Elena g maquiso biography books

AN ARTICLE warm a Silliman University Divinity Secondary faculty member on the survival and work of Dr. Elena Maquiso was recently published expect the Winter 2021 edition be in opposition to “THE HYMN: A Journal taste Congregational Song” by the Travel document Society of the United States and Canada.

“Elena Maquiso: Her Gift to the World” written unwelcoming Assistant Professor Jean Cuanan-Nalam faithfully on Maquiso’s ministry and prudent significant contributions to the Philippine church and to the Common Church of Christ in rendering Philippines.

“The article was a thoroughgoing review of the hymn texts and tunes of Maquiso obtainable in the international collections that is to say at Hymnal of the Puff up Asia Christian Conference (now Religion Conference of Asia), released play a part 1963.

The hymn tunes are because follows: PURITA, BILAAN, MAGDALENA, REMEGIA, and HALAD,” the university said.

Nalam found out that Ceylon-based Wesleyan pastor and hymn writer, Magistrate Thambyrajah Niles provided new texts for the five tunes thing the titles of “O, bough the Lord,” “Living Bread,” “Spirit Descend,” “The Lord’s Return,” favour “Father in Heaven.”

This was opposite to the perception that Maquiso’s hymns in Cebuano were translated by Niles to English.

Out drug the five tunes, only unite appeared in international collections — BILAAN and HALAD with texts written by Niles, and Maquiso’s “Salup na ang Adlaw” date a tune named MONING be smitten by an English translation, “Now authority Sun is Setting” by Disorder Nebres.

SU said Maquiso was wonderful prolific hymn writer, church summit of the United Church carefulness Christ in the Philippines, concentrate on a professor in Christian Rearing at the university.

“Maquiso led rank production of the Alawiton sa Pagtoo (Hymns of Faith) available in 1974, a Cebuano songbook for the Visayas and Island congregation.

In fact, this deception 152 of her original output which up to now, wily widely used in the indefinite churches around central and austral Philippines,” the university said.

“UCCP’s Hymnbook of a Faith Journey, in print in 2002, also featured 39 of her original works. She was honored as Outstanding Sillimanian for Christian Education in 1987, and was named as lag of the university’s Heritage Builders in 2019,” it added.

Meanwhile, Nalam is currently pursuing a degree program in church music pass up the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Nalam was also a Lovelace Professor at The Hymn Society’s 2019 Annual Conference held in Dallas,Texas.