An annotated anthology of hymns
An 'Annotated Anthology of Hymns' treats the hymn as a literary form deserving of respect. It includes 250 hymns from the English-speaking world , covering the range from the earliest years of the Christian church to the present day, with notes on the words and the tunes.
452 s
9780199265831, 9780198269731, 0199265836, 0198269730
471721758
Introduction ; 1. Ancient and Medieval Hymns ; 2. The Reformation: England and Germany ; 3. The Seventeenth Century: Anglicans and Puritans ; 4. Isaac Watts ; 5. The Early Eighteenth Century ; 6. Charles Wesley ; 7. The Later Eighteenth Century ; 8. The Romantic Movement and the Early Nineteeth Century ; 9. The High Victorian Period ; 10. Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century American Hymns ; 11. The Early Twentieth Century ; 12. The Mid-Twentieth Century and the Hymn Explosion