Sacred and religious music Books
Tapir Academic Press Gregorian Chant & Medieval Music: Proceedings
Book SynopsisProceedings from The Nordic Festival and Conference of Gregorian Chant.
£16.10
HarperCollins Music Through the Eyes of Faith
£13.29
Oxford University Press Singing the Congregation How Contemporary Worship Music Forms Evangelical Community
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£46.49
Oxford University Press The Rise of Gospel Blues The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church
Book SynopsisA well researched account of gospel blues that encompasses the broader cultural and religious histories of the African-American experience between the late 1890s and the 1930s. Harris skilfully contextualizes sacred and secular music styles within African-American religious history and significant social developments of the period.Trade Review'In a text that is rich in historical, cultural and musical data and analysis, the discussion of the conflict over music in the 'old line' churches comes across strongly.' David Horn, University of Liverpool, Popular Music, Volume 13, Part 3 - 1994
£21.49
Oxford University Press Lutheranism AntiJudaism and Bachs St. John Passion With an Annotated Literal Translation of the Libretto
Book SynopsisDesigned for general readers and scholars, this study explores the Lutheran commentary in Bach's St. John Passion and suggests that fostering hostility to Jews is not its subject or purpose. Also included are a literal, annotated translation of the libretto and an appendix discussing anti-Judaism and Bach's other works.Trade ReviewThe most important and lasting item to have emerged from this Passion season ... may turn out to be a little book of great complexity by Michael Marissen. ... [It] provides a model of how to deal with a piece of music grown controversial: not through avoidance, not through bowdlerization, but by supplying the richest and most provocative context in which to understand and interpret the work. * James R. Oestreich, The New York Times *The value of having the libretto, German and English, printed after the essay part of the book, quite apart from the supplementary and supporting material, is considerable * Jewish Culture and History *Particularly deserving of praise is the fine translation of the Passion text from German * Religious Studies Review *
£34.19
Oxford University Press, USA Holy Concord Within Sacred Walls Nuns and Music in Siena 15751700
Book Synopsis'Holy Chord Within Sacred Walls' examines musical culture both inside and outside 17th-century Sienese convents. The nuns produced motets, lamentations, theatrical plays and even an opera. As a result, the convent became an important cultural centre in Siena that enjoyed the support and encouragement of its clergy and lay community.Trade ReviewColleen Reardon's study of nuns and music in late sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Siena is a welcome addition to the burgeoning body of scholarship illuminating the lives of early modern religious women ... the book powerfully evokes convent life, rounding out its accounts of music-making together with occasionally surprising and piquant details of the daily matters that concerned female monastics. * Music & Letters *The book's structure allows Reardon to produce both engaging narrative and thick description, deftly combining archival reporting, musicological observation, and insightful interpretation with an energetic and good-humoured style. * Music & Letters *Holy Concord within Sacred Walls is an adept and fascinating account of many facets of early modern life, both within and without the cloister, refracted through the prism of musicology. * Music & Letters *The great strength of her book is its contextual richness, and its importance lies too in the way in which she reveals that convent music played an intrinsic part not only in monastic but also in secular existence, and how it came to be a prized expression of civic culture in early modern Siena. * Music & Letters *Reardon's robust, contextualized view of convent life subtly deconstructs ... simplistic views.... Historically acute. * Anthony Pryer, Times Literary Supplement *
£185.00
Oxford University Press The Music of Joni Mitchell
Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive study of style and structure evaluating Joni Mitchell's songs from a musicological perspective. Whitesell analyses the singer-songwriter's musical technique, poetic nuance, and cultural reference. Whitesell develops conceptual tools in order to demonstrate the extent of Mitchell's innovation and to recognize her stature as a composer.Trade Review...an invaluable contribution to the study of contemporary popular music that stretches far beyond the disciplines of musicology. * Martin James, Times Higher Education *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Pop Song and Art Song ; 2. Sound and Style ; 3. Voices and Personae ; 4. Harmonic Palette ; 5. Melodic Turns ; 6. Thematic Thread ; 7. Collections and Cycles ; 8. A Tribute ; Appendix ; Select Bibliography
£29.92
Oxford University Press Gregory of Nazianzus on the Trinity and the Knowledge of God
Book SynopsisGregory of Nazianzus, a 4th-century bishop of Constantinople, receives relatively little attention from modern Western scholars, yet he is one of the most influential theologians in the history of Christian doctrine. Many modern Christians understand their religious beliefs through ideas originally expounded by Gregory, yet probably would not recognize his name. As an advocate for the conceptual understanding of the Trinity, Gregory set precedents for the way his fellow and future Christians would perceive and worship God. Holding that Jesus was both fully divine and fully human, Gregory added new complexity to Christianitys grasp of the mysterious relationship between the Son and the Father. He also explored the nature of the Holy Spirit by means of scriptural analysis, both in the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament. Gregorys enlightening revelations resonate throughout the varied religious landscape of Christian creed, cult, and code. Christopher A. Beeley examines Gregorys doctTrade Reviewa scholarly piece of historical theology, setting Gregory's concerns and aims in a detailed context, but also grappling with his complex theology in a way which moves beyond historicism. * Morwenna Ludlow, Scottish Journal of Theology *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Gregory's Life and Work 1: God and the Theologian 2: Jesus Christ 3: The Holy Spirit 4: The Trinity 5: Pastoral Ministry and the Trinity
£80.74
OUP USA The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot
Book SynopsisThe recent National Geographic special on the Gospel of Judas was a major media event, introducing to tens of millions of viewers one of the most important biblical discoveries of modern times. Now, a leading historian of the early church, Bart Ehrman, offers the first comprehensive account of the newly discovered Gospel of Judas, revealing what this legendary lost gospel contains and why it is so important for our understanding of Christianity. Ehrman, a featured commentator in the National Geographic special, describes how he first saw the Gospel of Judas - surprisingly, in a small room above a pizza parlor in a Swiss town near Lake Geneva - and he recounts the fascinating story of where and how this ancient papyrus document was discovered, how it moved around among antiquities dealers in Egypt, the United States, and Switzerland, and how it came to be restored and translated. More important, Ehrman gives the reader a complete and clear account of what the book teaches and he shows hTrade ReviewWell judged and informative. * Church Times *Bart Ehrman offers a sane and sensible introduction to a text that has been the subject of wild claims in the media...A clear account. * Rev David Blatherwick, Methodist Recorder *Rigorous and informed. * Edward Norman, Literary Review *Bart D Ehrman explains the status of this manuscript with cool-headed clarity. * Boyd Tonkin, The Independent *[A] splendid book. * Church of England Newspaper *Table of ContentsPreface ; Chapter One: My Introduction to the Gospel of Judas ; Chapter Two: Judas in Our Earliest Gospels ; Chapter Three: Judas in Later Gospel Traditions ; Chapter Four: Before the Discovery: Our Previous Knowledge of a Gospel of Judas ; Chapter Five: The Discovery of the Gospel of Judas ; Chapter Six: The Gospel of Judas: An Overview ; Chapter Seven: The Gospel of Judas and Early Christian Gnosticism ; Chapter Eight: Jesus, Judas, and the Twelve in the Gospel of Judas ; Chapter Nine: Who Was Judas Iscariot ; Chapter Ten: What Did Judas Betray and Why Did He Betray It? ; Chapter Eleven: The Gospel of Judas in Perspective ; Endnotes
£14.24
Oxford University Press Worship Wars in Early Lutheranism
