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1 online resource (1036 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Prefaces; Dr. Thu En Yu, Chairman, Atesea; Prawate Khid-Arn, Cca General Secretary; Foreword; C. Michael Hawn, Director, Sacred Music Program, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University; Introduction; Carlton R. Young, Distinguished Composer/Hymnologist; Prologue; I-to Loh; The Significance of Sound the Bamboo and the Hymnal Companion to Sound the Bamboo; Acknowledgments; General Introduction; Geographical and Cultural Groupings of Asian Countries; Transliterations and Pronunciations; Commentary and Analysis of Hymns |
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Part One Asian Hymns in Their Historical PerspectivesI. Asian Identities and Their Expressions of Christian Faith; II. From Acculturation and Inculturation to Contextualization; III. History and the Development of Sound the Bamboo; IV. Texts and Prominent Themes in Asian Hymns; V. Characteristic Features and Performance Styles in Asian Hymns; VI. Harmonic Treatment in Asian Hymns; VII. Symbols and Symbolic Acts in Asian Worship; Part Two Asian Hymns in Their Cultural and Liturgical Contexts; Northeast Asia; Chinese Hymns; Hong Kong Hymns; Japanese Hymns; Korean Hymns; Taiwanese Hymns |
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Mainland Southeast AsiaCambodian Hymns; Laotian Hymns; Malaysian Hymns; Myanmar Hymns; Singaporean Hymns; Thai Hymns; Vietnamese Hymns; Island Southeast Asia; Indonesian Hymns; Filipino Hymns; South Asian Subcontinent; Bengali Hymns; Indian Hymns; Nepalese Hymns; Pakistani Hymns; Sri Lankan Hymns; Southwest Pacific Ocean; Australian Hymns; New Zealand / Aotearoa Hymns; Papua New Guinean Hymns; Part Three Biographies; Family Names in Alphabetical Order; Afterword; Appendix Resources of Asian Music, Worship, and Arts; Bibliography |
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The world of hymnody has a new, highly authoritative reference for seemingly?all things" related to Asian Christian hymnody. Noted hymnologist I-to Loh has gathered and assembled his studies and experiences and that of many, many colleagues relating to the history and practice of hymnody of a part of our world comprising many cultures and countries, not to mention spiritual influences. Few resources, especially accessible to Western readers, have delved into the Christian sacred music of Asia; those that have tend to give only minimal examples, attempt to somehow combine all of Asia under |
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Print version record |
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Hymns -- Asia
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Hymns, English.
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MUSIC -- Religious -- Hymns.
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ART -- Techniques -- Printmaking.
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CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Printmaking.
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DESIGN -- Graphic Arts -- General.
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Hymns
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Hymns, English
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Asia
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781622770236 |
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1622770234 |
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9781579997816 |
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1579997813 |
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9781622770243 |
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1622770242 |
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