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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"hymn"”.
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African culture and its influence on the hymn
The aim of study is to motivate cultural heritage amongst Africans, to despise the past in their musical ability and be self-!'reliant and original instead of imitating the Western musical systems entirely.
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Style characteristics of selected American hymn arrangements for piano, published 1963-2003
The purpose of this dissertation is to acquaint church pianists, teachers, and performers with the wide variety of styles found in the genre of sacred piano literature, which is useful primarily in the church worship service. A different style is presented in each chapter, and arrangers who have …
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The Journey Home: A Root-metaphor Analysis of the 1840 Mormon Manchester Hymn Book
… compiled, printed, and began distributing a hymnbook that eventually would become the basis for all subsequent LDS hymnbooks published in English in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This thesis, as a contribution to the literature of communication, book history, and hymnology, as well …
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Comparative Analysis of an Armenian Hymn Through Digital Signal Processing and Music Information Retrieval
… the harmonic differences in a famous Armenian Hymn, Տէր Ողորմեա (“Der Voghormia”, meaning “Lord Have Mercy”). The baseline version will be the one that is found in the 20th-century manuscript written by Gomidas Vartabed, and will be compared against later renditions. This will be performed by …
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A Transcription for Solo Organ: Symphony on a Hymn Tune, Op. 53, by Virgil Thomson
… for solo organ of Virgil Thomson's Symphony on a Hymn Tune. The study is two-fold: first, to explore the early life and career of Thomson with a focused view on how his organ and composition studies influenced the composition of Symphony on a Hymn Tune; and second, to present an original …
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The Lutheran hymn "Ein' Feste Burg" in Claude Debussy's Cello Sonata (1915): motivic variation and structure
… Sonata, the notes and rhythm of the Lutheran hymn “Ein’ feste Burg” are quoted Debussy’s initial sketch of the sonata, implying a raison d’être that until now has remained unnoticed. The discovery of Debussy’s application of motives derived from the hymn will redefine how musicians view the …
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A Look At Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century American Moravian Worship
… of four eighteenth-century Moravian liturgical hymn services. In this context paper I describe Moravian worship practices in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in America, and discuss how the liturgical hymn services fit into that worship cycle. This paper also describes the change in …
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TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF TRACTARIAN HYMNODY: A Critical Appraisal of the Interaction between Theology, Poetry and Music in Anglican Hymnody between 1840 and 1900.
… Hadow delivered a damning appraisal of Stainer’s Hymn Tunes, and in so doing, castigated an earlier generation of Victorian poets and composers who had been inspired by the Tractarian revival. Hadow’s aesthetic judgment was formed by a new generation intent on the promulgation of ‘good taste’ …
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The Singing Lion of London: Hymnody as a Pedagogical And Doxological Tool in The Pastoral Ministry of Charles Spurgeon
… Spurgeon (1834-1892) placed a high priority on hymnody as a pedagogical and doxological tool within the life and public worship of the local church. As pastor of London’s Metropolitan Tabernacle, he quoted hymns weekly in his sermons for decades. This dissertation, a mixed-methods study, …
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Charisma and controversy: Benjamin Keach (1640-1704) and the Baptist debate about congregational hymnody
… Psalmody and began to propagate the use of hymns in public worship. These hymns were categorized as newly composed songs. There is a gap in scholarship surrounding this transformation within dissent. However, given that last Sunday about 630 million Evangelicals gathered to sing hymns, the …
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A Study and Critical Analysis of Orin Idaraya Choruses in the Yoruba Baptist Hymnal (2000) of the Nigerian Baptist Convention
… titled Orin Idaraya in the Yoruba Baptist hymn book of the Nigerian Baptist Convention published in the year 2000. The study examines the choruses for their biblical, theological, and cultural meaning to ascertain their messages, evaluate their claims, and liturgical appropriateness. Before …
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Exploring homilies and hymnody : the thematic relationship between George Whitefield's sermons and "A collection of hymns for social worship".
… examines George Whitefield's A Collection of Hymns for Social Worship and presents a thematic analysis of the hymn book's lyrical content. This research contributes to a fuller understanding of Whitefield's evangelistic mission, provides a perspective on Whitefield's views on singing and …
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Individuation and the Demeter-Persephone Myth in Charlotte Bronte's Shirley
… of individuation and major plot shifts in the "Hymn." Persephone's abduction and Demeter's wandering correspond with Caroline's sudden depression and with the shadow phase of individuation. Demeter's entrance into Eleusis and her caretaking of Demophoon mark the incorporation of the animus; in …
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The Hymns of Anne Steele in John Rippon's Selection of Hymns: A Theological Analysis in the Context of the English Particular Baptist Revival
This dissertation examines the hymns of Particular Baptist hymn-writer, Anne Steele, as found in John Rippon's hymnal, A Selection of Hymns, from the Best Authors, including a Great Number of Originals; Intended to be an Appendix to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns, first published in 1787. Through his …
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Thymiaterium Musicale (1625) by Andreas Rauch
… psalm, Miserere mei Deus. The first is a hymn-based motet, in which Rauch provides contrasting settings of all seven verses of Nicolai's well-known Epiphany hymn. The bitextuality of the Magnificat (alternately Latin and German texts) may represent Rauch's attempt to provide settings of …
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Cuban Alleluia, piano concerto.
… its various sections. The piece is intended as a hymn of praise to God, while evoking the rhythms and sonorities of Cuban music from a contemporary perspective. This article focuses on the musical and contextual analysis of the piano concerto Cuban Alleluia. The figures were extracted from the …
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Te, Joseph, celebrent: An examination and guide to Manuel de Sumaya’s works for the feast of St. Joseph at the Cathedral of Mexico City, 1714-1715
… of Mexico City. It looks at his Mass, motet, and hymn through a Spanish and Novohispanic lens in order to situate Sumaya’s music making in its national and viceregal music context. The music is unpublished, un-transcribed, or otherwise difficult to find in performance editions, so it has …
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<i>Metaphasia</i>: Shelley and the Language of Remoter Worlds
… of the dead, chronologically through the Hymn to Intellectual Beauty, Mont Blanc, and Prometheus Unbound. Proceeding from Earl Wasserman's detailed map of Shelley's mythopoeic structure, I charted this evolution while identifying a fifth discrete entity within the mythological hierarchy of …
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Metaphasia: Shelley and the Language of Remoter Worlds
… of the dead, chronologically through the <em>Hymn to Intellectual Beauty</em>, <em>Mont Blanc</em>, and <em>Prometheus Unbound</em>. Proceeding from Earl Wasserman's detailed map of Shelley's mythopoeic structure, I charted this evolution while identifying a fifth discrete entity within the …
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