Comments on: Advent 2009: “Christmas Night,” Inez R. Preece, Inez Jean Preece

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:17:24 +0000

Lezlie — Thanks for that confirmation! If you have the chance, please let her know that she was part of our Christmas celebration.

By: Lezlie Brady

Lezlie Brady — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:13:29 +0000

Indeed, Inez jean Preece (she goes by Jean or Jeannie) IS alive. She married Bill Little. Jean and Bill live in Maple Ridge, BC Canada. She is my grandmother-in-law. She still composes music and loves it!

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:33:38 +0000

Thanks for looking, and confirming (to some extent) my assumption, Justin. If there had been evidence otherwise, I have no doubt you would have found it!

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:18:28 +0000

Inez Jean Preece is probably her daughter, and is probably still living.

My limited poking around also leads me to believe that IJP is IRP’s daughter and that IJP is alive.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:47:41 +0000

Well, since Researcher has kindly allowed me to list all three hymns that I approve of, it shouldn’t take long to write that guest post.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:42:10 +0000

I’ve been trying to find out more about Willy Reske, by the way. Other than his middle name (Julius), the CHL catalog doesn’t offer much help. I now know the names of his family (wife Martha, daughter Ingeborg — born in Germany — and daughter Ruth — born in Brooklyn — and some details of immigration and citizenship, via Ancestry.com, but it seems that nothing really personal is available. But I’ve liked everything associated with Reske so far. He needs to be remembered.

Maybe if we plead enough, Mark B. would submit a guest post on his hymn lists, both allowed and forbidden. That could be a whole lotta fun.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:22:18 +0000

Yeah, I agree, Researcher, that in the end, it’s not that great, and that the Reske piece is much better. I’ve printed it out for FHE tonight.

(Count me as another one who wants to see Mark B.’s list of “approved” hymns. No worries, though — I have a list of verboten hymns, too. Don’t we all?)

By: Researcher

Researcher — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:15:01 +0000

my Index Librorum Prohibitorum

One of these days we’re going to have to quiz Mark B. as to which three songs in the hymnbook he would allow to be sung in his perfect world.

It seems like the general consensus on “Christmas Night” is to keep looking. (The last women’s trio was much better, as far as I’m concerned.)

By: Ardis Parshall

Ardis Parshall — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:47:17 +0000

Hunter, I just mean that since you could sing the whole line to the tune of “Choose the Right” (since “Christmas night, holy light” has the same rhythm as “Choose the right, choose the right”), I would expect Inez to have simply borrowed the entire line if she wasn’t aware that she was mimicking the CTR song (kind of like the ward member you refer to). That she didn’t borrow the whole thing makes me think that her modification was deliberate, and that she was aware that she was copying.

But your remark about us being left scratching our heads is certainly applicable — who knows what she was thinking?

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:44:38 +0000

Since “Choose the Right” is on my Index Librorum Prohibitorum, I don’t think I’ll be singing this anytime soon!

Did she stick that line in there on purpose? She must have. And it’s dreadful.

Not that I’m opinionated or anything.