The singing of hymns has its roots in the earliest days of the Christian church and remains a central part of the liturgy. In the Anglican church, and nowhere more so than in Westminster Abbey, this ...

The tune “Westminster Abbey” is taken from the final section of Henry’s Purcell’s anthem, “O God, Thou art my God”. The words of this Pentecost hymn were written by the Italian mystic ...

The service always includes one or more psalms. These ancient prayers, taken from the Old Testament, reflect the full range ...

The service at Westminster Abbey included one of Queen Elizabeth's wedding hymns, 'The Lord’s my Shepherd' Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

King Charles entered the Westminster Abbey to the tune of popular Bollywood song Dhoom Machale during the Commonwealth Day Service earlier this month (Photo: Reuters) King Charles entered the ...

Bach and his fellow German organists produced hundreds of "chorale preludes" like this one – small pieces based on a traditional hymn tune ... Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in 1963.