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This thesis focuses on the analysis of anonymous Kancionálek (printed in Prague at K. F. Rosenmüller between 1712-1727). The thesis shows, based on survey sources, his relationship to other hymn-books and his possible sources (non-Catholic "litterati" hymn- book and other). Main part of the thesis analyzes the modifications of the old repertoire and overall concept of the hymn-book: purpose is to describe the editorial strategies for creating a small non-noted hymn-book for broad masses of people. The appendix consists of catalog of all the songs, that are included in Kancionálek.

O presente estudo, incluindo a tradução do texto grego, dedica-se à natureza e sentido da Mãe-Terra, mostrando que o Hino Homérico comemora o inviolável e eterno ser de Deméter e sua filha Perséfone, narrando a reação repulsiva da mãe diante da violência paterna que dá a filha deles como esposa ao rei do Hades, ignorando os laços consangüíneos que as unem. Irada, a Mãe-Terra age, pondo em risco a estabilidade cósmica até que, limitada por sua moîra coercitiva, encontra e propõe um acordo mediador, que põe fim ao conflito e leva seu poder a ascender na sagrada ordem do poder de Zeus pai. / The present study, including the translation of the Greek text, dedicates itself to the nature and sense of the Earth Mother, explaining that the Homeric Hymn commemorates the inviolable and eternal being of Demeter and her daughter Persephone, narrating the mother’s repulsive reaction before the paternal violence who gives their daughter as wife to the king of Hades, ignoring consanguineous laces that associate them. Angry, Earth Mother acts, putting in risc the cosmic stability until, limited by her coercive moîra, finds and proposes mediator accord, which ends the conflict and makes her power to ascend to the sacred order of the Zeus father’s power.

O objetivo do trabalho é analisar alguns elementos retóricos e estilísticos de certos hinos gregos de várias épocas. Partindo deles, são estudos também alguns hinos da tradição indiana mais antiga, contidos no Rig Veda, a fim de sugerir traços comuns a essas duas tradições hínicas indo-européias e as suas respectivas especificidades. A tese procura apontar, com base na leitura de hinos paradigmáticos, as estratégias formais dos poetas para louvar a divindade. A preocupação básica é com as estruturas dos hinos, com os expedientes de que se vale o poeta para expressar seu louvor. São descritos os meios com que, no hino grego, a divindade é atraída para perto e como, em certos poemas, essa convenção é quebrada para alcançar efeitos literários. Estudam-se pares contrastantes que estruturam a composição de determinados hinos e também como esse mesmo contraste, em outros casos, é deliberadamente borrado em benefício do louvor. Quanto aos hinos rigvédicos, sugere-se uma forma peculiar a partir do qual se estruturam, a saber, a partir do seu centro. Conclui-se que, em ambas as tradições - a grega e a indiana - o hino é uma oferenda que instaura entre deus e devoto uma relação de reciprocidade na qual ele próprio, hino, atua como objeto de troca - um objeto de troca digno da estima divina, que chama atenção sobre si mesmo à força da sua elaboração estilística e retórica. / This work aims at analyzing some rhetorical and stylistic features of some Greek hymns from various periods. Taking them as a starting point, some hymns from the Rig Veda will be studied as well, in order to assess certain common characteristics of both hymnic traditions and their peculiarities. Based on the close reading of the hymns, the author tries to show the poet\'s formal strategy to praise the deity. The structure of each hymn is a main concern, as are the devices used by the poet to give voice to his praise. As for the Greek hymns, it will be described how the poet persuades the deity to come near and how he builds his work based on contrasting pairs. As for the Rigvedic hymns, it is suggested that some of them are organized around its middle section. The conclusion to be drawn is that in both traditions - in the Greek and the Indian one - the hymn is an offering that creates a bond of reciprocity between deity and his worshipper. The hymn itself is valued in the exchange by means of its stylistic and rhetorical quality.

