SKU: GI.G-6477
Composed by Erik Routley
and Peter Cutts. Sacred.
Book. GIA Publications
#6477. Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-6477).
ISBN 9781579993542.
English.
Like all
creation, the world of
Christian hymnody grows,
changes, and evolves over
time. As older hymnals
have been replaced and
new hymns by contemporary
composers have become
more widely known, it has
grown necessary to update
the book that was
formerly know as the
crowning glory of a
life-time of writing
about hymns. In this new
edition of Erik Routely's
An English-Speaking
Hymnal guide, it was
Peter W. Cutts's
intention to expand and
restore the original
edition to its former
glory and place of
prominence as one fo the
leading references on
English hymnody. This
book establishes
authorship and meter of
each hyn, discusses the
major differences between
versions of the same hymn
in varoius hymnals, and
takes full account of new
hymnody and changing
fashions in hymnal
editing over the last 25
years. New hymn tunes had
to appear in four or more
of the major
English-speaking hymnals
in order to be selected
for this work.
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