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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... common Food he here presents , No common Drink provides : For Meat he gives his Flesh ; for Wine The Spear his Heart divides . ( Hymn IV ) This is certainly ' no common food ' , but in a surprising way : the tension is between the ...
... common Food he here presents , No common Drink provides : For Meat he gives his Flesh ; for Wine The Spear his Heart divides . ( Hymn IV ) This is certainly ' no common food ' , but in a surprising way : the tension is between the ...
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... Common Prayer 8 In The Hymns of Methodism , Henry Bett pointed out the Wesleys ' debt to the Book of Common Prayer . He quotes Psalm 45 : 4 : ' Gird Thee with Thy sword upon Thy thigh , O Thou most Mighty , according to Thy worship and ...
... Common Prayer 8 In The Hymns of Methodism , Henry Bett pointed out the Wesleys ' debt to the Book of Common Prayer . He quotes Psalm 45 : 4 : ' Gird Thee with Thy sword upon Thy thigh , O Thou most Mighty , according to Thy worship and ...
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... common in German poetry , but which become cloying to an English ear when constantly repeated ; and that English double common or short metre is used instead of what may be called the German common metre , the same that we call Gay's ...
... common in German poetry , but which become cloying to an English ear when constantly repeated ; and that English double common or short metre is used instead of what may be called the German common metre , the same that we call Gay's ...
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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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