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The Organ Is Praise

Latter-day Saint (LDS) Organ Music and Essays by Harold Stuart, CAGO

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Secret Prayer (Slagelse)

The Latter-day Saint hymn Secret Prayer is powerful reminder to pray always. Prayer is either a great help or possibly even an antidote to whatever situation we find ourselves in. In remembering to acknowledge God, either in our triumphs or our difficulties, we show both our reliance upon and our gratitude to him for his… Read More Secret Prayer (Slagelse)

January 14, 2023 hhstuartLeave a comment

We Are All Enlisted (Montclair)

This is a setting of a hymn tune that is well-loved in my faith. It is sung to the words We Are All Enlisted. I like the lyrics because they speak of several things that my mother taught me when I was growing up: Do not be weary in well doing. We are all enlisted… Read More We Are All Enlisted (Montclair)

June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 hhstuart1 Comment

The Value of a Good Mistake

It’s time to tell the truth: the name of this website is a mistake. When I first undertook to start composing a few years ago I agonized over the name of this website. I thought of all sorts of different names, but eventually settled on The Organ In Praise. It was going to be a… Read More The Value of a Good Mistake

April 12, 2020January 20, 2021 hhstuartLeave a comment

Abide With Me (Eventide)

Abide With Me has always been one of my favorite hymns. The image it evokes of Christ speaking with his disciples on the road to Emmaus is one of my favorite Bible stories. I wrote this arrangement as a special musical number for a Saturday evening session of stake conference a couple of months ago.… Read More Abide With Me (Eventide)

March 15, 2020 hhstuart2 Comments

Sweet Is the Work (Douglass)

Sweet Is the Work is one of my favorite hymns. It’s powerful, optimistic message speaks of the joy that we can feel when we serve God and keep his commandments. This arrangement is in trio form. Along with my arrangement of I Need Thee Every Hour, it’s intended to be easier to learn than many of… Read More Sweet Is the Work (Douglass)

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 hhstuartLeave a comment

Postlude on “Aberystwyth”

The nation of Wales, part of the United Kingdom, is famous for its love of music. Its music culture has greatly influenced our music as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. My wife and I recently visited Wales and heard an excellent Welsh men’s choir perform at a Methodist church. At… Read More Postlude on “Aberystwyth”

November 18, 2018November 18, 2018 hhstuartLeave a comment

I Need Thee Every Hour (Need)

Some people change your life. I’ve been fortunate in that most of those people have changed it for the good. Those people have far outnumbered those who have been a negative influence, thank goodness! Some people have been a positive influence in my life for years. One of these is my first organ teacher, who… Read More I Need Thee Every Hour (Need)

June 28, 2018June 28, 2018 hhstuartLeave a comment

A Tale of Two Vacations

Recently we went adventuring. Here’s quick report of our recent travels. Vacation 1: The Stuart family recently went on a vacation. We chose to do a cruise. We sailed out of a dirty, nasty city and had to walk around the trash and the people passed out on the streets. Just getting to our room… Read More A Tale of Two Vacations

October 26, 2017October 30, 2017 hhstuartLeave a comment

Jesus, Once of Humble Birth (Male Chorus)

Let me make this clear: the organ is my instrument. That being said, I respectfully (and sometimes begrudgingly) acknowledge that other musical genres exist. One of my favorites is the male chorus. The sound of men singing together can be subtle, powerful, and inspirational. As a lover of church history, I value the early converts… Read More Jesus, Once of Humble Birth (Male Chorus)

August 27, 2017 hhstuartLeave a comment

The Power Button

2015 marks my 40th year as an organist. Being an organist has been quite an adventure, marked with the usual things of life – triumph and tragedy, happy and sad, good and not so good. Most of what has happened to me as an organist has been very positive, however, and I would do it… Read More The Power Button

December 31, 2015 hhstuartLeave a comment
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