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Hymns

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Genre/Form termHymns
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Songs
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Scope noteSacred songs that are normally associated with worship services and are typically suitable for singing by a full assembly. For texts of hymns that appear without a musical setting see Hymn texts. For instrumental hymn music that appears without accompanying sung text, see Hymn tunes.
Found inGrove music online, viewed August 9, 2014: under Hymn II, Monophonic Latin (The Latin hymn is a strophic composition, sung in the Divine Office, with a metrical poetic text and a predominantly syllabic melody. 'Hymn' here designates compositions for the Office, as distinguished from other liturgical poetry) under Hymn IV, Protestant (Metrical hymns have been an important and distinctive part of Protestant worship since the Reformation. Today the word 'hymn' has the general meaning 'sacred lyric for use in worship')