Book SynopsisHow important was music to Martin Luther? Drawing on hundreds of liturgical documents, contemporary accounts of services, books on church music, and other sources, Joseph Herl rewrites the history of music and congregational song in German Lutheran churches. Herl traces the path of music and congregational song in the Lutheran church from the Reformation to 1800, to show how it acquired its reputation as the singing church. In the centuries after its founding, in a debate that was to have a strong impact on Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries, the Lutheran church was torn over a new style of church music that many found more entertaining than devotional. By the end of the eighteenth century, Lutherans were trying to hold their own against a new secularism, and many members of the clergy favored wholesale revision or even abandonment of the historic liturgy in order to make worship more relevant in contemporary society. Herl paints a vivid picture of these developments, usingTrade ReviewFor specialists in Lutheran music, the extensive appendices, which include information on hymn sources, translations of select writings, tabulations regarding choral performances versus congregational singing, and the liturgy as discussed in local Kirchenordnungen, should provide substantial scholarly resources. * Renaissance Quarterly *Joseph Herl has done a masterful job of assembling and analyzing sources that relate to choral and congregational singing in Lutheran churches of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries (with some coverage of the nineteenth century). Herl has searched out both the primary and secondary sources, read them with discrimination, brought together a wide array of relevant detail, and analyzed it very carefully. He has made a welcome addition to the literature, partially by giving so many sources, but also by pulling them together in a well-researched manner with clarity and context. * Notes *Herl has approached his work not only with the historian's eye for detail and amusing anecdotes, but with a profound understanding of the theology that underlies Lutheran liturgy.... In short, Worship Wars in Early Lutheranism is a must read book for Lutheran liturgists and musicians alike, and for anyone else who wants 'the rest of the story.' * Cross Accent *Herl has searched out both the primary and secondary sources, read them with discrimination, brought together a wide array of relevant detail, and analyzed it very carefully. He has made a welcome addition to the literature, partially by giving so many sources, but also by pulling them together in a well-researched manner with clarity and context.... What we have here is a responsible and welcome addition to the conversation, with a large supply of source materials to help get at it. * Notes^ *A concise, engaging examination of the history of music in the Lutheran Church from the beginning of the Reformation through the 19th century. Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of Contents1. Luther and the liturgy in Wittenberg ; 2. Catholic liturgy: Lutheran liturgy ; 3. The church orders: an introduction ; 4. Choral and congregational singing in the church orders ; 5. Ecclesiastical visitations ; 6. Congregational hymnals ; 7. Choral music versus congregational singing ; 8. The organ and hymn singing ; 9. Performance practice
£43.69
Oxford University Press Text Liturgy and Music in the Hispanic Rite The Vespertinus Genre Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music
Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book offers the first detailed analysis of the textual, liturgical, and musical aspects of the vespertinus, the chant genre most central to the Christian practices that shaped the religious and cultural landscape of medieval Iberia.Trade ReviewThis is a work of prodigious scholarship displaying a mastery of sources and bibliography and bringing together analyses of liturgy and texts as well as of musical form, thus illuminating the exegetical enterprise underlying the Hispanic rite. * Don Randel, President and Professor of Music Emeritus, The University of Chicago *With this exhaustive and authoritative account of the vespertinus genre, Raquel Rojo Carrillo offers fresh insight into the chant of the Old Hispanic rite, revealing its inner workings through painstaking analysis that constitutes a model for future research. * Susan Boynton, Professor of Music, Columbia University *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Sigla for Hispanic Rite Manuscripts Introduction Chapter 1: The Liturgical Context of the Vespertini Chapter 2: The Vespertinus Texts Chapter 3: The Relationship between Text and Liturgy in the Vespertini Chapter 4: Tracing the Music of a Hispanic Rite Chant Genre Conclusions Bibliography Appendices
£62.70
