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Earth and All Stars

Author: Herbert Brokering Meter: 4.5.7.4.5.7 with refrain Appears in 33 hymnals Refrain First Line: He has done marvelous things

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EARTH AND ALL STARS

Appears in 52 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: David Johnson, 1922-1987; Dale Grotenhuis, 1931-2012 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 15613 17665 11132 Used With Text: Earth and All Stars

EARTH AND ALL STARS

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jan Bender Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 11151 75654 3453 Used With Text: Earth and all stars

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Earth and All Stars!

Author: Herbert Frederick Brokering Hymnal: Glory to God #26 (2013) Meter: 4.5.7 D with refrain Refrain First Line: Sing to the Lord a new song! Topics: Creation; Music and the Arts; Praise; Providence; Teaching/Education; Work Scripture: Psalm 96:1 Languages: English Tune Title: EARTH AND ALL STARS

Earth and All Stars

Author: Herbert Brokering, 1926 - Hymnal: Hymns of the Saints #49 (1982) First Line: Earth and all stars, Loud rushing planets Refrain First Line: Sing to the Lord a new song Topics: City; Creation; Creativity; Earth; Gathering; Music; Nature; Praise; Truth; Worship Scripture: 1 Chronicles 16:23-29 Languages: English Tune Title: EARTH AND ALL STARS

Earth and All Stars

Author: Herbert Brokering Hymnal: The Brethren Songbook #58 (1974) Tune Title: [Earth and all stars]

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Herbert Brokering

1926 - 2009 Author of "Earth and All Stars" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Herbert F. Brokering (b. Beatrice, Nebraska, May 21, 1926; d. Bloomington, Minnesota, November 7, 2009) was a Lutheran pastor with German roots, an author of more than forty books, and a poet and hymn writer known especially for two hymn texts, “Earth and All Stars” and “Alleluia! Christ Is Risen,” both set to the same tune. He was born in Nebraska, the son of a German Lutheran pastor; earned degrees from Wartburg College in Iowa, University of Iowa, and Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, OH, and pursued graduate study in Germany at the University of Kiel and the University of Erlangen. He served as a pastor of three Lutheran congregations, in Pennsylvania, New York, and Texas; taught at the Navy Chaplain’s Career School in Newport, Rhode Island, Luther Seminary and Trinity Seminary, and was also active in the Lutheran World Federation services and the World Council of Churches. Emily Brink

Emily R. Brink

b. 1940 Arranger of "EARTH AND ALL STARS" in Songs for Life Emily R. Brink is a Senior Research Fellow of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and Adjunct Professor of Church Music and Worship at Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her main areas of responsibility are conference planning and global resources. She is program manager of the annual Calvin Symposium on Worship, which draws more than 70 presenters and 1600 participants from around the world. She also travels widely to lecture and to learn about worship in different parts of the world, especially in Asia, where she has lectured in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, and Taiwan. Her areas of interest include congregational song from all times and places; psalmody; hymnal editing. She was editor of four hymnals and consults with a wide range of churches on worship renewal issues. Dr. Brink is active in the American Guild of Organists, serving in both local and national offices, as well as in the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada (president from 1990 1992) and named a Fellow of the Hymn Society in 2004 in recognition of distinguished services to hymnody and hymnology. --internal.calvinseminary.edu/

Dale Grotenhuis

1931 - 2012 Harmonizer of "EARTH AND ALL STARS" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Dale Grotenhuis (b. Cedar Grove, WI, 1931; d. Jenison, Mi, August 17, 2012) was a member of the 1987 Psalter Hymnal 1987 Revision Committee, and was professor of music and director of choral music at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa, from 1960 until he retired in 1994 to concentrate on composition. Educated at Calvin College; Michigan State University, Lansing; and Ohio State University, Columbus; he combined teaching with composition throughout his career and was a widely published composer of choral music. He also directed the Dordt choir in a large number of recordings, including many psalm arrangements found in the 1959 edition of the Psalter Hymnal. Before coming to Dordt, Grotenhuis taught music at Christian high schools in Washington and Michigan. Under his direction, the Dordt College concert choir participated in annual tours that took members throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. He loved the church and the music of the church. His favorite song was "All Glory Be to God on High". Bert Polman (last two sentences from Joy Grotenhuis, daughter-in-law)