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A hymn tune is the melody of a musical composition to which a hymn text is sung. Musically speaking, a hymn is generally understood to have four-part (or more) ...
Coe Fen is a semi-rural meadowland area to the east of the River Cam in the south of the city of Cambridge, England. [1] It lies at the back of Peterhouse (one of the University of Cambridge colleges) to the north, the Fitzwilliam Museum , and The Leys School to the south. [ 2 ]
This tune was also used as the principal choice for the Methodist Hymns and Psalms book of 1983. In 1930, Dr Thomas Percival (TP) Fielden, director of music at Charterhouse School , sent Bridges' text to a friend, composer Herbert Howells , requesting Howells compose a new setting of the hymn for use at the school.
A writer of hymns is known as a hymnodist, and the practice of singing hymns is called hymnody; the same word is used for the collectivity of hymns belonging to a particular denomination or period (e.g. "nineteenth century Methodist hymnody" would mean the body of hymns written and/or used by Methodists in the 19th century). [26]
Hymnology is sometimes more strictly construed, as in A Dictionary of Hymnology, [2] edited by John D. Julian, which concerns itself very largely with the history, textual changes, and translations of hymns, and with the biographies of hymnographers, and very little with the poetic metres of these hymns, or with the hymn tunes to which these ...
A hymnal or hymnary is a collection of hymns, usually in the form of a book, called a hymnbook (or hymn book). They are used in congregational singing . A hymnal may contain only hymn texts (normal for most hymnals for most centuries of Christian history); written melodies are extra, and more recently harmony parts have also been provided.
This hymnal "consisted entirely of versions of Latin hymns, designed for use as Office hymns within the Anglican Church despite the fact that Office hymns had no part in the authorized liturgy. The music was drawn chiefly from plainchant", as was the case with the Veni Emmanuel tune for "O Come, O Come Emmanuel", the combination of which has ...
The hymn later gained popularity in the United States where it is used as part of Thanksgiving celebrations. [3] The first verse is written as a celebration of the harvest, calling for people to give thanks to God for it. [5] The last two verses are based on the Parable of the Tares, and discuss the last harvest at the Second Coming of Jesus. [1]