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God, We Sing Your Glorious Praises

Author: Bert Polman Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Covenant Faithfulness; Music and Singing; Elements of Worship Opening of Worship: Called And Gathered; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper Scripture: Genesis 1 Used With Tune: BLAENWERN

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BLAENWERN

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 91 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William P. Rowlands, 1860-1937 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 55665 13321 7655 Used With Text: God, We Sing Your Glorious Praises

ABBOT'S LEIGH

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 168 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1992 Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 53111 76655 34565 Used With Text: God, We Sing Your Glorious Praises

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God, We Sing Your Glorious Praises

Author: Bert Polman Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #519 (2013) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Covenant Faithfulness; Music and Singing; Elements of Worship Opening of Worship: Called And Gathered; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper Scripture: Genesis 1 Languages: English Tune Title: BLAENWERN

God, We Sing Your Glorious Praises

Author: Bert Polman, 1945-2013 Hymnal: Christian Worship #911 (2021) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Opening of Service Scripture: Psalm 145:1-7 Languages: English Tune Title: ABBOT'S LEIGH

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Cyril Taylor

1907 - 1991 Person Name: Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1992 Composer of "ABBOT'S LEIGH" in Christian Worship Cyril V. Taylor (b. Wigan, Lancashire, England, 1907; d. Petersfield, England, 1992) was a chorister at Magdalen College School, Oxford, and studied at Christ Church, Oxford, and Westcott House, Cambridge. Ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1932, he served the church as both pastor and musician. His positions included being a producer in the religious broadcasting department of the BBC (19391953), chaplain of the Royal School of Church Music (1953-1958), vicar of Cerne Abbas in Dorsetshire (1958-1969), and precentor of Salisbury Cathedral (1969-1975). He contributed twenty hymn tunes to the BBC Hymn Book (1951), which he edited, and other tunes to the Methodist Hymns and Psalms (1983). He also edited 100 Hymns for Today (1969) and More Hymns for Today (1980). Writer of the booklet Hymns for Today Discussed (1984), Taylor was chairman of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland from 1975 to 1980. Bert Polman

William Penfro Rowlands

1860 - 1937 Person Name: William P. Rowlands, 1860-1937 Composer of "BLAENWERN" in Lift Up Your Hearts

Bertus Frederick Polman

1945 - 2013 Person Name: Bert Polman, 1945-2013 Author of "God, We Sing Your Glorious Praises" in Christian Worship Bert Frederick Polman (b. Rozenburg, Zuid Holland, the Netherlands, 1945; d. Grand Rapids, Michigan, July 1, 2013) was chair of the Music Department at Calvin College and senior research fellow for the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Dr. Bert studied at Dordt College (BA 1968), the University of Minnesota (MA 1969, PhD in musicology 1981), and the Institute for Christian Studies. Dr. Bert was a longtime is professor of music at Redeemer College in Ancaster, Ontario, and organist at Bethel Christian Reformed Church, Waterdown, Ontario. His teaching covered a wide range of courses in music theory, music history, music literature, and worship, and Canadian Native studies. His research specialty was Christian hymnody. He was also an organist, a frequent workshop leader at music and worship conferences, and contributor to journals such as The Hymn and Reformed Worship. Dr. Bert was co-editor of the Psalter Hymnal Handbook (1989), and served on the committees that prepared Songs for Life (1994) and Sing! A New Creation (2001), both published by CRC Publications. Emily Brink