Irving A. Steinel

Over a considerable period of years, it has been my privilege to be associated with some of America's greatest leaders in both church and evangelistic music. While still quite young, I had close personal contact with…

For centuries, instrumental music was forbidden in the Christian church. All the singing was unaccompanied. That is where the term "a capella" originated. Within the memory of some of us, there have been churches which banned instruments…

Foreword.—Professor Steinel has had years of experience in planning and conducting the music in evangelistic and regular church services. He has ever sought to use this great talent to the glory of God, and to lift the…

There is a wealth of material from which to draw in selecting church music. It is not necessary to use the cheap, trashy music that has sometimes crept into the church serv­ices. Much of this seems to have been copied…

Many volumes have been written on  hymnology. Numerous other books deal with facts of interest concerning the writing and singing of hymns. In this brief article it is designed to give a very informal expression of appre­ciation of church…

Just prior to the Reformation, congregational  singing became almost extinct. The singing was all done by the choir. There is a tendency on the part of some of our choir leaders—and not a few regard it as dangerous—to…