Hymn Supplement for Music Appreciation and Music History: 26 Examples of Religious Song Found in the Masterpieces of Music History
Edition: 4
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 136
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Hymn Supplement for Music Appreciation and Music History provides musical examples from the tradition of Christian hymnody to illustrate topics typically found in college-level textbooks covering music appreciation, music history, and worship studies.
Each of the twenty-six hymns is represented by a facsimile from a hymnal of the day and age when that hymnic example was in practice. Thus the students are introduced to both the sound of a type of religious song, and the way it looked in print at that time.
The included Hymns embody the broad areas of music theory, musicology, and ethnomusicology, and can be used:
- to illustrate the subject of that day’s lecture
- to introduce the hymns for a given topic or historical area in review for an examination on that topic or era
- to be analyzed and students write a short report on the information in the Hymn Supplement
- to be sung in class
To reinforce learning, six Exursus can be used to stimulate discussions and twelve Critical Thinking Activities challenge students to explore a topic creatively, analytically or in thoughtful reflection.
Essential Facts for the Study of the Hymn
Chapter 1 Hymns and Hymnals
Three facsimiles illustrating what a hymn is
Critical Thinking Activity No. 1
Critical Thinking Activity No. 2
Chapter 2 Elements of Music
Melody, Harmony, Texture
Hymn No. 1 Come, Thou Almighty King
Polyphony, Imitation, Rounds
Hymn No. 2 Dona Nobis Pacem
Chromaticism and Modulation
Hymn No. 3 O Little Town of Bethlehem
Solmization
Hymn No. 4 Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken (Tonic Sol-Fa)
Figure 4
Deeper and Wider
Figure 5
Critical Thinking Activity No. 3
Chapter 3 The Middle Ages (450–1450)
Liturgy of the Office (chant, monophonic)
Hymn No. 5 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
The Mass Ordinary (monophonic and polyphonic)
Hymn No. 6 Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God Almighty
Critical Thinking Activity No. 4
Chapter 4 Renaissance and Reformation (1450–1600)
The German (Lutheran) Chorale I: Monophonic Congregational Song
Hymn No. 7 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
Psalmody and Psalm Tones
Hymn No. 8 Old 120th
Deeper and Wider
Critical Thinking Activity No. 5
Chapter 5 The Baroque Era (1600–1750)
Ground Bass (Basso continuo)
Hymn No. 9 What Child Is This?
Instrumental Idiom in Vocal Music
Hymn No. 10 All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (DIADEM)
The German (Lutheran) Chorale II: The Chorale Cantata
Hymn No. 11 Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying
Critical Thinking Activity No. 6
Chapter 6 The Classical Era (1750–1825)
Balance and Symmetry in Musical Form
Hymn No. 12 America (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee)
Folk Songs as Instrumental Themes and Hymn Tunes
Hymn No. 13 Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony Themes Adapted as Hymn Tunes
Hymn No. 14 Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Critical Thinking Activity No. 7
Chapter 7 The Romantic Era (1825–1900)
Medievalism in Nineteenth Century Music
Hymn No. 15 Dies irae, dies illa
Deeper and Wider
Critical Thinking Activity No. 8
The Rise of the Christmas Carol
Hymn No. 16 Silent Night, Holy Night
Hymn No. 17 We Three Kings of Orient
Hymn No. 18 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Critical Thinking Activity No. 9
Nationalism in Music of the Romantic Era
Hymn No. 19 Be Still, My Soul (Finlandia)
Chapter 8 Twentieth Century (1900–1999)
Hymn Tunes Used in Modern Works
Hymn No. 20 Nearer, My God, To Thee
Deeper and Wider
Shaker Hymns Used in Modern Ballet
Hymn No. 21 ‘Tis the Gift to Be Simple
Figure 6
Twelve-Tone Music and the Hymn
Hymn No. 22 Shema Yisrael ( ( צמש לארש׳
Deeper and Wider
Figure 7
Figure 8
Critical Thinking Activity No. 10
Chapter 9 American Religion, Music, and Cinema (1800–present)
Shape-Note Singing
Hymn No. 23 CORONATION
Hymn Influence in Popular Music and Film Music
Hymn No. 24 Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
Spirituals in the American South
Hymn No. 25 Come By Here
Critical Thinking Activity No. 11
Figure 9 11
Call and Response Form
Hymn No. 26 Nothing but the Blood
Deeper and Wider
Figure 10
Critical Thinking Activity No. 12
Notes on Sources and References
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