The Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (602 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0758627416 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 681 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Louis, Missouri, and was for twenty years chairman of the committee on hymnology and liturgics, which produced The Lutheran Hymnal.. This handbook, the grandfather of American Lutheran hymnal companions and a classic in the field of hymnology, discusses the history and origin of the texts and tunes of all 660 hymns and songs of The Lutheran Hymnal. W. Gustave Polack (1890-1950), pastor, poet, hymnologist, was professor of church history at Concordia Seminary, St. The Lutheran Hymnal (1941), the most significant and widely-used American Lutheran hymnal of the twentieth century, contains 644 hymns and 16 spiritual songs, in addition to services and liturgical material. Includes bibliography; index of biblical references; table of hymns for the feasts, festivals, and Sundays; index of first lines of original hymns; index of first lines of stanzas (except of first stanzas); alphabetical index of tunes; metrical index of tunes; index of subjects (to
Handbook of the TLH Walter Raffel The info is outstanding. The backing/spine of the book could be improved. Overall, I give this book four stars.It is rather pricey.