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hymnSong in praise of a deity. Examples include Akhenaton's hymn to the Aton in ancient Egypt, the ancient Greek Orphic hymns, Old Testament psalms, extracts from the New Testament (such as the ‘Ave Maria’), and hymns by the English writers John Bunyan (‘Who Would True Valour See’) and Charles Wesley (‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’). The earliest sources of modern hymn melodies can be traced to the 11th and 12th centuries, and the earliest polyphonic settings date from the late 14th century. Gospel music and carols are forms of Christian hymn-singing. |
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| What makes this compilation of events so exciting is that the expertise of professional historians, linguists, musicians, ethnomusicologists, ministers, poets, writers, hymnists and composers is constantly referenced. The initial letters of each verse constitute a belligerent acrostic that is unlikely to be accidental; the Byzantine hymnist Romanos the Melode (6th century) also employed acrostic devices. David Music, in "The Newport Collection (1766): The First Baptist Hymnal in America," stated, "By far the most significant source drawn upon by the compiler of the Newport Collection was the British Seventh Day Baptist hymnist, Joseph Stennett. |
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