Sing to the Lord Christian Hymnody

Sing to the Lord is a chronological survey of Christian hymnody from its origin in biblical times to the present -- a story rich in faith, emotion, and drama. Stephen W. Nance here combines chronological history with discussions of the major figures in the history of hymnody: Ambrose of Milan, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Isaac Watts Charles Wesley, and others. He gives special attention to the Reformation, English hymnody of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, hymnody in colonial America, the development of American folk hymnody from both the African-American and white rural traditions, the growth of the nineteenth-century gospel hymn from its roots in frontier revivalism, and twentieth-century byronic trends in great Britain and the United States. A final chapter exemplifies the impact one state can have on national trends using Pennsylvania as a case study.Nance, Stephen W. is the author of 'Sing to the Lord Christian Hymnody' with ISBN 9780942597899 and ISBN 0942597893.