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Treasure No 64: The English Hymn (review)
Treasure No 64: The English Hymn (review) by Elizabeth Cosnett: An article from Bulletin 214, Winter 1998 The English Hymn: A Critical and Historical Study, by J R. Watson. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1997. xi 4–552 pp. £65.00 (£48.00 to Hymn Society members using special order form with July Bulletin) he publication of this scholarly, thought-provoking and enormously enjoyable book is …
Treasure No 60: Childhood and the Christian hymn
Treasure No 60: Childhood and the Christian hymn by Ian Sharp: An article from Bulletin 199, Spring 1994 hen children sing Christian hymns and songs they engage in an activity which is intended to be social and educational as well as religious. The experience is both communal and individual, for unless it means something to the child, the enterprise, however …
Treasure No 49: The Hymn Tunes of Elgar and Holst
Treasure No 49: The Hymn Tunes of Elgar and Holst by B. Massey: An article from Bulletin 160, Summer 1984 ate laid a heavy hand on English music in the year 1934. Within less than four months death claimed three major figures: Delius, Elgar and Holst. Delius had no impact on the world of hymnody—he would no doubt have been …
Treasure No 32: Percy Dearmer, Hymnologist
Treasure No 32: Percy Dearmer, Hymnologist by Erik Routley: An article from Bulletin 111, Winter 1967 A paper delivered at the 1967 Conference in London. he hymn singing of protestant England has passed through several quite distinct historical phases. The earliest, if we take Isaac Watts as the starting point of a whole era, is the tradition of hymn singing …
Treasure No 27: What Shall They Sing
Treasure No 27: What Shall They Sing by J. T. Slater, of Slough Grammar School: An article from Bulletin 100, Spring 1964 (This article, which we reprint by kind permission of the Editor of the Bulletin of the University of Leeds Institute of Education, appeared in that journal in November, 1961. With so much new interest in hymns as a …
Treasure No 10: Hymns on the Air
Treasure No 10: Hymns on the Air by the Rev. Cyril Taylor (Religious Broadcasting Department, B.B.C.): An article from Bulletin No. 41, October 1947 have been asked to review the field of hymn-singing on the air, and to say something about the criteria which govern the choice of hymns in religious broadcasts. As these programmes stand at the moment, no …
Treasure No 6: Hymns and no Hymns
Treasure No 6: Hymns and no Hymns by George Sampson, Author of “The Century of Divine songs” (Warton Lecture) and “The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature”: An article from Bulletin No. 29, October 1944 veryone is busy planning a grand new world to come after the war. Sometimes it is a grand new world for Britain and her allies, …
Treasure No 4: The Criticisms of ‘Songs of Praise’
Treasure No 4: The Criticisms of ‘Songs of Praise’ by the Rev. Canon G. W. Briggs, M.A., Joint-Chairman of the Society:An article from Bulletin No. 14, January 1941 o Hymn Book of modern times has attracted greater attention than Songs of Praise; not least significant is the prominence given to it by the B.B.C. At the same time, no hymn …