CD features Christian hymns in Native American languages

Published: 2004-09-17

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In conjunction with the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian, the Smithsonian Institution's Folkways Recordings has released a compact disc of Christian music in native languages. "Beautiful Beyond: Christian Songs in Native Languages" includes 33 songs performed by people from tribes across North America, each recorded in the group's native language. It includes familiar songs, such as "Rock of Ages," sung by three Oneida women; "Silent Night," sung by the Kykotsmovi Mennonite Church Choir in the Hopi language; "In the Sweet By and By," sung by the Ojibwe Hymn Singers; and "Amazing Grace," sung in Navajo by the TeecNosPos Gospel Melody. The CD is available for sale at the museum's gift shop or on the museum's Web site -- www.nmai.si.edu -- by clicking on "bookshop," then on "CDs." The cost is $15.

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