This tune is one of the best known of all Christian melodies and gets its name, “Old Hundredth”, from its association with Kethe’s translation. A popular hymn for children and well-known by ...

Mason routinely gave credit to other composers for his own hymn tunes, and described the music of “Joy to the World” as being “after G. F. Handel.” While there are fleeting similarities to ...

It was reportedly one of Princess Diana’s favourite hymns and was sung at her funeral in 1997. The hymn is most often sung to the stirring tune Cwm Rhondda, written in the early 20th century, which ...

Bach and his fellow German organists produced hundreds of "chorale preludes" like this one – small pieces based on a traditional hymn tune. You must enable ...