The English Hymn: A Critical and Historical StudyClarendon Press, 1997 - 552 Seiten Why do people sing hymns? Are hymns poetry? What makes a good hymn? The author discusses the nature of hymns and their particular appeal, examines the English hymn as a literary form, and systematically describes its development through four centuries, from the Reformation to the mid-twentieth century. |
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... Come , O Come with Sacred Layes ' . In Haleluiah it makes a fine opening : Come , oh come in pious Laies , Sound we ... comes from the firm rhythm and from the 15 ' Preface ' , Haleluiah , unpaginated . delicate variations of tone and ...
... Come , O Come with Sacred Layes ' . In Haleluiah it makes a fine opening : Come , oh come in pious Laies , Sound we ... comes from the firm rhythm and from the 15 ' Preface ' , Haleluiah , unpaginated . delicate variations of tone and ...
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... comes from seeing Christian ideas and emblems neatly parcelled up into rhymes . On one occasion , ' Of Man by Nature ' , the effect is spectacular : From God he's a Back slider , Of Ways , he loves the wider ; With Wickedness a Sider ...
... comes from seeing Christian ideas and emblems neatly parcelled up into rhymes . On one occasion , ' Of Man by Nature ' , the effect is spectacular : From God he's a Back slider , Of Ways , he loves the wider ; With Wickedness a Sider ...
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... comes very close to Protestant writers on the crucifixion , and yet remains different from them . Charles Wesley wrote : Then let us sit beneath His Cross , And gladly catch the healing stream- ( ' O love divine ! what hast Thou done ...
... comes very close to Protestant writers on the crucifixion , and yet remains different from them . Charles Wesley wrote : Then let us sit beneath His Cross , And gladly catch the healing stream- ( ' O love divine ! what hast Thou done ...
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The State of the Art | 1 |
The Singing of Hymns and the Experience of Metre | 22 |
The Whole Booke of Psalmes | 42 |
Urheberrecht | |
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