All Things Bright And Beautiful

Aurora

This is my beautiful granddaughter Aurora. Enjoy the show, it is best in full screen mode. If you cannot see the video click here. Download the original OpenOffice Presentation (78.9 Mb). Source of All Things Bright And Beautiful is the Young Women Camp Songs web page. … [Read more...]

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Robert Robinson

In 1985, the Church issued a new hymn book containing 341 hymns entitled Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Some new hymns appeared, which had not been published by the Church before, such as How Great Thou Art. Others were left out of the book such as Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. The Church did not give reasons for leaving out any particular hymn, just saying that the … [Read more...]

Musopen Offers Free Classical Music Downloads

Beethoven

My son Steven suggested that I blog about Musopen, the free online music collection. As Steven's top ten open source software picks is the most popular post on my blog, I think it wise for me to listen to him. Musopen's Musical Mission Musopen tells us that it is their mission is to set music free: Musopen is an online music library of copyright free (public domain) music. We want to give the world … [Read more...]

Musical Testimony

I love to listen to music. I joy in my children's music, especially my daughter's. She plays the piano beautifully and confidently, even before large audiences. Sarah is accomplished with the French horn, a difficult instrument to play. In marching band she played the mellophone which looks like an over-sized trumpet. It is only half the length of a normal horn, making it lighter to carry. While playing … [Read more...]