Clarendon Press The Forms and Orders of Western Liturgy from the Tenth to the Eighteenth Century
Book SynopsisAn introduction to the principal forms and orders of Western liturgy during this period, explaining their nature and basic historical origin and presenting the contents and orders of principal services as well as additional and special forms of worship.Trade Review`It presents a clear and lucid introduction to the terminology, structure and content of the Wetern liturgies.' Ecclesiastical History`This is the kind of book that is difficult to put down once it has been started. John Harper writes in an easy style but it does not mask the great love and impeccable research which has gone into producing such an exciting book.' Magazine of the Guild of Church Musicians`Of particular value to the general reader who wishes to understand the context of the medieval and renaissance music that he hears as well as to those with a more practical interest in reconstructing services is The Forms and Orders of Western Liturgy from the Tenth to the Eighteenth Century ... I have nothing but admiration for Harper's skilful account, and those who enjoy early music but who have not had a Catholic or Anglican upbringing will benefit immensely from reading the opening chapters.' Early Music News'This book fulfils a basic need for all who are interested in the liturgy of the early Church, its nature and purpose. This is the kind of book which is difficult to put down once it has been started. John Harper writes in an easy style, but it does not mask the great love and impeccable research which has gone into producing such an exciting book. Oxford University Press has priced this book well within the reach of those who will wish to add it to their library. It is a must for all church musicians and - with the Christmas season to hand - what more useful gift could be found?' John Ewington'Professor Harper's book provides an exceptionally clear and comprehensive account of the sources and structures of virtually all the forms of service of the Western Church. It is an essential work of reference for all serious students of church music and liturgy.' Jill Pinnock, Theological Book Review, May 1992 (vol. 4 no. 3)'this is a useful book' Richard M. Nardone, Seton Hall University, The Catholic Historical Review, April 1993'a succinct and clearly organized introduction to the main forms of the Roman Latin rite and its Anglican offspring ... It will certainly prove a helpful volume for those trying to come to grips with ... a modern edition or facsimile of a medieval book ... Availability in paperback form places the results within reach of the readership for which the volume was designed, and I hope ample use will be made of it.' David Hiley, Universität Regensburg, Notes, June 1993'the additions to the current edition make the work even better than the original' Mark Bighley, CrossAccenta compendious work arisen out of practical experience that will doubtless serve well its intended purpose * Anthony Ward, SM, Ephemerides Liturgicae 106 (1992) *Table of ContentsPart I: Liturgy in the Western Church; Part II: Medieval Liturgy; Part III: After the Reformation; Part IV: Using Liturgical Sources; Appendices
£64.60
Oxford University Press BACH CANTATAS C With Their Librettos In GermanEnglish Parallel Text
Book SynopsisThis is the only English translation of this important book by the world''s most distinguished Bach scholar. This work is widely regarded as the most authoritative and comprehensive treatment of the Bach cantatas. It begins with a historical survey of the seventeenth-century background to the cantatas, and performance practice issues. The core of the book is a work-by-work study in which each cantata in turn is represented by its libretto, a synopsis of its movements, and a detailed analytical commentary. This format makes it extremely useful as a reference work for anyone listening to, performing in, or studying any of the Bach cantatas.In this edition all the cantata librettos are given in German-English parallel text. The most recent (sixth) German edition appeared in 1995. For the English edition the text has been carefully revised to bring it up to date, taking account of Bach scholarship since that date.Trade ReviewFor students studying Bach's cantatas, this book is the best reading material currently available. This is a book that every university library must have on its shelf. * Bach Bibliography Book Review03/12/06 *Table of ContentsPART 1 INTRODUCTION TO BACH'S CANTATAS; PART 2 CHURCH CANTATAS; PART 3 SECULAR CANTATAS
£190.00
