New Music Items Released

The Church Music Department has announced the release of several new items.

Hymns and Children’s Songs, a set of six audiocassettes of instrumental music, is now available. The tapes contain enough music for nine sacrament meetings, including prelude; accompaniments for opening, sacrament, and closing hymns; and postlude. There are also accompaniments for eight additional hymns for special occasions, as well as ten children’s songs.

“The music may be used for meetings where standard musical instruments are not available,” explained Michael F. Moody, chairman of the Church General Music Committee. “It is suitable for any language area and includes all the hymns and songs found in the Gospel Principles manual.”

Both Children’s Songbook Audiocassettes and a compact disk version, Children’s Songbook CD include all songs from the Children’s Songbook. Designed for song accompaniment, listening, and background music, the music is “suitable for Church and home use,” observed Brother Moody. The audiocassettes or CD can be purchased alone or with the words.

The revised Church Music Handbook presents basic information on music organization, policies, and procedures for the Church.

All these items can be purchased at local Church distribution centers.