Latin Hymns

Hardcover; Very Good; No Dust Jacket; Hardcover without a dust jacket. (No ISBN stated) Very good copy, securely bound, pages browning, page edges soiled, notations on first front page, on two of the last pages in the book and a circumspect verticle notation in the left hand margin of page 6, very good boards covered in with cordovan-colored cloths, slightly soiled. Latin hymns appeal to students on many grounds. Some appreciate the poetry, some the religious character, and a few the theological learning; while to others the changes in the language and the development of metrical treatment and versification prove attractive. Others, still, are interested in medieval thought and in literary history. Many of these hymns have exercised such wide influence that an acquaintance with them would seem to be desirable for broad literary culture, if for no other reason. The best results have been gained by encouraging students to sing the hymns in the original and to hunt up English metrical versions and musical settings. Literal translation and close philological treatment should not be encouraged. Fascitating introductions and footnotes in English. Music, language.