Michael Moody was chairman of the 1985 Hymnbook Executive Committee. In this audio interview by The Mormon Channel for their program Conversations, he discusses his experience on the committee, as well as other events from his life. We’ve broken down the 90-minute interview to help you find the sections you are most interested in:
- Missionary Service: 3:40
- University Studies: 7:25
- Musical Christmas Cards: 9:18
- “He Sent His Son” 11:48
- Performance of “He Sent His Son” 16:36
- Mabel Jones Gabbott and “In Humility Our Savior” 19:55
- The 1970s Hymnbook Committees 21:28
- The 1985 Hymnbook Executive Committee 22:35
- Criteria for choosing new hymns 28:11
- “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” 33:28
- Performance of “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” 35:32
- Hymns new to the 1985 Hymnbook 38:58
- “Called to Serve” almost didn’t make it in 40:34
- Performance of “Called to Serve” 42:50
- “Where Can I Turn for Peace?” 45:05
- Performance of “Where Can I Turn for Peace?” 45:51
- “Love One Another” 49:40
- Children’s songs in the hymnbook 51:26
- “Hark, All Ye Nations” 52:03
- The shelf-life of a hymnbook and foreign language hymnbooks 54:19
- Brother Moody’s feelings about the power of music 57:14
- “This is the Christ” 1:04:25
- Performance of “This is the Christ” 1:09:30
- Service as a Mission President in Haiti 1:14:08
- Trip to Jerusalem 1:19:41
- Are his seven children musicians? 1:25:41
- Final thoughts 1:27:30