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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... sound ; it functions in a private reading , but also in a church . The building is filled with sound , made by musical instruments and human voices , and the text becomes no longer the marks on the page but a series of sounds in the air ...
... sound ; it functions in a private reading , but also in a church . The building is filled with sound , made by musical instruments and human voices , and the text becomes no longer the marks on the page but a series of sounds in the air ...
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... sound Thy praise ; but who am I ? Again the question seems simple , or rhetorical , but is profound , probing , and indeterminate . It means ' Who am I that I should presume ( to sound thy praise ) ? ' ; but it also means , in the great ...
... sound Thy praise ; but who am I ? Again the question seems simple , or rhetorical , but is profound , probing , and indeterminate . It means ' Who am I that I should presume ( to sound thy praise ) ? ' ; but it also means , in the great ...
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... sound Amid their radiant orbs be found ? He is drawing here upon Psalm 19 , " There is no speech or language , where their voice is not heard ' , and altering it for his own purposes . The stars are ( to human ears ) silent , with ...
... sound Amid their radiant orbs be found ? He is drawing here upon Psalm 19 , " There is no speech or language , where their voice is not heard ' , and altering it for his own purposes . The stars are ( to human ears ) silent , with ...
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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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