Course Materials: Introduction to Hymnody
MUH299H & ENG299H
(Co-taught by Drs. Laura Brown and Leon W. Couch III)
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Finale2008 or later versions for *.MUS (music).
- Winter 2009 Course Syllabus
- Winter 2009 Class Phone/Email Lists
- Hymn Definition Exercise
- Assigned Reading (Hymn page from Smith)
- Day 2 Poems (Levertov Caedmon, Hopkins various
- Psalm Exercise
- Psalms 1, 23, 100, 130 (various translations and versifications)
- Assigned Reading (poetry analysis by Barnet & Cain)
- Assigned Reading (Hildegard)
- Assigned Reading (Early English PoemsHildegard)
- Assigned Reading (English Carols)
- In-class OED assignment
- Assigned Reading (English audibility)
- Assigned Reading (Source readings English Psalmody)
- Class Psalm Projects, part 1 (Melody writing)
- Assigned Reading (Mary Sidney Herbert)
- Class Psalm Projects, part 2 (Psalm versification to popular tune)
- Assigned Reading (Donne Hymns)
- Assigned Reading (Hymn Criticism 1)
- Assigned Reading (Hymn Criticism 2)
- Assigned Reading (Herbert Hymns)
- Paper 2 Assignment (Service observation)
- The Book of Psalms (King James Version to use for comparison to Watt's)
- Assigned Reading (Watts & Wesley Sample Hymns)
- Sample Shape-Note Hymns (Southern Harmony)
- Assigned Reading (Spirituals)
- Assigned Reading (Vatican II)
- Hymnody Program Jan. 29, 2009 (includes program, hymns, and program notes) and SATB Arrangements of Student Hymns
- Hymnody Program Jan. 31, 2009 (includes program but not the hymn settings)
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