A History of Chinese Christian Hymnody : From Its Missionary Origins to Contemporary Indigenous Productions.
Material type: TextPublication details: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (293 pages)Content type:- text
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- 9780773416789
- 0773416781
- 264.230951
- ML2951.C64 H75 2009
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This work examines the important hymnals that shaped Chinese hymnody and the hymnists who made significant contributions. The hymns written by Chinese authors and composers are discussed in the light of their Christian context, poetic forms, imagery, Chinese music styles and musical idiom.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-250) and index.
Early missionaries and Chinese hymnody -- Vernacular hymnals from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century -- Mandarin hymnals from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century -- Indigenization of Chinese hymns -- Chinese hymnals from the mid- to the late twentieth century -- Chinese hymnals of the twenty-first century.
English.
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