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The hymnal = [San bi ka]

Title
The hymnal = [San bi ka] / prepared by a union committee.
Publication
Tōkyō : Keiseisha and Kyōbunkwan, c1903

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Description
[62], ca. 450, 31 p.; 10 x 13 cm.
Alternative Title
  • San bi ka
  • Japanese hymnal
Subject
Note
  • Title from colophon.
  • Without music.
  • Contains 459 hymns, 6 doxologies, and 18 selections for chanting.
  • "The greater number of the hymns here brought together are taken with more or less modification from one or all of the three books: Shinsen Sambika (Congregational and Presbyterian), Kirisuto-kyō Seikashū (Methodist) and Kirisuto-kyō Sambika (Baptist) ... [Original Japanese hymns number] no fewer than one hundred and eleven"--P. 5 of last sequence.
  • "The division of the hymnal is into: first, a general body of hymns arranged in order under appropriate subjects; and second, a special section for tunes of a more difficult character or for the use of choirs; and third, a collection of doxologies and one of chants together with the Apostles' Creed and the Ten Commandments"--P.6 of last sequence.
  • Includes indexes.
Language (note)
  • Hymns, preface, and indexes in Japanese; colophon and additional preface and indexes in English. Each hymn has English caption and Scripture verse.
OCLC
  • ocm43822323
  • SCSB-4949314
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries