HYMNS OF REPENTANCE IN THE WORSHIP PRACTICE OF THE REFORMED CHURCH OF TRANSYLVANIA
Keywords:
hymns of repentance, tune versions, exchanging lyrics and tunes, ballads, original functionAbstract
Since the end of the 18th century so called hymns of repentance formed an outstanding category of hymns. These are sung during the weeks of preparation before the great religious holidays. The past and present of the hymns of repentance in the worship of the Reformed Church of Transylvania has two main sources: the hymnbooks of various churches and the repertory of hymns passed over as an oral tradition. The paper hereby deals primarily with the tunes of the hymns, it analyzes them, it reveals their sources, their versions represented in the hymnbooks of various centuries and how they were altered while passed over in oral tradition.
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