Description
Caribbean School Hymnal
Caribbean School Hymnal
This revised and refreshed edition combines tradition with contemporary design and new illustrations. Hymns of particular types and for special times have been arranged together for ease of use. This new edition has been enhanced with fifteen additional popular hymns. Noel Dexter, editor of this compilation, is a distinguished musicologist and composer. He is Director of the University Singers (Jamaica) and has directed the choir for over twenty seven years. He is the former Director of Music at the University of the West Indies (Mona Campus).
The Caribbean School Hymn Book contains a wide range of well-loved, traditional hymns and newer hymns that children enjoy singing as part of worship in schools. National anthems and songs of the Caribbean territories are also included. The book has been arranged so that hymns of particular types and for special times are found together.
Noel Dexter, the editor of this new collection, is Director of Music at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies, and conductor of the University Singers. He has corresponded with teachers throughout the Caribbean while making his selection, and also draws on his experience as a composer and former school teacher to provide a joyful variety of hymns in the Caribbean School Hymn Book
Paperback: 164 pages
Publisher: Longman
Edition: 2nd edition edition
Year: 2009
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1408230453
ISBN-13: 978-1408230459
Shipping Weight: 3.7 ounces
