psalm

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crooner
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psalm
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the Internationale
warble

hymn | American Dictionary

hymn
noun[ C ]
us/hɪm/
a song of praise, esp. to God

Examples of hymn

hymn
There were serious efforts in the late eleventh century to cleanse the hymn repertory of certain excesses.
The final refrain is expanded with more hymn-like authority, yet the sudden tonic triad which concludes the colourful orchestral coda is deceptively affirmative.
There are riches here for those interested in the hymn within monastic culture, and in institutional or regional history.
The orchestra now intones a long, painful, hymn-like passage, spending its remaining passion.
More rarely, a polyphonic hymn will use durations found in monophonic settings of the hymn.
It has less chant, just two responsories (including the famous one) and three hymns, along with two monophonic conducti.
The three sections describe the women's thanksgiving, an intense dance of joy and heartfelt hymn of praise.
The singing of hymns and patriotic songs reinforced religious and civic faith.
He remembered being in a small church in the country, his daddy at the pulpit and the congregation singing that hymn.
A further observation comes from comments made by three respondents who remembered hymns because they held personal associations for them.
It would be good to hear the actual words of new hymns and prayers and theological writings.
But overall the programme is a miscellaneous collection, and the pitch tends to sag noticeably in a hymn or a canticle.
One often finds the hymn carefully rubricated, and intended to record the traditional local liturgies, appearing before rather than after the capitulum.
Here a hymn is said to evoke an affective world (a world of ' heart-rending sadness').
The wider questions of the hymn's relationship with other repertories and its character as a polyphonic genre are also addressed.
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