Song of the Renaissance (collection of hymns)

The collection (about a third) was based on spiritual songs translated and written by I. S. Prokhanov at the beginning of the 20th century ^[1] and first collected by him in a songbook called “Gusli” (more than 500 hymns), published in 1902 (title by analogy with the biblical book Psalms ), and then in the collection "Spiritual Songs", in which "Gusli" was included as the first and largest section. Gusli, in turn, included material from previous songbooks (250 from the Collection of Spiritual Poems ( 1882 , 1893 ), 100 from the collections Favorite Poems and Voice of Faith, 1882 ), and more than 180 were new previously unreleased. The text of some songs was a poem by Russian writers.

The collection “Spiritual Songs” from 1907 to 1922 consisted of collections “Gusli”, “Songs of a Christian”, “Tympans”, “Kimvali” and “Dawn of Life” (each of them was originally an independent work), and since 1924 it was supplemented by five more small collections of I. S. Prokhanov. Accordingly, the original version received the unofficial name “Pentatefile”, and the full version - “Tenfold collection” ^{[2] [3]} . Since the "Gusli" accounted for about half even the "Ten-compilation", in everyday life the "Five-compilation" and the "Ten-compilation" were often called the "gusli".

The first edition of the “Song of the Renaissance” collection took place in May 1978, thanks to the activities of the Christian publishing house of the ECB EC brotherhood (“separated”, “unregistered” Baptists), which, due to persecution by the atheist authorities, was forced to act illegally through clandestine printing houses. The songbook was made on the basis of the "Ten Books" (also reprinted by the publisher) and was its replacement. The collection "Song of the Renaissance" has a single numbering and is divided into thematic subsections. For hymns that were part of the “Ten Book”, the name of the previous collection and the number in it were indicated before the text. Instead of “hymns of previous editions, which are practically not used in the fellowship of the people of God,” new ones were added that were absent in the “Ten Book”. The final section of the youth anthems, which until then was mainly available only in manuscripts, was re-staffed (the preface states that not all of these hymns can be attributed to the youth on the subject). ^[four]

Believers of the older generation often traditionally call the collection “Gusli”, transferring to it the everyday name of the “Ten Collection” that it supplanted, which, in turn, was called so by the first and largest (occupying almost half) section in its composition.

Subsequently, the "Song of the Renaissance" was reprinted over 10 times. The largest circulation of 100,000 copies. All publications in the Soviet period were donated by believers, and distributed exclusively free of charge. The circulations were much larger, and the collection itself was fuller than the VSECB Collection of Spiritual Songs officially published in 1956 ^[3] , and therefore it was the Song of the Renaissance that gained particular popularity in Soviet and post-Soviet times. Subsequently, the songbook, reprinted by various publishers of various denominations, acquired numerous additions to the original 830 hymns. Some of the songs added were written in a Pentecostal environment and reflect the doctrines of this church (the baptism with the Holy Spirit as a special mystical act - for example, No. 879).

In 2002, a new, significantly revised edition of the Song of the Renaissance, published by MSC ECB (former SC ECB), was released. The new edition included 800 hymns. From the collection were excluded songs that have actually become obsolete, as well as works originally intended for choral performance. The texts were brought into line with dogma, modern grammar and versification rules. The fundamental advantage of the new collection over the old one is that it is published in two versions: the usual one for general singing with indication of tonalities and in the form of notes for the choir. The old collection was published only in the version for general singing without notes.

The 2003 compilation, based on the old first edition, was published independently of the MSC ECB fraternity and contains 2,500 anthems.

The numbering of the psalms from 1 to 830 is identical in almost all editions.

• Song of the Renaissance. - second. - Christian (MSC ECB), 2002 .-- 542 p.

• Song of the Renaissance 2001. - St. Petersburg. : The Bible for All, 2000 .-- 827 p. - 20,000 copies. - ISBN 5-7454-0515-5 .

• Song of the Renaissance 2800. - St. Petersburg. : The Bible for All, 2009 .-- 1055 p. - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-7454-1122-9 .

Texts

• "Song of the Renaissance 2800" - lyrics by numbers and title
• Song of the Renaissance. Second Edition. 2002 year
• "Song of the Renaissance - 2000" online

Notes

• Song of the Renaissance with notes (Songs of Christians, Volume 1, 800 hymns) / Musical and choral department of the MSC ECB - Second Edition, revised and expanded - Christian, 2002-542. - 800 songs - PDF - Music sheet for download

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