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Abide with Me: The World of Victorian Hymns
Ian Bradley
A literary, theological, and cultural examination of this fruitful and influential period of hymnody.
Item 402
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African-American Christian Worship
Melva Costen
A lively history and theology of the African-American worship experience today.
Item 194
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Amazing Grace: The Story of America’s Most Beloved Song
Steve Turner
The first half of this book is devoted to the life of John Newton and the creation of the text; the second half traces the hymn’s music, especially its performance and recording history.
Item 598
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An Annotated Anthology of Hymns
ed. J. R. Watson; foreword by Timothy Dudley-Smith
250 hymn texts with notes that set them in context, identify sources, and provide explanatory and critical material.
Item 595P
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Assist Me to Proclaim: The Life and Hymns of Charles Wesley
John R. Tyson
Examines the life and hymnody of this co-founder of Methodism.
Item 773
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Baptist Offspring, Southern Midwife - Jesse Mercer's Cluster of Spiritual Songs (1810): A Study...
... in American Hymnody
Kay Norton
Addresses a neglected topic: pre-shape-note, Southern sacred music.
Item 579
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Black Hymnody: A Hymnological History of the African-American Church
Jon Michael Spencer
A definitive history of Black hymnody. Soft-cover
Item 151
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Duty and Delight-Routley Remembered
Seventeen authors contributed to this memorial to the life and work of Erik Routley. Each essay makes a contribution to an area of study, writing, or research in which Routley distinguished himself.
Item 107
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Encounter with Erik Routley
Adrienne Tindall
Correspondence between the author and Routley on a variety of hymn-related subjects during the last three years of his life.
Item 395
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English Congregational Hymns in the Eighteenth Century
Madeleine Forell Marshall and Janet Todd
A scholarly study of the work of Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, John Newton, and William Cowper.
Item 140
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The English Hymn: A Critical and Historical Study
J.R. Watson
A comprehensive application of literary criticism to English hymns, from the Reformation to the middle of the twentieth century. (Paperback edition)
Item 403P
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An English Speaking Hymnal Guide
Erik Routley, edited and expanded by Peter W. Cutts
This new edition establishes authorship and meter of each hymn, discusses the major differences between versions of the same hymn in various hymnals, and takes full account of new hymnody and changing fashions in hymnal editing over the last 25 years.
Item 465
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The Eucharistic Hymns of John and Charles Wesley
J. Ernest Rattenbury
American edition of a classic British study; reprints 166 Wesley hymns in an appendix.
Item 490
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The Evangelical Doctrines of Charles Wesley’s Hymns
J. Ernest Rattenbury
This classic study of Wesleyan theology expressed in hymnody has now been reissued. Remarkable for its breadth and depth, it organizes much valuable material.
Item 726
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Fanny Crosby
Bernard Ruffin
One of the most complete biographies of this famous gospel hymn writer.
Item 153
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Gather into One: Praying and Singing Globally
C. Michael Hawn
Explores biography and significance of five influential global church musicians: John Bell, David Dargie, I-to Loh, Patrick Matsikenyiri, and Pablo Sosa.
Item 661
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Healing the Nations: Fred Kaan – The Man and His Hymns
Gillian R. Warson
This new biography offers a survey of the varied experiences that have shaped and informed Fred Kaan hymnwriting over four decades. The global scale of this fascinating story provides an importan perspective on the recurring themes of his hymns.
Item 648
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The History of American Catholic Hymnals since Vatican II
Donald Boccardi, SM
A chronicle of American Catholic hymnals during the past 40 years
Item 551
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How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel
Horace C. Boyer
A paperback reissue of How Sweet the Sound, a survey of this unique indigenous American art form and the equally extraordinary people who created it, from its beginnings through the 1960s.
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Hymnwriters series Vol. I
Bernard Braley
Volume I: Ken, Cowper, Heber, How, and Ellerton
Item 511
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Hymnwriters series Vol. II
Volume II: Newton, Montgomery, Baker, and Bayly
Item 512
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Hymnwriters series Vol. III
Volume III: Herbert, Plumptre, Bridges, and Green
Item 513
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In Spirit and In Truth: The Music of African American Worship
by Melva Wilson Costen
This biblical, historical, theological, and liturgical exploration of the various genres of music used in African American worship traces their development back to roots in Africa, surveys their emergence and use in campmeeting songs, black-metered hymns, anthemized spirituals, Pentecost music traditions, and contemporary gospel music.
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"I Will Sing the Wondrous Story": A History of Baptist Hymnody in North America
David W. Music and Paul A. Richardson
Beginning with an overview of the British background, offers a survey of the history of Baptist hymnody in America from the arrival of Baptists in the New World to the present.
Item 783
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The Jesus Road: Kiowas, Christianity, and Indian Hymns
Luke Eric Lassiter, Clyde Ellis, and Ralph Kotay
This original and moving volume reveals the personal and cultural power of Christian faith among the Kiowas of southwestern Oklahoma and shows how members of that community have creatively embraced hymns and made them their own. Includes a CD of twenty-six Kiowa hymns. Choose Cloth Bound or Paper Back from the drop-down list.
Item 599

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The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada
Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond
3400 Brook Road
Richmond VA 23227-4536 Phone: (800) THE HYMN
FAX: (804) 355-9208
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