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Bradley Ian C. |
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The Daily Telegraph book of hymns / / Ian Bradley |
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London, [England] ; ; New York, [New York] : , : Continuum, , 2005 |
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©2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (530 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Hymns, English |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; Hymns; Bibliography; Index of First Lines; Index of Authors, Translators and Composers; C; H; P; W |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Here are the full original texts of 150 of the best loved hymns in the English language, from the time of the Early Church to the 20th century. Each is acompanied by a fascinatintg commentary, giving biographical details of the aurthgor, such as the Calvinist creator of Rocvk oif Ages who once calculated that the average human sins 2,522,880,000 times; notes on the circumstances in which the hymn was written; and variant versions including the First World War infantry adaptation of The Church's One Foundation. 150 hymns each prefaced by an urbanely written and agreeably subjective commentary w |
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