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Title: Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark
Author: Jens Christian Aaberg
Release Date: August 11, 2009 [EBook #29666]
Language: English
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Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and Ken Jentsch
Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark
By J. C. AABERG
Published by The Committee on Publication of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Des Moines, Ia. 1945
Copyright 1945 The Danish Ev. Luth. Church In America
Printed in Lutheran Publishing House Blair, Nebr.
Foreword
This book deals with a subject which is new to most English readers. For though Danish hymnody long ago became favorably known in Northern Europe, no adequate presentation of the subject has appeared in English. Newer American Lutheran hymnals contain a number of Danish hymns, some of which have gained considerable popularity, but the subject as a whole has not been presented.
A hymn is a child both of its author and of the time in which he lived. A proper knowledge of the writer and the age that gave it birth will enhance our understanding both of the hymn and of the spiritual movement it represents. No other branches of literature furnish a more illuminating index to the inner life of Christend