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Little Bethlehem of Judah

Author: Calvin Seerveld Meter: 8.5.8.3 Appears in 3 hymnals

WESTRIDGE

Meter: 8.5.8.3 Appears in 16 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Martin Fallas Shaw Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 34532 16512 31245 Used With Text: Little Bethlehem of Judah

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Author: Calvin Seerveld Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #204 (1987) Meter: 8.5.8.3 Topics: Biblical Names & Places Bethlehem; Biblical Names & Places Judah; Shepherd, God/Christ as; Songs for Children Bible Songs; Advent; Biblical Names & Places Bethlehem; Biblical Names & Places Judah; Christmas; Shepherd, God/Christ as Scripture: Micah 5:2-4 Languages: English Tune Title: WESTRIDGE

Little Bethlehem of Judah

Author: Calvin Seerveld Hymnal: With Heart and Voice #32 (1989) Meter: 8.5.8.3 Topics: Bible Songs Scripture: Micah 5:2-4 Languages: English Tune Title: WESTRIDGE

Little Bethlehem of Judah

Author: Calvin Seerveld Hymnal: The New Century Hymnal #113 (1995) Meter: 8.5.8.3 with refrain Topics: Advent; Jesus Christ Advent; Prophets; Year B Epiphany 2; Year C Advent 4 Scripture: Micah 5:2-7 Languages: English Tune Title: WESTRIDGE

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Calvin Seerveld

b. 1930 Versifier of "Little Bethlehem of Judah" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Calvin Seerveld (b. 1930) was professor of aesthetics at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto from 1972 until he retired in 1995. Educated at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan; the University of Michigan; and the Free University of Amsterdam (Ph.D.), he also studied at Basel University in Switzerland, the University of Rome, and the University of Heidelberg. Seerveld began his career by teaching at Bellhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi (1958-1959), and at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois (1959-1972). A fine Christian scholar, fluent in various biblical and modern languages, he is published widely in aesthetics, biblical studies, and philosophy. His books include Take Hold of God and Pull (1966), The Greatest Song: In Critique of Solomon (1967), For God's Sake, Run with Joy (1972), Rainbows for the Fallen World: Aesthetic Life and Artistic Task (1980), and On Being Human (1988). He credits the Dutch musician Ina Lohr for influencing his compositions of hymn tunes. Most of his Bible versifications and hymns were written for the Psalter Hymnal (1987), on whose revision committee he ably served. Bert Polman

Martin Shaw

1875 - 1958 Person Name: Martin Fallas Shaw Composer of "WESTRIDGE" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Martin F. Shaw was educated at the Royal College of Music in London and was organist and choirmaster at St. Mary's, Primrose Hill (1908-1920), St. Martin's in the Fields (1920-1924), and the Eccleston Guild House (1924-1935). From 1935 to 1945 he served as music director for the diocese of Chelmsford. He established the Purcell Operatic Society and was a founder of the Plainsong and Medieval Society and what later became the Royal Society of Church Music. Author of The Principles of English Church Music Composition (1921), Shaw was a notable reformer of English church music. He worked with Percy Dearmer (his rector at St. Mary's in Primrose Hill); Ralph Vaughan Williams, and his brother Geoffrey Shaw in publishing hymnals such as Songs of Praise (1925, 1931) and the Oxford Book of Carols (1928). A leader in the revival of English opera and folk music scholarship, Shaw composed some one hundred songs as well as anthems and service music; some of his best hymn tunes were published in his Additional Tunes in Use at St. Mary's (1915). Bert Polman