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THE MUSIC OF THE PROTESTANT HYMNALS USED IN PUERTO RICO

by

LUIS A, OLIVIERI

Submitted of

the

in

partial

requirements

,,

Master

for

of Sacred

1976

-

fulfillment the Music

degree

of

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finally,

of

from

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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

• ., •• ., .- ., •• ., ., ., • ., • ., • ••••

11

., •••

., ., •••••••••

., •.,. •

0

.,

••

.190 226

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

223

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.

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I

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