Biography of Hymns

December 21, 2014

The story behind ‘Joy to the World’ carol

At Christmas we sing ‘Joy To The World’, an accidental Christmas carol written over two centuries in two continents by...

December 19, 2014

Christmas carols: we sing them in church, we hear them piped in the shops, we may have CDs of Josh...

August 26, 2014

Sweden’s gifts to the world of music include pop giants ABBA, the great soprano Birgit Nilson, the classical composer Carl...

July 14, 2014

GUNTHER SIMMERMACHER looks at the history of the hymn It Is Well With My Soul. The hymns we sing in...

December 10, 2009

GUNTHER SIMMERMACHER explores the history of some more popular Christmas hymns and songs. O Little Town Of Bethlehem In 1865, the...