Originally published in 1927. This book recounts the story of the long development of Christian Hymnody, so far as it is illustrated by the contents of the revised Church Hymnary. It provides a continuous narrative setting out its contetnts in historical perspective. Contents include: The Church's First Heritage of Song: The Psalms - Hymns of The New Testament - Hymns From The Days of The Great Persecutions - A New Hymnody Is Born Of Controversy In The East - Ambrose Of Milan And The Pioneers of The West - Gregory of the Great And his Contemporaries - The Monasteries And Some Immortal Hymns We Owe To Them - Nameless Poets And Musicians Of The Cloisters - What The Friars Bequeathed to Us - How Martin Luther Started The Popular Hymn - How German Religious Life After Luther Is reflected In Its Hymns - Why The Reformed Church Did Not Use Hymns - The Battle of The Psalters In England - The Metrical Psalters Of Scotland - How The Psalters Led The Way To Paraphrases And Hymns - The Gathering Stream of English Hymnody - How Isaac Watts Opened the Sluice Gartes To Let The Stream Flow Free - The Great Revival: The Wesleys and Their New Song - The great Revival: The Hymns of the Calvinists - The Romantic Revival - The Oxford movement - Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Hymnody - The American Contribution - Some Distinctive Notes In Twentieth Century Hymnody.

The Scots dialects of northern Scotland, Orkney and Shetland are among the most traditional varieties of 'English', exhibiting features not current elsewhere for centuries. Until recently, they were spoken in communities whose traditional occupations have encouraged the equation of speech with local identity. They have all also been affected by contact with Gaelic, or Norse, or both. In recent years, however, the decline of traditional industries has been matched by the discovery of oil off their coasts, encouraging in-migration of speakers of many varieties of English and other languages. How well have these varieties maintained their traditional natures at the start of the 21st century? Northern and Insular Scots provides: * An approachable description of the phonological, structural and lexical natures of these varieties * A history of the varieties in relation to the areas in which they are spoken * Examples of the language of native speakers * An annotated bibliography which points the reader towards more specialised works.

The Scots dialects of northern Scotland, Orkney and Shetland are among the most traditional varieties of 'English', exhibiting features not current elsewhere for centuries. Until recently, they were spoken in communities whose traditional occupations have encouraged the equation of speech with local identity. They have all also been affected by contact with Gaelic, or Norse, or both. In recent years, however, the decline of traditional industries has been matched by the discovery of oil off their coasts, encouraging in-migration of speakers of many varieties of English and other languages. How well have these varieties maintained their traditional natures at the start of the 21st century? Northern and Insular Scots provides: * An approachable description of the phonological, structural and lexical natures of these varieties * A history of the varieties in relation to the areas in which they are spoken * Examples of the language of native speakers * An annotated bibliography which points the reader towards more specialised works.

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Originally published in 1927. This book recounts the story of the long development of Christian Hymnody, so far as it is illustrated by the contents of the revised Church Hymnary. It provides a continuous narrative setting out its contetnts in historical perspective. Contents Include: The Church's First Heritage of Song: The Psalms Hymns of The New Testament Hymns From The Days of The Great Persecutions A New Hymnody Is Born Of Controversy In The East Ambrose Of Milan And The Pioneers of The West Gregory of the Great And his Contemporaries The Monasteries And Some Immortal Hymns We Owe To Them Nameless Poets And Musicians Of The Cloisters What The Friars Bequeathed to Us How Martin Luther Started The Popular Hymn How German Religious Life After Luther Is reflected In Its Hymns Why The Reformed Church Did Not Use Hymns The Battle of The Psalters In England The Metrical Psalters Of Scotland How The Psalters Led The Way To Paraphrases And Hymns The Gathering Stream of English Hymnody How Isaac Watts Opened the Sluice Gartes To Let The Stream Flow Free The Great Revival: The Wesleys and Their New Song The great Revival: The Hymns of the Calvinists The Romantic Revival The Oxford movement Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Hymnody The American Contribution Some Distinctive Notes In Twentieth Century Hymnody.