Songs of Praise: Songs of Praise

Words Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-19-231201-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 116 mm x 159 mm, Gewicht: 159 g

Songs of Praise was first published in 1925, and is still an immensely popular hymnbook, particularly in schools. The compilation falls into two parts: Book 1 contains hymns grouped by subject and theme, together with a selection of verses, canticles and doxologies; Book 2 contains general hymns listed alphabetically by first line.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shaw, Martin

Dearmer, Percy

Vaughan Williams, R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christlicher Gesang, Kirchenmusik, Gebetsbücher

Über Autor(innen)

Ralph Vaughan Williams, born in Gloucestershire on 12 October 1872, read History at Cambridge and went to the Royal College of Music where his teachers were Parry, Wood, and Stanford.
Vaughan Williams believed in the value of music education and wrote practical competition pieces, serviceable church music, and with the 49th Parallel (1940-41) he found a new outlet in writing for film. His profoundly disturbing Symphony No.6 (1948) received international acclaim with more than a hundred performances in a little over two years. His great sensitivity to the 20th-century human condition, his flexibility in writing for all levels of music making, and his unquestionably great
imagination combine to make him one of the key figures in 20th century music.
Ralph Vaughan Williams had a long association with Oxford University Press; over 200 publications are available in the Oxford catalogue.