Anthony Esolen provides exegesis of some of the greatest hymns of the Christian faith, revealing their doctrinal and devotional riches. An accompanying audio CD provides the actual music discussed in the book.

Contains Christian sheet music for 34 songs for piano, vocal and guitar written by contemporary composers.

"In 1727, Stefan Silbermann is a grief-stricken thirteen-year-old, struggling with the death of his mother and his removal to a school in distant Leipzig. Despite his father's insistence that he try not to think of his mother too much, Stefan is haunted by her absence, and, to make matters worse, he's bullied by his new classmates. But when the school's cantor, Johann Sebastian Bach, takes notice of his new pupil's beautiful singing voice and draws...