Item Detail
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Music, David W.
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Hymnology : a collection of source readings
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Book
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Studies in liturgical musicology ; no. 4
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Lanham, Md.
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1996
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Scarecrow Press, Inc.
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xix, 235 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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0810831481; 9780810831483
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Church music.
Hymns--History and criticism. -
ML 3000 .M87 1996
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Music, David W. Hymnology: A Collection of Source Readings. Studies in Liturgical Musicology, ed. Robin A Leaver, no. 4. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1996.
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A collection of resources to help the reader gain a greater sense of the history of congregational song through the perspective of its original writers, leaders, singers, and commentators.
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The author attempts to gather sources relating to congregational song in various periods of church history. Topics include early church song, various branches of the Reformaion, English and American hymnody, and the Vatican Council II.
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The book is divided into five sections: The Early Church and the Middle Ages; The Reformation; English Hymnody; American Hymnody; Vatican Council II. The entries are organized chronologically. Each entry includes an explanation of the document's context and its source. Includes a bibliography and an index.
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Documents represent a cross-section of hymn history.
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Brumm, James L. H. The Hymn: A Journal of Congregational Song 48 (July 1997): 62-63.
Martin, Sherrill V. Sonneck Society Bulletin 23 (Summer 1997): 57.
Ogasapian, John. The Diapason 92 (August 2001): 10.
Pysh, Gregory M. Choral Journal 38 (April 1998): 68. -
BYU Library
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