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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... Whole Booke of Psalmes as " This infectious frenzy of sacred song'.34 But when it is seen in its historical context , and when its effect upon generations of singers is taken into account , The Whole Booke of Psalmes can be seen as a ...
... Whole Booke of Psalmes as " This infectious frenzy of sacred song'.34 But when it is seen in its historical context , and when its effect upon generations of singers is taken into account , The Whole Booke of Psalmes can be seen as a ...
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... whole name appears complete ' : this is Pilate's ' Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews ' ( John 19 : 19 ) which he refused to alter . Watts perceives the irony of Pilate's text , and then provides his own version , as though the ' whole ...
... whole name appears complete ' : this is Pilate's ' Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews ' ( John 19 : 19 ) which he refused to alter . Watts perceives the irony of Pilate's text , and then provides his own version , as though the ' whole ...
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... whole verse conducts the reader towards the final phrase , and especially the word ' lost ' ( a word which Wesley uses frequently to describe the state of the soul in heaven ) . The effect here is that the first four lines serve as ...
... whole verse conducts the reader towards the final phrase , and especially the word ' lost ' ( a word which Wesley uses frequently to describe the state of the soul in heaven ) . The effect here is that the first four lines serve as ...
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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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