Sacred and religious music Books

Book SynopsisThe New Oxford Easy Anthem Book is an outstanding anthem collection, suitable for all church choirs and designed for use throughout the year. The emphasis is placed firmly on providing the highest quality, easy, and accessible anthem settings.Table of ContentsAdvent Message ; And I saw a new heaven ; Ave Maria ; Ave verum corpus ; Ave verum corpus ; Ave verum corpus ; Be thou my vision ; Brother James' Air ; Cantate Domino ; Christ is our Cornerstone ; Christ the Lord is risen again ; Come, Holy Ghost ; Come, ye faithful ; Day by day ; Drop, drop slow tears ; Far away, what splendour comes this way ; Fear not, O land ; For all thy saints ; For the beauty of the earth ; God be in my head ; God be in my head ; God so loved the world ; Holy, holy, holy ; Holy Spirit, truth divine ; Hosanna to the Son of David ; How brightly beams the morning star! ; I give you a new commandment ; I will thank thee, O Lord ; If ye love me ; Jesu, joy of man's desiring ; Jesu, the very thought of thee ; Jesu, the very thought of thee ; Joy is come! ; King of all ages, throned on high ; Lead me, Lord ; Let us now praise famous men ; Litany to the Holy Spirit ; Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake ; Lord, I trust thee ; Love divine, all loves excelling ; Loving Shepherd of thy sheep ; My eyes for beauty pine ; O come, ye servants of the Lord ; O salutaris Hostia No. 3 ; O Saviour of the world ; O taste and see ; O Thou, whose all-redeeming might ; O vos omnes ; People, look East ; Praise ye the Lord ; Song of Mary ; Star of the East ; Teach me, O Lord ; The Lord goes up ; The peace of God ; There is no rose ; There's a wideness in God's mercy ; This joyful Eastertide ; Thou art God ; Thou knowest, Lord ; Thy perfect love ; Virgin-born, we bow before thee ; Wash me throughly

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Book Synopsis50 easy anthemsTable of ContentsHelp me, O Lord ; All people at this hour ; Come sweetest death ; Dearest Lord Jesu ; Flocks in pastures green abiding ; Forget me not! ; Here lies He now ; Jesu, hope of men despairing ; Give laud unto the Lord ; Good Christian men rejoice and sing ; Ye servants of God ; He is risen ; Pleasure it is ; Be peace on earth ; Above Him stood the Seraphim ; He that is down needs fear no fall ; My spirit longs for Thee ; Bless the Lord, O my soul ; O, praise God in His holiness ; The strife is o'er ; Let all the world ; Most glorious Lord of life: Vox ultima Crucis ; Lord, for Thy tender mercy's sake ; My eyes for beauty pine ; O Lord, I will praise Thee ; A Choral Hymn for Advent or Ascensiontide ; Come, Thou long expected Jesus ; The souls of the righteous ; Above all praise and all majesty ; Ave Verum ; Ye watchers and ye holy ones ; Come, Thou Holy Spirit, come ; O Holy Jesu ; Shepherds loud their praises singing ; Kings in glory ; Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven ; Christ is the world's true Light ; Drop down, ye heavens ; Richard de Castre's Prayer to Jesus ; Come, ye faithful ; All from the sun's uprise ; O how amiable ; O taste and see ; We adore Thee, O Lord Christ ; Jesu, the very thought of Thee ; O Love of whom is truth and light ; I sing of a Maiden that is mateless ; A Prayer of St Richard of Chichester ; O Thou who at Thy Eucharist did'st pray

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Book SynopsisAn anthology of items selected from the massive New Oxford Book of Carols, which was immediately acclaimed on publication as the ultimate source-book for carol lovers and scholars.Trade ReviewJust right for the ordinary carol singer in school, home, church, and/or community, i.e., for those who experience afresh each Christmas the dance-like exuberance of singing carols together * The Hymn (USA) *if you'd like to explore some new territory for your Lessons and Carols service, then SNOBC should be high on your Christmas shopping list!' * Music Teacher *Table of ContentsPART 1: COMPOSED CAROLS; THE MIDDLE AGES; ENGLISH CAROLS 1400-1700; EUROPEAN CAROLS 1550-1700; EUROPE AND AMERICA 1700-1830; THE LATER NINETEENTH CENTURY; THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; PART TWO: TRADITIONAL CAROLS; ENGLISH TRADITIONAL; LUCK-VISIT SONGS; IRISH TRADITIONAL; WELSH TRADITIONAL; AMERICAN TRADITIONAL; TRINIDADIAN TRADITIONAL; GERMAN TRADITIONAL; CZECH TRADITIONAL; POLISH TRADITIONAL; PROVENCAL TRADITIONAL; BASQUE TRADITIONAL; SPANISH TRADITIONAL; NEOPOLITAN TRADITIONAL

