Barefoot in the Dust
eBook - ePub

Barefoot in the Dust

A Hymn-Poet's Memoir

  1. 244 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Barefoot in the Dust

A Hymn-Poet's Memoir

About this book

In this memoir, internationally acclaimed hymn-poet Brian Wren outlines his life story, describes his writing process, and explores the relationship between words and music. Although (because) Christian hymns are typically sung by untrained voices, they exemplify the abiding and universal appeal of human voices joining together in song. This book will be useful and interdenominationally appealing to students and teachers of church music, theological students, pastors, choir members, and worshipers who care about the words they sing.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Foreword
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1: My Life In Outline
  5. Chapter 2: Poet, or Hymn-Poet?
  6. Chapter 3: Nudged, Annoyed, Inspired, and Still Traveling
  7. Chapter 4: The Creative Spiral—Writing a Hymn Poem
  8. Chapter 5: Sources of Inspiration
  9. Chapter 6: Words Seeking Music
  10. Chapter 7: Looking Ahead
  11. Chapter 8: Compilation with Tunes
  12. Chapter 9: Hymns Cited and Other Information
  13. Epilogue: Barefoot at the Gate
  14. Appendix 1: Barefoot
  15. Appendix 2: Correspondence with Erik Routley
  16. Appendix 3: Meeting the Awesome She
  17. Appendix 4: Samples of non-hymnic poetry