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Hymns now had to be in the vernacular – that is in the language of the congregation. This is the second of the two criteria mentioned above.
Hymns now had to be in the vernacular – that is in the language of the congregation. This is the second of the two criteria mentioned above.
The non-conformist reformers of the mid 18th century, such as [[ John Wesley|John]] and [[Charles Wesley]] used hymns as a way of attracting adherents in their great open-air meets. Hymns were written that were singable, easy to remember, simple in form but melodic. Like [[carol]]s, folksongs, spirituals, and other types of “popular” music, they became, like these forms, almost invariably strophic; that is in the form of repetitive verses, with or without a line or two of chorus at the end of each verse. The congregation were participating. Finally. Not just in a formal liturgical response to a formal liturgical verse. They could raise the roof… bellow their hearts out. The established church replied in kind and, during the next 150 years, most of the hymns that are part of the fabric of Western society were written. A congregation can now worship on equal footing with the priest or vicar or pastor because of this.
The non-conformist reformers of the mid 18th century, such as [[John Wesley|John]] and [[Charles Wesley]] used hymns as a way of attracting adherents in their great open-air meets. Hymns were written that were singable, easy to remember, simple in form but melodic. Like [[carol]]s, folksongs, spirituals, and other types of “popular” music, they became, like these forms, almost invariably strophic; that is in the form of repetitive verses, with or without a line or two of chorus at the end of each verse. The congregation were participating. Finally. Not just in a formal liturgical response to a formal liturgical verse. They could raise the roof… bellow their hearts out. The established church replied in kind and, during the next 150 years, most of the hymns that are part of the fabric of Western society were written. A congregation can now worship on equal footing with the priest or vicar or pastor because of this.
[[Category:Sacred Music]]
[[Category:Sacred Music]]
[[Category:Religious Songs]]
[[Category:Religious Songs]]