, W, H,
gospel
1
1915; llf.!_
Bliss,
P.
a collection
United
published
by Bentley P,
similar
Rodeheaver
Songs,
is
of' 200
included
Songs,
of Chicago
Gabriel,
the
D. Sankey and gospel meetings. by
hymnal
very
Most
Revival Co,
Charles
that
published
Publishing
the a total
in
Awalcening
19171 World~ heaver
hymnbool, century.
o:f Ira
sung
part,
published
nineteenth are
moat
including
this
collection
of' the
the
tunes,
content
songs
in
for
Hymns
tunes
and
by
George
C,
Stebbins, Among the be used
and
Y!!, Himna.rio Sa.n Juan,
1 No,
2. 2
denominational
produced para
Puerto
Phillip ( Ohio:
in
1.!J.Fe Rico
John
Puerto Ca.t61ica,
in
P, Bliss
hymnals, Rico
was
words
1924 by the
and Church
the
:first
Cantos only,
to
Sagrados: published
Episcopal
Ira. D, Sankey, Co., 1876),
one
Gospel
Church,
in
2
Hymns
A copy of' this hymnal is in the Douglas Collection at Washington Cathedral Library, as listed in The Papers of' the Hymn Society. No, XXIII, (The Hymn Society of' America, New York, 1958) p, 45.
14 This
hymnal
went
considerably it
on the
music
supplement
f'ound
in
these
and
1949
(1897-1969) was the
1
editions
the
to
of
them most
Rodeheaver
Co,;
Hymnal
the
English
l
f'or
the
in
the
to
include
of' the
done
one in For
Church
priest.
have
been
used
in
words-edition
are
Hymns of
Youth, used
1929, in his
1878,
190.5 when
1
for they
Praise,
Hymnal;
The
the
hymnals, by the
Press,
The
the
1961,
Reference
School
singing
See page 7 of Official Minutes Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Juan, Puerto Rico,
hymns,
Church
annual
adopted
hymnal
as melodic
1922,
Westminster early
Alvarez
El Himnario,
is
local
A not
This
hymnal,
music
·:ror the
Lorenzo
of the
the
music
translations
translations
done
the
1949,
Hymnal,
the
by Rev,
present
English
The Modern
Hymnal,
la.st
Spanish used
Church until
and
who was an Episcopalian
f'or
Methodist
were
hymnals
for
1940, Most
the
263 hymns.
was published
sources
Among the
editions;
include
Hymnal
hymnals.
Different
Methodist
to
ma.in source
some
seven
enlarged
depends
1942
into
meetings~ of hymns
in
Himnario
Evang~1ico,
of the Church,
Porto 1902,
Rico San
15 The In hymns
the
early
used
municate
were the
lively
the
new converts,
melody In
market
meetings 111 preaching,
of the
very
important
an
text
been
the
of
the
of' the
Island
in
the
to
is
most
list
111elody and
is
not
text
complete
:faith.
frequently
of' the
but hymns
used
we;e
an 2 The
idea text
is
conversion of
or the
1
by J. McGranaham by Silas J. Vail by William Fischer by J. P. Webster by John Fawcet by J. P. i,.iebster p by George - Root by w. H. Doane by Ira D. Sankey ,.., by G. J>I :J J SJ-i'e
)
de.-los
los
Cle-
l?ei•tla 117-(c,fn·p,;i-Ya
-
ble,
1;#_*s·, v v I r r I J: G o al DPr .saf-ve,de /os hom-bves 6/8
The
tunes
is
cantao"
to
also and
In the
rhythm
people,
his
Silver
Rico, 2
3 fhou}d
923,
is
in gospel
:frequently in
the
melodies
clre,,
song
o:t' "rosario
"qaguimh1". o:f these beft
and
probhbly Song
Francisco p, 134, Ibid,
used
:frequent
especially was
1
very
spite
martial
Lorenz,
which
ma-
8-tno-vo-sa
P•
similarities rhythm the
we think
o:f these pattern
originated
hymns
that by
that that
according
William
it
is
appeal to
A.
Odgen
Folkl6rica
de
in
o:f 1869. 3 L6pez
Cruz,
La Mdsica
Puerto
1.50,
Edmund s. Lorenz, know ab9ut it. PP• 337•338.
Church Music: What (New York: Flemming
a minister H. Revell
Co,,
11
42 We have rhythm
also
heard
of' AURELIA.
how a congregation
This
was heard
in
changes an urban
the
Baptist
Church.
®~~ij JIJ J J JI J. J ; I cir r J I
0 •
I
Del cul-t