{"id":1980049,"date":"2025-08-26T07:48:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T07:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1980049"},"modified":"2025-08-26T07:48:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T07:48:39","slug":"a-major-factor-is-how-songs-are-selected-for-the-new-hymnbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/a-major-factor-is-how-songs-are-selected-for-the-new-hymnbook\/","title":{"rendered":"A major factor is how songs are selected for the new hymnbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The popular song \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/media\/music\/songs\/do-as-im-doing?lang=eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Do As I\u2019m Doing<\/a>\u201d helps joyful children all over the world work out their wiggles before many Sunday classes in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the youngest kids in the church\u2019s global Primary organization know the words, but it turns out that nobody actually knows who wrote them.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a catch to including some hymns and songs in the new hymnbook the church is releasing in chunks.<\/p>\n<p>Securing the legal permission to use a piece of music can be tricky, and it will affect what hymns wind up in the new \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/media\/music\/collections\/hymns-for-home-and-church?lang=eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hymns\u2014For Home and Church<\/a>,&#8221; said David Channer, deputy general counsel in the church\u2019s Office of General Counsel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA decision was made that if we\u2019re going to include a hymn in the hymnbook, we are going to have every possible right to that hymn,\u201d Channer said Tuesday during a presentation at BYU\u2019s annual Education Week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s so we can print it, we can modify it, we can perform it by the Tabernacle Choir, we can perform it at (For Strength of Youth events), we can record it, we can do whatever we need to do with this hymn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we cannot get that kind of bundle of rights, we\u2019re not going to put it in the hymnbook, period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article on the <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/faith\/2025\/08\/21\/latter-day-saint-hymnbook-church-official-shares-factor-in-hymn-selection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deseret News<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><i>More articles for you:<\/i><br \/><b>\u25b6 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.ldsliving.com\/from-catholic-priest-in-training-to-latter-day-saint-a-conversion-story-from-hungary\/s\/12913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From Catholic priest-in-training to Latter-day Saint: a conversion story from Hungary<\/a><\/b><br \/><b>\u25b6 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.ldsliving.com\/are-you-letting-vain-imaginations-steal-your-peace\/s\/12918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Are you letting vain imaginations steal your peace?<\/a><\/b><br \/>\u25b6 <b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.ldsliving.com\/elder-renlunds-counsel-to-a-man-whose-confidence-in-receiving-revelation-was-deeply-shaken\/s\/12892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elder Renlund\u2019s counsel to a man whose confidence in receiving revelation was deeply shaken<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.ldsliving.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The popular song \u201cDo As I\u2019m Doing\u201d helps joyful children all over the world work out their wiggles before many Sunday classes in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 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