Which of these popular recent devotional songs is NOT by Graham Kendrick?

has often been regarded as a 'second national anthem' (or just possibly, third; after Blake's ). The words were written by a British diplomat, Sir Cecil Spring Rice, shortly before the First World War ~ a historical telltale in itself, as this Quiz is drafted in the anniversary-rich early summer ofThe tune is adapted from which more-or-less contemporary orchestral work, and fits it as evocatively as a proverbial glove?

Mary's song, the canticle traditionally known by its Latin title , has become widely sung in a metrical paraphrase which begins 'Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord!'. This originated in a 20th-century prose translation of the Bible, but the whole hymn in its metrical form is the work of which major writer?

The composer John Rutter is most widely associated with which genre of Christian music?

A very plangent setting of Turgenev's poem on the legend of the child Jesus and the Crown of Roses was written by ...

The composers of the coronation anthem (a setting of Ps.121) and of the hymntune (most usually sung to Wesley's ) share which surname?

The resonant bass singers Paul Robeson and Willard White are probably most closely identified with which style of Christian music?

The Psalms ( the established Old Testament 'Jewish hymnbook' as Jesus knew, and frequently quoted it) have become and remained a core corpus of devotional text in Christian worship. Which of the following is NOT a recognised form of psalmody within the English-language tradition?

The traditional tune for the solemn hymn is called 'The Old Hundredth': why?

Psalm 46 ('God is our strength and refuge') is enthusiastically sung in a modern paraphrase, set to a powerful yet perhaps slightly surprising tune from which World War 2 film?