Irving A. Steinel
By IRVING A. STEINEL, Music Teacher, Glendale, California
Church Music and Evangelistic Music
We have been following the world's trend in music. Let us change our course, and differentiate between the church and the world.
The Place of Instrumental Music
Part four of our series considers the importance of having a skill pianist or organist.
Selection of Music and Singers
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.
Hymns and Hymn Playing
This brief article is designed to give a very informal expression of appreciation of church music, and a few suggestions regarding the proper performance of musical numbers, particularly the playing of hymns.
The Place of Congregational Singing
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 monopolize so much of the time allotted to music that there is little singing done by the congregation.