Oxford University Press The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach Volume I 16951717 Volume I Music to Delight the Spirit
Book SynopsisThis first of a two-volume study deals with the earlier part of Bach's career, and examines the output of his youth and its may external influences, before moving on to study he first great masterpieces in which Bach's own personal voice begins to emerge.Table of ContentsPART I: FORMATIVE YEARS (1695-C.1709); PART II: FIRST MATURITY (C.1709-1717)
£46.07
Oxford University Press Meeting Jimmie Rodgers How Americas Original Roots Music Hero Changed The Pop Sounds Of A Century
Trade ReviewThe story of Rodgers' enormous influence, bursting with names of stars, stalwarts, and one-hit wonders, and featuring discographical endnotes for most chapters, is the immensely piquant and satisfying meat of one of the most intelligent, fascinating, and cogent pop-music histories ever. * BookList (Starred Review) *Table of ContentsTable of Contents ; Introduction: Meeting Jimmie Rodgers HalfWay ; 1. The Man Who Walked Into Southern Show Business ; 2. Close to the Ground: The Singing Brakeman ; 3. America's Blue Yodeler No. 1: This White Guy Sings Blues, Too ; 4. America's Blue Yodeler No. 2: Instigator of Blue Yodelmania ; 5. International Multimedia Star ; 6. Doomed Singer-Songwriter with Guitar ; 7. Aftermath: The Late, Great Jimmie Rodgers ; 8. South by Southwest: An Easterner in a Cowboy Hat ; 9. Back East: The Hillbilly Echo, 1933-1947 ; 10. Some Sort of Folksinger? ; 11. The Father of Country Music ; 12. Rough and Rowdy Ways: To the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ; 13. Sentiments in Context: The Return of Vaudeville Jimmie ; 14. High-Powered Mamas: Women & the Music of Jimmie ; 15. Down the Old Road to Home ; Acknowledgments ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Credits ; Index
£28.97
Oxford University Press, USA The Organ and Its Music in GermanJewish Culture
Book SynopsisThe Organ and Its Music in German-Jewish Culture examines the powerful presence of the organ in synagogue music and in the general musical life of German-speaking Jewish communities in the 19th and 20th centuries. It explores the development of a new organ music repertoire as a paradigm for the changing identity of modern Jewry.Trade ReviewThis groundbreaking and engaged study is really two books in one: the story of modern Jewry's growing interest in the organ, combined with a fresh look at music in German Jewish culture. It's solid and satisfying on both counts. * Mark Slobin, Professor of Music, Wesleyan University, and author, Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World *Table of Contents1 The Organ, Jewish Music, and Identity ; 2 Jewish "Curiosities": The Organ in Judaism Before 1800 ; * The Jewish Literature of Early Modernity ; * Pictorial Sources of Different Cultural and Religious Provenance ; * Meshorerim as the Forerunners of Organ Accompaniment ; * The Synagogues of Prague and Venice ; 3 The Organ as a Jewish Religious Response to Modernity ; * From Liturgical Reforms to a New Musical Identity ; * The Synagogue Organ in the Context of Organ Building Traditions ; * Intermezzo: Sharing the Console-The Synagogue Organist ; * The Synagogue Organist in the Framework of Christian Traditions ; * Organists at the New Synagogue in Berlin ; * The Impact of the Organist Question ; 4 Organ Music in Jewish Communities ; * From Lewandowski to Schalit: The Stylistic Development of Jewish Organ Music ; * Departure and Destruction: Organ Music in the "Spiritual Ghetto" ; 5 The Aftermath of Emigration ; * Limitations in the "Land of Opportunity" ; * The Organ in Israeli Culture-A Bridge between East and West ; 6 Between Assimilation and Dissimilation: The Jewish Community in the Course of Modernity ; Notes, Bibliography, Index-Names, Index-Places
£32.77
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) A Short History of English Church Music
Book SynopsisRanging from the medieval period to the present day, this is a brief history of church music as it has developed through the English tradition. Described as "a quick journey", it provides a broad historical survey rather than an in-depth study of the subject, and also predicts likely future trends.Table of ContentsEmerging from infancy, c.1100-1532; a crisis of cultures, 1532-1649; the new professionals, 1649-1738; the evangelical age, 1738-1847; the new seriousness, 1833-76; the Church triumphant and trivial, 1851-99; the creative underground, 1848-1904; the age of confidence, 1900-55; anxiety and opportunity, 1955-75.
£45.00
Yale University Press Bach The Mass in B Minor
Book SynopsisGeorge Stauffer explores the music and complex history of Bach's last and possibly greatest masterpiece. Stauffer demonstrates Bach's reliance on contemporary models from the Dresden mass repertory and his brilliantly innovative methods of unifying his immense composition.Trade Review"Stauffer's greatest contribution to our knowledge and understanding of Bach's Mass lies in his extensive survey of the Dresden Mass repertory... He also provides an extensive examination of issues of scoring, particularly relevant for the Credo section onwards since Bach's original performing parts - which would have provided many details concerning both instrumental and vocal scoring - do not survive." John Butt, Early Music
£36.00
ABC-CLIO Lyrics of the AfroAmerican Spiritual A Documentary Collection The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Black Music
Book SynopsisUnder the rubric spirituals are subsumed sorrow songs, jubilee songs, shout songs, chants, homilies, mantras, affirmations, and collective, personal, and historical allegories. Their lyrics tell an impassioned story of an embattled people, while presenting a theology of salvation; in general, they encompass crucial aspects of the Afro-American world view. This research collection contains lyrics of 978 spirituals, including some variants, culled from numerous anthologies and collections. Codes are provided to guide the researcher to an original source with musical notations. The songs are organized in nine thematic categories as follows: lyrics of sorrow, alienation, and desolation; consolation and faith; resistance and defiance; deliverance; jubilation and triumph; judgment and reckoning; regeneration; spiritual progress; and transcendence.Each thematic section is prefaced by an interpretive statement, and the volume introduction discusses the historical backgrouTable of ContentsCodes to the Sources of the Lyrics Introduction and Historical Background Lyrics of Sorrow, Alienation, and Desolation Lyrics of Consolation and Faith Lyrics of Resistance and Defiance Lyrics of Deliverance Lyrics of Jubilation and Triumph Lyrics of Judgment and Reckoning Lyrics of Regeneration Lyrics of Spiritual Progress Lyrics of Transcendence Select Bibliographies Alphabetical Index to First Lines Alphabetical Index to Titles General Index
£64.00
Lulu.com Spiritual Harmonies or Spiritual Teachings Songs and Hymns with Appropriate Readings for Funerals
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£10.59
iUniverse Leap Over Walls
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£13.67
iUniverse A SENSE OF WONDER SONGS AND POEMS OF SOUTH FLORIDA
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£12.64
Alfred USA Top 50 Praise Worship Easy Piano
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William B Eerdmans Publishing Co Handels Messiah
£20.17
Scarecrow Press Handbook to Bachs Sacred Cantata Texts An
Book SynopsisIdentifies scriptural references for the wording, imagery, and themes in Bach's work that his listeners would have known, but which may be a mystery to modern musicians.
£162.00
Liturgical Press Music in Christian Worship Author Charlotte Y Kroeker Jun2005
Book SynopsisAt the Service of the LiturgyTrade ReviewI recommend this book for your conversations around worship. It will . . . encourage you to think about what you do and to use the best resources that you have. It would be a good book for your Worship and Music Committee to read and discuss.Sanctus. . . those primarily charged with the selection and composition of music in the liturgy will undoubtedly obtain fresh insights and stimulation from encountering what these celebrated authors have to say on the subject of the role of music in the church today.Music and LiturgyMusic in Christian Worship is by far the most helpful volume addressing the current complex of issues surrounding the choice of music for Christian worship to come across this reviewer’s desk.DoxologyReading this book, whether as a musician, a liturgist, a theologian, a pastor, or a person in the pew will move us beyond facile answers to the more challenging process of careful and