Esta dissertação gira em torno da representação do poeta no hino tardio (späte Hymne) de Hölderlin. A representação do poeta é abordada a partir da consideração de representações de poetas que lhe são anteriores, tanto no contexto da poesia lírica alemã do séc. XVIII, mais precisamente no âmbito dos hinos (Hymnen) desse período, como no da poesia da Antiguidade, com destaque para a grega, a qual era tratada com peculiar atenção por autores em língua alemã da época supracitada. Ideias elaboradas por autores de língua alemã da segunda metade do séc. XVIII acerca do hino e da relação da poesia antiga (mais uma vez com destaque para a grega e para Píndaro) com a literatura alemã são aqui retomadas (na seção quatro deste trabalho). O estudo da representação do poeta se baseou, sobretudo, em análises mais detidas de poemas. Foram analisados, além de dois poemas de Hölderlin Die Wanderung e Andenken (na seção cinco) , dois poemas de autores alemães que lhe precederam Das Landleben, de Klopstock, e Wandrers Sturmlied, de Goethe (seção quatro) e dois poemas do mundo antigo, o Hino Homérico 6: a Afrodite e a Pítica 1, de Píndaro (seção três). Procura-se identificar a representação do poeta nos poemas por meio dos gestos de fala, cuja conceituação é desenvolvida em uma das primeiras partes deste trabalho (seção dois). A forma simples que subjaz ao hino é a reza, cujos gestos, ainda que com algumas variações discutidas nos casos particulares, são encontrados, por fim, nos poemas acima indicados. O objetivo é compreender, através desta pesquisa, de modo mais geral, (a) o processo de constituição da imagem do poeta a partir de concepções do poeta legadas pela tradição e (b) as interseções e correlações entre poesia arcaica e moderna; entre o papel de poetas antigos e poetas de um mundo moderno. Certos poetas alemães do séc. XVIII retomam e perfazem, em outra circunstância e condições sociais e históricas diversas, gestos realizados por poetas da Antiguidade, os quais, por sua vez, apresentam funções e atividades concernentes à poesia da sociedade de que faziam parte. Poetas na Alemanha do séc. XVIII/XIX que realizam gestos daquela poesia antiga aparecem, por um lado, como visionários, iniciados, articuladores da voz de pedido e louvor da comunidade, núncios e profetas, e também, por outro, como alguém de sensibilidade, intérprete da poesia e da história, pessoa de grande percepção e genialidade. Contudo, não se exclui, na idade moderna, a predicação de loucura ao poeta que demonstra um entusiasmo não tão consequente ou que se perde na lida com Píndaro. Nesse percurso de retomada da poesia passada, mostrou-se significativo o estabelecimento de charis pelo poeta: um característico encontrado na poesia antiga que vai assumindo novas formas e objetos de articulação ao longo desses poemas mais modernos. / The present dissertation focuses on the poets representation in Hölderlins late hymn (späte Hymne). The approach to this poets representation considers the representation of poets that preceded Hölderlin, both in context of German lyric poetry from the 18th century the hymns of this time, to speak more precisely and in the context of ancient poetry, above all the Greeks, which were treated in a particular manner by German authors from the aforementioned period. The discussion German-speaking authors developed of hymns and of the aftereffects of ancient poetry (again with emphasis on Greek and Pindar) in this period of German literature is summarized (in section four of the present work). The study of the poets representation was based on more exhaustive analyses of poems: the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite (no. 6) and Pindars first Pythian (in section three); Klopstocks Das Landleben and Goethes Wandrers Sturmlied (section four); Hölderlins Die Wanderung and Andenken (section five). The poets representation in the poems is identified through the gestures of speech (Sprachgebärden) typical of the hymn. The concept of gestures of speech is developed in the second section of this work. The simple form (einfache Form) underlying the hymn is the prayer (reza), whose gestures of speech were found in all the poems named above, although the sequence of the gestures can differ from on text to another. These differences and similarities are a topic of discussion during poems analysing and in the conclusion. In a more general manner, the present dissertation aims to comprehend (a) the formation of the poets image from conceptions of the poet presented by the tradition and (b) the parallels and correlations between archaic and modern poetry; between the ancient and modern role of the poet. Despite other occasions, different circumstances and social conditions, German poets perform gestures of speech that poets in antiquity presented within their functions and activities concerning the poetry in their society. German poets in the 18th century who used gestures of ancient poets are seen as initiated, heralds, prophets, the voices of praise and request of a community, also as visionaries, ones of especial sensitivity, exegetes of poetry and history, persons of great perception and genius. Nevertheless they can be seen as madman and frenzied. The establishment of charis appears significant: a feature of the ancient poetry that takes on new forms and objects of articulation throughout those modern poems.

O presente estudo, incluindo a tradução do texto grego, dedica-se à natureza e sentido da Mãe-Terra, mostrando que o Hino Homérico comemora o inviolável e eterno ser de Deméter e sua filha Perséfone, narrando a reação repulsiva da mãe diante da violência paterna que dá a filha deles como esposa ao rei do Hades, ignorando os laços consangüíneos que as unem. Irada, a Mãe-Terra age, pondo em risco a estabilidade cósmica até que, limitada por sua moîra coercitiva, encontra e propõe um acordo mediador, que põe fim ao conflito e leva seu poder a ascender na sagrada ordem do poder de Zeus pai. / The present study, including the translation of the Greek text, dedicates itself to the nature and sense of the Earth Mother, explaining that the Homeric Hymn commemorates the inviolable and eternal being of Demeter and her daughter Persephone, narrating the mother’s repulsive reaction before the paternal violence who gives their daughter as wife to the king of Hades, ignoring consanguineous laces that associate them. Angry, Earth Mother acts, putting in risc the cosmic stability until, limited by her coercive moîra, finds and proposes mediator accord, which ends the conflict and makes her power to ascend to the sacred order of the Zeus father’s power.

