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Hymns of the God's Gardeners: Lyrics from the Year of the Flood (Audio CD)
Hymns of the God's Gardeners Lyrics from the Year of the Flood - Audio CD Author:Margaret Atwood, Orville Sloeber (Music) A collection of fourteen hymns, lyrics taken from The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood, set to music by Orville Stoeber. — The God’s Gardeners believed in the healing power of singing. They encouraged children to sing in their schools, and they incorporated music into all of their Saints’ Days and Festivals. Somet... more »imes they sang unaccompanied, but sometimes they used instruments that they’d gleaned or constructed. They allowed themselves to use electric instruments, as long as the power for these came from solar.
In composing their hymns, they strove for melodies that could be sung by all. They turned away from harsh music, though they were eclectic in their tastes, as befitted the varied backgrounds of their members. Country and Western ballads, gospel, standard hymn tunes, twentieth-century jazz -- many influences can be traced in their music. What they valued above all was the suitability of the hymn and the music for the Feast or Saint’s Day on which it was sung.« less