reflective discernment. The choice to enter this process bespeaks a willingness to be who we profess ourselves to be: a community of disciples gathered for worship, not of ourselves, but of the God who called us into being and who continually calls us to fuller being.DoxologyEditor Charlotte Kroeker’s collection of essays is a marvelous reminder that pastor, congregation, and musicians need to understand and respect one another. . . . [A]ny reader will have plenty to think about, agree with, and take away from this engaging volume.Liturgy, Hymnody, & Pulpit Quarterly Book ReviewThis book, considered chapter by chapter, could well be used as the basis for a series of parish adult education or faith formation discussions.Pastoral MusicThis eminently helpful book aims to aid music ministers to address some of the most difficult questions we encounter in carrying out our ministry.Pastoral Music...this little volume should be on every church musician's reading list.The Hymn
£27.47
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC People Get Ready
Book SynopsisPeople Get Ready!: A New History of Gospel Music is a passionate, celebratory, and carefully researched chronology of one of America''s greatest treasures. From Africa through the spirituals, from minstrel music through jubilee, and from traditional to contemporary gospel, People Get Ready! shows the links between styles, social patterns, and artists. The emphasis is on the stories behind the songs and musicians. From the nameless slaves of Colonial America to Donnie McClurkin, Yolanda Adams, and Kirk Franklin, People Get Ready! provides, for the first time, an accessible overview of this musical genre. In addition to the more familiar stories of Thomas A. Dorsey and Mahalia Jackson, the book offers intriguing new insights into the often forgotten era between the Civil War and the rise of jubilee-that most intriguing blend of minstrel music, barbershop harmonies, and the spiritual. Also chronicled are the connections between some of gospel''s precursors (Blind Willie Johnson, Arizona DTrade Review"'An impassioned and mostly comprehensive overview' The Observer '...a scholarly yet extremely readable book...' Morning Star "Darden's passion keeps the words flowing through sections on styles and social movements, as well as personal narratives and musical analyses...With a through discography, notes and references, this is an essential read for those faithful to American religion, rhythm, or both." Charleston Post and Courier"Table of ContentsPreface; Chapter 1: Why Gospel Music?; Chapter 2: Gospel's African Roots; Chapter 3: The Rise of Spirituals in North America; Chapter 4: What Spirituals Are, What Spirituals Mean; Chapter 5: The American Civil War; Chapter 6: Reconstruction, The Jubilee Singers, and Minstrelsy; Chapter 7: The Foundations of Gospel: The Black Exodus, Barbershop Quartets, the Pentecostals, and Jack-Leg Preachers; Chapter 8: The Fathers of Gospel: William H. Sherwood, Charles A. Tindley, and Thomas A. Dorsey; Chapter 9: Chicago and the Rise of Gospel Music; Chapter 10: Three Divas: Rosetta Tharpe, Clara Ward, and Mahalia Jackson; Chapter 11: The Great Gospel Groups: Five Unforgettable Voices; Chapter 12: Gospel on the Freedom Highway; Chapter 13: Gospel's Evolution: From Alex Bradford to James Cleveland to Andrae Crouch; Chapter 14: The Last Great Male Quartets; Chapter 15: Contemporary Gospel: Six Defining Voices; Discography; Index.
£40.32
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Daily Telegraph Book of Hymns
Book SynopsisContains texts of 150 of the best-loved hymns in the English language, from the time of the Early Church to the late 20th century. Each text in this work is accompanied by a commentary, giving biographical details of the author; notes on the circumstances in which the hymn was written and how it has been used; and variant versions.Trade Review"'...there is a great deal for hymn-lovers to enjoy.' Keith Mitchell, The Tablet '...very good it is, too...a book to dip into or read from cover to cover...' Methodist Recorder"Table of ContentsIntroduction; The Hymns; Further Reading; Index of First Lines; Index of Authors, Translators and Composers.
