American Hymns Old and New / / Charles W. Hughes, Carleton Sprague Smith, Albert Christ-Janer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Christ-Janer, Albert,; Hughes, Charles W.,; Smith, Carleton Sprague,
• MitwirkendeR: Christ-Janer, Albert,; Hughes, Charles W.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1980]; ©1980
• Year of Publication: 1980
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (838 p.)

Presents over six hundred hymns from the American tradition of religious song, including folk hymns, patriotic songs, and spirituals, with explanatory notes and biographies of their composers.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY -- The Psalters -- Devotional Verse: English -- Devotional Verse: Dutch, German, and Indian -- THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- The Psalters -- Patriotic Hymns -- Denominational Hymns -- Devotional Verse and Singing Masters’ Tunes -- Hymns in Swedish, Dutch, and German -- THE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- Hymns of War and Peace -- Folk Hymns and Spirituals -- Missionary Hymns -- Christmas Carols -- Sunday School Hymns -- Revival and Gospel Hymns -- Hymns of Reform -- Denominational Hymns -- THE TWENTIETH CENTURY -- The Commissioned Hymns -- INDEXES -- Acknowledgments