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The Hands That First Held Mary's Child

Author: Thomas H. Troeger Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 8 hymnals

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KINGSFOLD

Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 276 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 Tune Key: e minor Incipit: 32111 73343 45543 Used With Text: The Hands That First Held Mary's Child
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NOEL

Appears in 149 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Arthur Seymour Sullivan, 1942-1900 Tune Sources: English Traditional Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 12321 23432 5534 Used With Text: The hands that first held Mary's child
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RESIGNATION

Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 101 hymnals Tune Sources: William Walker's Southern Harmony, 1835 Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 13532 35165 31351 Used With Text: The Hands That First Held Mary's Child

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The Hands That First Held Mary's Child

Author: Thomas H. Troeger Hymnal: Celebrating Grace Hymnal #115 (2010) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D First Line: The hands that first held Mary's Child Topics: God the Son Christmastide; Christian Year-Christmastide Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25 Languages: English Tune Title: KINGSFOLD

The Hands That First Held Mary's Child

Author: Thomas H. Troeger Hymnal: The Worshiping Church #144 (1990) Topics: Christmas Season Scripture: Isaiah 7:14 Languages: English

The hands that first held Mary's child

Author: Thomas H. Troeger, 1945- Hymnal: The Book of Praise #158 (1997) Topics: Church Year Christmas; Cross; Jesus Christ Word; Jesus Christ Emmanuel; Jesus Christ Crucifixion Scripture: Matthew 1:18-26 Languages: English Tune Title: NOEL

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Richard Proulx

1937 - 2010 Person Name: Richard Proulx, 1937-2010 Harmonizer of "RESIGNATION" in RitualSong (2nd ed.) Richard Proulx (b. St. Paul, MN, April 3, 1937; d. Chicago, IL, February 18, 2010). A composer, conductor, and teacher, Proulx was director of music at the Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, Illinois (1980-1997); before that he was organist and choirmaster at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church in Seattle, Washington. He contributed his expertise to the Roman Catholic Worship III (1986), The Episcopal Hymnal 1982, The United Methodist Hymnal (1989), and the ecumenical A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools (1992). He was educated at the University of Minnesota, MacPhail College of Music in Minneapolis, Minnesota, St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, and the Royal School of Church Music in England. He composed more than 250 works. Bert Polman

Thomas H. Troeger

1945 - 2022 Person Name: Thomas H. Troeger, 1945- Author of "The Hands That First Held Mary's Child" in Worship and Rejoice Thomas Troeger (1945-2022), professor of Christian communication at Yale Divinity school, was a well known preacher, poet, and musician. He was a fellow of Silliman College, held a B.A. from Yale University; B.D. Colgate Rochester Divinity School; S.T. D. Dickinson College, and was awarded an honorary D.D. from Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1970 and the Episcopal Church in 1999, and remained dually aligned with both traditions. Troerger led conferences and lectures in worship and preaching throughout North America, as well as in Denmark, Holland, Australia, Japan, and Africa. He served as national chaplain to the American Guild of Organists, and for at least three years he hosted the Season of Worship broadcast for Cokesbury. He was president of the Academy of Homiletics as well as Societas Homiletica. He had, as of 2009, written 22 books in the areas of preaching, poetry, hymnody, and worship. Many of his hymn texts are found in New Hymns for the Lectionary (Oxford, 1992), and God, You Made All Things for Singing (Oxford, 2009). Laura de Jong

Ralph Vaughan Williams

1872 - 1958 Person Name: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 Arranger of "KINGSFOLD" in Worship and Rejoice Through his composing, conducting, collecting, editing, and teaching, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, October 12, 1872; d. Westminster, London, England, August 26, 1958) became the chief figure in the realm of English music and church music in the first half of the twentieth century. His education included instruction at the Royal College of Music in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as additional studies in Berlin and Paris. During World War I he served in the army medical corps in France. Vaughan Williams taught music at the Royal College of Music (1920-1940), conducted the Bach Choir in London (1920-1927), and directed the Leith Hill Music Festival in Dorking (1905-1953). A major influence in his life was the English folk song. A knowledgeable collector of folk songs, he was also a member of the Folksong Society and a supporter of the English Folk Dance Society. Vaughan Williams wrote various articles and books, including National Music (1935), and composed numerous arrangeĀ­ments of folk songs; many of his compositions show the impact of folk rhythms and melodic modes. His original compositions cover nearly all musical genres, from orchestral symphonies and concertos to choral works, from songs to operas, and from chamber music to music for films. Vaughan Williams's church music includes anthems; choral-orchestral works, such as Magnificat (1932), Dona Nobis Pacem (1936), and Hodie (1953); and hymn tune settings for organ. But most important to the history of hymnody, he was music editor of the most influential British hymnal at the beginning of the twentieth century, The English Hymnal (1906), and coeditor (with Martin Shaw) of Songs of Praise (1925, 1931) and the Oxford Book of Carols (1928). Bert Polman