£25.49
Thomas Nelson Then Sings My Soul Book 3
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Boydell Press The Study of Medieval Chant Paths and Bridges East and West. In Honor of Kenneth Levy
Book SynopsisComparative studies of medieval chant traditions in western Europe, Byzantium and the Slavic nations illuminate music, literacy and culture.Gregorian chant was the dominant liturgical music of the medieval period, from the time it was adopted by Charlemagne's court in the eighth century; but for centuries afterwards it competed with other musical traditions, local repertories from the great centres of Rome, Milan, Ravenna, Benevento, Toledo, Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Kievan Rus, and comparative study of these chant traditions can tell us much about music, liturgy, literacy and culture a thousand years ago. This is the first book-length work to look at the issues in a global, comprehensive way, in the manner of the work of Kenneth Levy, the leading exponent of comparative chant studies. It covers the four most fruitful approaches for investigators: the creation and transmission of chant texts, based on the psalms and other sources, and their assemblage into liturgical books; the analysis and comparison of musical modes and scales; the usesof neumatic notation for writing down melodies, and the differences wrought by developmental changes and notational reforms over the centuries; and the use of case studies, in which the many variations in a specific text or melodyare traced over time and geographical distance. The book is therefore of profound importance for historians of medieval music or religion - Western, Byzantine, or Slavonic - and for anyone interested in issues of orality and writing in the transmission of culture.PETER JEFFERY is Professor of Music History, Princeton University. Contributors: JAMES W. McKINNON, MARGOT FASSLER, MICHEL HUGLO, NICOLAS SCHIDLOVSKY, KEITH FALCONER, PETER JEFFERY, DAVID G.HUGHES, SYSSE GUDRUN ENGBERG, CHARLES M. ATKINSON, MILOS VELIMIROVIC, JORGEN RAASTED+, RUTH STEINER, DIMITRIJE STEFANOVIC, ALEJANDRO PLANCHART.Table of ContentsLiturgical Psalmody in the Sermons of St Augustine: An Introduction - James W McKinnon The First Marian Feast in Constantinople and Jerusalem: Chant Texts, Readings, and Homiletic Literature - Margot Fassler The Cantatorium, From Charlemagne to the Fourteenth Century - Michel Huglo A New Folio for MS Chilandari 307, with Some Observations on the Contents of the Slavic Lenten Sticherarion and Pentekostarion - Nicolas Schidlovsky The Modes Before the Modes: Antiphon and Differentia in Western Chant - Keith Falconer The Earliest Oktoechoi: The Influence of Jerusalem and Palestine in the Beginnings of Modal Ordering - Peter Jeffery Guido's 'Tritus': An Aspect of Chant Style - David G Hughes Early Ekphonetic Notation in the Manuscript Scheide 2 at Princeton University - The Other Modus: On the Theory and Practice of Intervals in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries - Charles M Atkinson Russian Musical Azbuki: A Turning Point in the History of Slavic Chant - Milos Velimirovic Kontakion Melodies in Oral and Written Tradition - Jorgen Raasted On the Verses of the Offertory Elegerunt - Ruth Steiner The Trisagion in Some Byzantine and Slavonic Stichera - Dimitrije Stefanovic Proses in the Manuscripts of Roman Chant, and their Alleluias - Alejandro Planchart
£131.67
Gracewing Publishing With Angels and Archangels
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Gracewing Publishing The Catholic Hymn Book
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Royal School of Church Music Accompaniments for unison hymnsinging
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Royal School of Church Music Full Music Edition
£14.82
Royal School of Church Music Music for Common Worship I Music for Sunday Services
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive anthology of music for the Sunday Services.
£25.00
Royal School of Church Music The English Gradual Part 1The Ordinary
Book SynopsisProvides clergy and their choirs and congregations with a simple and easily-understood manual of Plainchant, for use at the Consecration of the Eucharist.
£14.82
Royal School of Church Music The English Gradual Part 2 The Proper
Book SynopsisFeatures simple settings of the Introits, Graduals, Alleluias, tracts, offertories, and Communions. These settings are intended for the use of parish choirs, at the principal service on Sundays and Holy-days, throughout the Christian year.
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Royal School of Church Music The English Gradual Supplement
Book SynopsisFocuses on simple settings of Introits, Graduals, Alleluias, Tracts, offertories and Communions for lesser Holy-days.
£11.52
Royal School of Church Music English Anthem Collection 1
Book Synopsis20 major anthems for SATB written between 1965 and 1993 by composers including: Aston, Berkeley, Burrell, Carter, Grier, Guest, Harvey, Ives, Jackson, Kelly, Leighton, Mathias, Piccolo, Radcliffe, Rose, Rutter, Shephard, Spicer, Tavener and Wilby.
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Royal School of Church Music English Anthem Collection Volume Two 2
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Royal School of Church Music The Plainchant Evening Psalter and Canticles
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