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Hymns of Universal Praise, a Chinese hymnal published in 1936, is considered to be an ecumenical attempt at Chinese hymnology from the early twentieth century. According to the Hong Kong hymnologist Andrew Leung, the first edition, HUP1936, established the foundation of Chinese hymnody and is now set as a model of Chinese hymnology.
The Yattendon Hymnal was a small but influential hymnal compiled by Robert Bridges and H. Ellis Wooldridge assisted by Monica Bridges for the Church of England parish church at Yattendon, Berkshire, England where Monica's family lived. Totalling 100 items, it first appeared in four separate parts from 1894, culminating in a single, combined version in 1899. That same year Bridges also published the accompanying A practical discourse on some principles of hymn-singing.
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- 1 2 3 "About The Hymn Society of Great Britain & Ireland". The Hymn Society.
- ↑ "The Society and its aims". The Hymn Society. 1937.
- 1 2 "Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland". The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology.