Category: Music
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Letter From the Music Editor
A Holy Week Message I venture a guess that everyone reading this email was expecting to be in the middle of a hectic yet wonderful week of worship. Holy Week is a time when, for worship planners and musicians, months of preparation culminate in shouts of joy at Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, songs of peace…
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Explore the New Hymnal Website
The Christian Worship website offers up-to-date content you won’t want to miss: Special pages for leaders, planners, musicians, and worshipers Interview videos from the Hymnal Project Committee Glimpses of beautiful hymnal page designs Service Builder demo videos A sampling of rich liturgical artwork Articles that provide background information and commentary on Hymnal Project Committee decisions Answers to common questions…
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Looking Back, Forging Ahead – A Letter From the Editor
January offers a natural time to reflect on the past year. At NPH, as we look back on music and worship, we are deeply thankful for all the ways God allows us to serve our church leadership, church musicians and worship coordinators, and congregation members. In 2019: NPH published eight children’s choral anthems in 2019.…
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Curating the Best Sacred Music Available
As a publisher, NPH produces music and worship materials. You know it’s an NPH publication by the recognizable NPH cross logo on web pages and material covers. But not all the music offered by NPH is published by NPH. There are often questions regarding the relationship between NPH and the music of other sacred music…
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Sacred Music for Children: A Letter From the Editor
Dear fellow musicians, Choosing sacred music for children’s choir can be challenging. Many publishers turn to texts that touch emotions more than (or instead of) hearts, that speak of social justice rather than gospel-motivated love, or that preach a hope in the potential of self rather than true hope in Christ. Finding music that makes…
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Letter from the Editor: NPH’s Music Principles
Dear fellow musician, The leaves have begun to fall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and soon colder temperatures and inches (feet?) of snow will begin to accumulate. But as the natural world goes into winter’s hibernation, NPH is already looking ahead to next spring and our 2018 music releases. NPH focuses on five main areas of new…
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From the NPH Director of Worship & Sacred Music
Dear Fellow Musician, “I will sing the LORD’s praise, for he has been good to me” (Psalm 13:6). We rejoice each year in the gifts God gives to his church on earth for the proclamation and praise of his goodness, in particular the gifts of music and faithful composers and arrangers. The last few months…