<p>To the general public, Anders Frostenson clergyman and poet, is primarily known for his many contributions to the Swedish hymn treasure. He was born on 23 April 1906. The present thesis examines and defines the theology embodied in his works, especially in his hymns, showing that Frostenson occupies a central and unique position in the Swedish 20th Century Christian tradition.</p><p>The study charts Frostenson´s life and work from poetry to hymn, and draws attention to the growth of a long-standing, significant authorship, that has served to make the Christian gospel accessible, relevant, and down-to-earth.</p><p>Much has happened in the last century. The 1900s have been characterised by enormous changes, social, cultural and public, involving both individuals and nations. Matters of opinion and aims, union and dissension, have in a special way been put at the centre of things. This is also reflected in Anders Frostenson´s work.</p><p>Frostenson´s autorship can be understood in terms of four concepts, which reflect the epiphanic mode of his works: the Word, the Testament, the Confirmation, and the Inheritance. These concepts can to a great extent be chronologically ordered, and taken together they function as the cornerstones on which Frostenson´s theology is built. The relationship between the four cornerstones and different periods is defined against the background of Frostenson´s existential situation and the socio-cultural context.</p><p>The theological analysis shows how central Christian themes and the Christian philosophy of life are shaped in the meeting of tradition and actuality. Frostenson conveys the idea that God reveals himself in the here and now. Human suffering is God´s injunction to the world to act with love in daily service. The sense of belonging and continuity makes life meaningful and excludes no one from the earthly and heavenly “endless home”. In true Lutheran spirit Frostenson places his creative will and words in the service of God.</p><p>The 1986 Hymnal is the cultural treasure through which Frostenson chiefly brought Word and Tradition into the everyday world. The cultural concept has been expanded with his help, through, among other things, spiritual song, where trust and tradition are obviously linked together with contemporary Christian culture.</p><p>In 1935, Anders Frostenson wrote ´Let my life also be a working day, in Your vast Kingdom!` On 4 February 2006, that long day´s work finally came to a close.</p>

The primary purpose of this study is to provide a transcription for solo organ of Virgil Thomson's Symphony on a Hymn Tune. The study is two-fold: first, to explore the early life and career of Thomson with a focused view on how his organ and composition studies influenced the composition of Symphony on a Hymn Tune; and second, to present an original transcription of the work in a performing score for solo organ. In addition to the final score, the study provides an analytical overview along with a description of methodology used to create the transcription, and a discussion of issues encountered by the performing organist in playing the transcription. Discussions encompass organ registration, tempi, manual suggestions, articulation, phrase markings, and dynamic expression. Musical examples both from the author's transcription and Virgil Thomson's organ works are included as necessary. Two appendices are included. Appendix 1 presents the specifications for the Aeolian Skinner organ of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, on which the transcription was originally performed. Appendix 2 itemizes the registration lists used for the original performance of the organ transcription.

To the general public, Anders Frostenson clergyman and poet, is primarily known for his many contributions to the Swedish hymn treasure. He was born on 23 April 1906. The present thesis examines and defines the theology embodied in his works, especially in his hymns, showing that Frostenson occupies a central and unique position in the Swedish 20th Century Christian tradition. The study charts Frostenson´s life and work from poetry to hymn, and draws attention to the growth of a long-standing, significant authorship, that has served to make the Christian gospel accessible, relevant, and down-to-earth. Much has happened in the last century. The 1900s have been characterised by enormous changes, social, cultural and public, involving both individuals and nations. Matters of opinion and aims, union and dissension, have in a special way been put at the centre of things. This is also reflected in Anders Frostenson´s work. Frostenson´s autorship can be understood in terms of four concepts, which reflect the epiphanic mode of his works: the Word, the Testament, the Confirmation, and the Inheritance. These concepts can to a great extent be chronologically ordered, and taken together they function as the cornerstones on which Frostenson´s theology is built. The relationship between the four cornerstones and different periods is defined against the background of Frostenson´s existential situation and the socio-cultural context. The theological analysis shows how central Christian themes and the Christian philosophy of life are shaped in the meeting of tradition and actuality. Frostenson conveys the idea that God reveals himself in the here and now. Human suffering is God´s injunction to the world to act with love in daily service. The sense of belonging and continuity makes life meaningful and excludes no one from the earthly and heavenly “endless home”. In true Lutheran spirit Frostenson places his creative will and words in the service of God. The 1986 Hymnal is the cultural treasure through which Frostenson chiefly brought Word and Tradition into the everyday world. The cultural concept has been expanded with his help, through, among other things, spiritual song, where trust and tradition are obviously linked together with contemporary Christian culture. In 1935, Anders Frostenson wrote ´Let my life also be a working day, in Your vast Kingdom!` On 4 February 2006, that long day´s work finally came to a close.

Spanning the first seven centuries of Christianity, this paper explores how Eastern Christian and Byzantine hymn chant was developed alongside pagan and Jewish worship traditions around the Near East. Comparison of hymns by Christian composers such as St. Romanos the Melodist and pagan poetry reveals many similarities in the types of metaphorical imagery used in both religious expressions. Common in Christian hymn texts, well-known metaphors, like the “Light of God,” are juxtaposed with pagan mythological gods, such as Apollo and Helios. This paper attempts to explain how and why Christians appropriated and adopted ancient pagan imagery into the burgeoning musical tradition of Christian hymn singing.