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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... metres are particularly frequent . They are 86.86 . , or Common Metre ( C.M. ) , 66.86 . , or Short Metre ( S.M. ) , and 88.88 . , or Long Metre ( L.M. ) . Almost always lines 2 and 4 rhyme ; sometimes lines 1 and 3 rhyme as well . Each ...
... metres are particularly frequent . They are 86.86 . , or Common Metre ( C.M. ) , 66.86 . , or Short Metre ( S.M. ) , and 88.88 . , or Long Metre ( L.M. ) . Almost always lines 2 and 4 rhyme ; sometimes lines 1 and 3 rhyme as well . Each ...
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... metre is found in the popular 8.7.8.7 . metre , used in double form for such hymns in eight - line verses as ' Glorious things of thee are spoken ' ( unlike S.M. , C.M. , and L.M. , this is basically trochaic ) . In this metre is ...
... metre is found in the popular 8.7.8.7 . metre , used in double form for such hymns in eight - line verses as ' Glorious things of thee are spoken ' ( unlike S.M. , C.M. , and L.M. , this is basically trochaic ) . In this metre is ...
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... Metre ' , containing thirty - seven versions by Sternhold and seven by himself . The two collections came into church use as the basis of an English psalter for the Protestant exiles from 1553 to 1558. The congregation at Geneva was ...
... Metre ' , containing thirty - seven versions by Sternhold and seven by himself . The two collections came into church use as the basis of an English psalter for the Protestant exiles from 1553 to 1558. The congregation at Geneva was ...
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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 |
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