tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post1343594061325373845..comments2023-12-03T03:04:42.826-05:00Comments on Conjubilant with Song: George Frederick RootC.W.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04745714524175357522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-39120519832930692652010-09-05T18:01:18.469-04:002010-09-05T18:01:18.469-04:00Thanks, Robert. Hope you also saw the 2009 Root en...Thanks, Robert. Hope you also saw the 2009 Root entry (though I did miss his birthday this year).<br /><br />I have indeed been following your blog almost since its beginning.C.W.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04745714524175357522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-89878643852413347092010-08-30T10:28:06.470-04:002010-08-30T10:28:06.470-04:00Thanks for posting a bit about George Root. (Today...Thanks for posting a bit about George Root. (Today, as I write, is the 190th anniversary of his birth.) And yes, he was one of those musicians who was successful both in the secular and sacred fields. <br /><br />If you enjoy reading about our hymns and their authors, I invite you to check out my daily blog on the subject, <i>Wordwise Hymns</i>.roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435373461292769832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-74173407462869436382008-09-04T13:10:00.000-04:002008-09-04T13:10:00.000-04:00I love that passage in Matthew 9 and the hymn is a...I love that passage in Matthew 9 and the hymn is a lovely expression of it.Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02432234458348984602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-74834330939232909662008-08-31T04:25:00.000-04:002008-08-31T04:25:00.000-04:00Even more than "The Battle Cry of Freedom", I thin...Even more than "The Battle Cry of Freedom", I think his legacy depends on "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp" ("In my prison cell I sit, thinking, mother dear, of you..."), and this not so much for itself as because after the war the tune was adapted for use with a children's hymn by C. H. Woolston beginning <A HREF="http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/j/e/jesloves.htm" REL="nofollow">"Jesus calls the children dear"</A>, whose refrain has become a universal standby.<BR/><BR/>A number of additional verses have been written to turn the refrain of "Jesus loves the little children" into the first stanza of a hymn of its own. One of my favorites is from the Reorganized LDS [now "Community of Christ"] <I>Hymns of the Saints</I>— the first verse is Woolston's (though they call it anonymous; the second—"Jesus died for all the children"—as far as I know <I>is</I> anonymous; and the third is by RLDS member Rosalee Elser:<BR/><BR/>Jesus rose to save the children,<BR/>All the children of the world;<BR/>Brothers, sister of each land, <BR/>Just reach out and take his hand.<BR/>Jesus rose to save the children of the world. <BR/><BR/>But I think there is something to be said for the Southern Baptists' rewrite of the "red and yellow, black and white" line (which while universal is also stereotypical and unrealistic about skin tones and Crayola terms): <BR/><BR/>Jesus loves the little children,<BR/>All the children of the world.<BR/>Every color, every race,<BR/>All are covered by his grace.<BR/>Jesus loves the little children of the world.<BR/><BR/>(#592 in the 1991 <I>Baptist Hymnal</I>; ©1991 Broadman Press)<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, "Kristo amas la infanetojn", Ann E Beatty's Esperanto version of "Jesus loves the little children", was <A HREF="http://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosiero:Espero_Internacia_1.png" REL="nofollow">the opening hymn in <I>Espero Internacia</I></A>, the first Esperanto-language Christian hymnal published in the US (ca. 1920).<BR/><BR/>"She only touched the hem of his garment" is a favorite of mine; I only recall seeing it in one hymnal (Church of the Brethren?) that I don't own and whose title escapes me ...<I>Hymns of Praise and Worship?</I>... but I enjoyed singing it, and photocopied it in technical violation of copyright.<BR/><BR/>Leland aka HaruoLeland Bryant Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211499185401035099noreply@blogger.com