A survey of Christian hymnody /
William J. Reynolds, Milburn Price ; revised and enlarged by David W. Music, Milburn Price.
- xxiv, 407 pages ; 23 cm
Introduction: The Naming of Hymns -- Hymns as Poetry -- Hymns as Music -- Hymns as Theology -- Hymnody in the Functions of the Church -- The Language of Hymnody 1. Early Church Song: The Book of Psalms -- Old Testament Canticles -- New Testament Hymns -- Early Christian Hymnody -- Byzantine Hymnody -- The Development of Latin Hymnody 2. The Lutheran Chorale: The Significance of Martin Luther -- Emergence of the Kantional Style -- Seventeenth-Century Developments -- Late Seventeenth-and Eighteenth-Century Developments -- The Nineteenth Century -- Scandinavian Hymnody -- Hymnody Outside the Lutheran Tradition 3. Psalmody: Genevan Psalmody -- English Psalmody -- Early Musical Editions of the Old Version -- Other English Psalters -- Scottish Psalters -- John Playford -- Tate and Brady's New Version -- The Decline of the Metrical Psalm -- Psalmody and Music Education 4. British Hymnody, I: Early Appearance of Hymns in England – Early Attempts to Introduce Hymn Singing – Isaac Watts – Wesleyan Hymnody – Hymnody of the Evangelical Revival – Independents, Presbyterians, and Baptists – Moravian Hymnody in England – Hymn Singing in the Church of England – Transitional Writers: Montgomery and Kelly – Eighteenth-Century Musical Developments 5. British Hymnody, II: The Nineteenth Century – The Oxford Movement – Victorian Hymns and Tunes – Non-Anglican Hymnody – The Twentieth Century – Recent Developments – Scholarship in Hymnody 6. American Hymnody, I: Psalmody in Colonial America – Attempts to Improve Psalm Singing – Early American Singing Schools – Immigrants and Influences – Hymn Singing of the Great Awakening – Denominational Activity – Camp-Meeting Songs – Folk Hymnody – Shape-Notes – Other Early Nineteenth-Century Developments 7. American Hymnody, II: Nineteenth-Century Hymns and Hymn Writers – The Emergence of the Gospel Song – Nineteenth-Century Hymnals – Expansion of Southern Shape-Note Singing – Twentieth-and Twenty-First Century Developments – Twentieth-and Twenty-First Century Hymns and Hymn Writers – Twentieth-and Twenty-First Century Hymnals – American Hymnal Companions 8. Global Hymnody: Africa – Asia – Latin America and the Caribbean – Performance Practices – Other Published Collections of Global Hymnody