Harriette Merolla was a young Brooklyn gal working with a music composer in the early 1960s when she was asked to write words for a song called "Hymn to Freedom." Merolla, then known as Harriette ...

It may be the quintessential oldie, and I don’t mean that in a way to suggest that it’s dated; rather, the song packages nostalgia ... whom I love so dear.” Lady Freedom.

Often, improvised music can be self-indulgent, resulting in sounds that can be cluttered, distant, disjointed and uninviting. New Hymn to Freedom, on the other hand, is all about listening to each ...

A Hymn for Peace: The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra Performs ... because we're bonded by, yes, not only music, but our desire to fight against oppression... ♪ Voice-over: Saying that Ukrainian ...

It's really about supporting whatever your perspective is — about freedom or liberation ... the book The Battle Hymn of the Republic: A Biography of the Song that Marches On, says the soldiers ...

She told us how she learned quickly that gospel hymns were going to be a strong foundation for the civil rights movement's many freedom songs, because most of the black activists already knew them ...

“Freedom,” a song from Beyoncé’s 2016 album “Lemonade ... as well as “Collection Speech/Unidentified Lining Hymn,” another recording by Lomax performed by Reverend R.C. Crenshaw ...

Rosamond Johnson, the pair initially wrote the song in 1900 to celebrate the birthday ... With lyrics that speak of faith and freedom, paying homage to the endurances of their ancestors, the hymn is a ...