Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2006-05-24 Public domain in the USA. 205 Butterworth, Hezekiah 1839 1905 Brown, Theron 1832 1914 The Story of the Hymns and Tunes Reading ease score: 68.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, David Wilson, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Story of the Hymns and Tunes" by Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This publication delves into the origins, significance, and transformation of hymns and their accompanying music throughout Christian history. It covers a broad spectrum of hymns, including those used in worship, missionary activities, and those expressing suffering and consolation. At the start of the book, the authors introduce the concept of hymnody, illustrating its deep roots in spiritual expression and communal worship. They emphasize the importance of hymns as vehicles for religious emotion, noting how diverse cultures have contributed to their evolution. The preface highlights the collaborative efforts to revise previous works on the subject while maintaining the essence of hymnology, setting the stage for a comprehensive exploration of famous hymns, their authors, and the tunes associated with them that follow in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Hymns -- History and criticism Religious poetry BV Text Christianity Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 1230641 1229975 2024-10-08T07:54:02.997242 2023-09-08T09:32:03.552419 text/html text/html 1203795 2006-05-25T08:04:28 text/html 1405057 2020-12-14T00:52:34 text/html application/zip 1522825 2024-10-08T07:54:35.518108 application/epub+zip 1537708 2024-10-08T07:54:10.292290 application/epub+zip 481001 2024-10-08T07:54:06.788237 application/epub+zip 2057927 2024-10-08T07:54:49.987992 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1981203 2024-10-08T07:54:32.272126 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 904500 2022-08-09T03:40:17.888407 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 804065 803968 2024-10-08T07:53:56.840316 2023-09-08T09:31:57.822370 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 803758 2020-12-14T00:52:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 316398 2020-12-14T00:52:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 803793 2020-12-14T00:52:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 316290 2020-12-14T00:52:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21846 2024-10-08T07:54:50.187995 application/rdf+xml 16879 2024-10-08T07:54:07.621224 image/jpeg 4136 2024-10-08T07:54:07.195227 image/jpeg 1481554 2024-10-08T07:54:03.139246 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia