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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... sacred things ' : Reverence for the eternal power , if it is genuine and springs from inmost feeling , not only shuns too great publicity for itself , but also , should any one , forgetting a true reticence , chatter lightly of sacred ...
... sacred things ' : Reverence for the eternal power , if it is genuine and springs from inmost feeling , not only shuns too great publicity for itself , but also , should any one , forgetting a true reticence , chatter lightly of sacred ...
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... Sacred Songs and Solos affects the content , so that even when writing of love and salvation , and not of threats and backsliding , the hymns reduce the com- plexities of human experience to an excitable repetition , an assertive senti ...
... Sacred Songs and Solos affects the content , so that even when writing of love and salvation , and not of threats and backsliding , the hymns reduce the com- plexities of human experience to an excitable repetition , an assertive senti ...
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... Sacred Songs and Solos ( London , 1874 ) . Sacred Songs and Solos ( rev . and enlarged edn . , London , 1921 ) . A Selection of Hymns ... Intended as a Supplement to the Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts , for the Use of The Protestant ...
... Sacred Songs and Solos ( London , 1874 ) . Sacred Songs and Solos ( rev . and enlarged edn . , London , 1921 ) . A Selection of Hymns ... Intended as a Supplement to the Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts , for the Use of The Protestant ...
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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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