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Book SynopsisAn anthology of 17 of Tallis's shorter anthems, some familiar, some little known, but all freshly edited and revised. Includes practical performing editions (transposed where necessary, and with keyboard reductions) of 11 motets with Latin texts, 2 sacred partsongs, and 4 anthems with English texts, all with full critical apparatus.Trade ReviewThere is such wonderful and approachable music here that no serious choir library ought to be without the volume. Remember that even if you have eleven or twelve items already, it will still be good value . . . A winner. * Organists' Review *Table of ContentsAudivi vocem de caelo ; Derelinquit impius ; Hear the voice and prayer ; If ye love me ; In ieiuino et fletu ; In manus tuas ; Laudate Dominum ; Mihi autem nimis ; O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit ; O Lord, in thee is all my trust ; O Nata lux ; O sacrum convivium ; O salutaris hostia ; Purge me, O Lord ; Salvator Mundi ; Te lucis ante terminum ; Verily, I say unto you

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Book SynopsisSATB (with divisions) unaccompaniedMcGlade's setting of 'The Call' by George Herbert is simple but effective, reflecting the directness of the original poem. The three-bar phrases create a feeling of expectancy throughout the verses, and are beautifully intensified by harmonic shifts in one verse and a soaring descant in another.

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Book SynopsisWith a host of accessible, quality new settings, and with pieces based on all the major hymn tunes, these volumes are a must for every church organist''s library.

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Book SynopsisThe definitive collection of 27 of the most popular classics of the wedding repertoire in simplified arrangements for manuals only. All the best-loved processionals, marches, and more reflective pieces are included.Trade Review`Full marks to Malcolm Archer and Oxford University Press for producing such a comprehensive collection of wedding favourites which can be yours for less than a wedding fee! * The Organ *`One of the best books of wedding music for organ we've seen * Keyboard Review *Table of ContentsAir from Suite No. 3 ; Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (from Cantata No. 147) ; Prelude in C ; Trumpet Voluntary in D ; Prelude ; Prince of Denmark's March ; Air from Water Music ; Arrival of the Queen of Sheba ; Bouree from Water Music ; Finale from Water Music ; Hornpipe from Water Music ; Largo ; Minuet ; Ouverture from Fireworks Music ; Variations from Organ Concerto Op. 4 No.1 ; Saint Anthony Chorale ; Marche ; Andante Religioso from Organ Sonata No. 4 ; Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream ; Ave Verum Corpus ; Canon ; Trumpet Tune ; Trumpet Voluntary ; Bist du bei mir ; Spring from The Four Seasons ; Bridal March

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsGavotte ; Voluntary in D minor ; Siciliano ; Allegro ; Flute Piece ; Voluntary in A minor ; Adagio ; Diapason Movement ; Trumpet Voluntary ; Cornet Voluntary ; Voluntary in F ; Three Interludes

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Book SynopsisA collection of 29 stylistically authentic spiritual arrangements for SATB choirs. The contents span the period from 1914 to 2001 and are ordered chronologically. Many of the best-known songs from the genre''s most important composers and arrangers are included. The volume surveys the spiritual''s entire range of themes and forms in a way that is at once stylistically authentic and historically meaningful.Piano reductions are included for unaccompanied songs.Trade ReviewThe twenty-eight spirituals included are listed in chronological order of publication, which is helpful in program building. The arrangers are all well known, and include distinguished composers of the caliber of Norman Luboff and Robert Shaw . . . Something in fact, for everybody . . . This is a well-prepared collection, and worth including in any good choral society's library, while being invaluable to specialists in this field. Well done, Mr Hogan! * Henry Howell, Australian Music Teacher Magazine April 06 *This is a well-prepared collection, and worth including in any good choral society's library, while being invaluable to specialists in this field. Well done, Mr Hogan! * Henry Howell, Australian Music Teacher September 03 *Overall, this collection covers a wide range of styles and moods . . . The arrangements cover a range of choral abilities and this excellent collection should encourage many more choirs to explore this fascinating repertoire. Sadly, Moses Hogan died earlier this year at the untimely age of 45. He was proud of this publication, and deservedly so; it serves as a fitting memorial to both his scholarship and his enthusiasm. * Alan Bullard, Choir and Organ July 03 *Part of the value of this collection is this retrospective look at the growth of the concert spiritual arrangement style over the last century. The Oxford Book of Spirituals represents a "who's who" of spiritual arranging in the European classic concert choral style over the last century. * Choral Journal (US) Vol. 43, No. 8 *Any title beginning 'The Oxford Book of . . . * raises expectations of comprehensiveness, academic integrity and distinguished editorship. None of these is disappointed in The Oxford Book of Spirituals . . . The earliest, Listen to the lambs by Nathaniel Dett inhabits the same world as late Dvorak, harmonically and geographically, and the whole collection is notable in displaying the familiar thumbprints of gospel harmony without descending into cliché. cont . . . *. . . cont Apart from its interest and integrity, this is an immensely practical collection. Any choir should be able to tackle the simple textures of Let us break bread together and Little innocent lamb, and the wily conductor can steer a gently developing course towards more complex textures, subtler rhythms and more delicious harmonies. Moses Hogan's spectacular Battle of Jericho with its eight-part divisions need not overshadow the simpler settings, for all are written for those who, in the editor's words, 'listen with the heart as well as the ear. * Rosemary Broadbent, Church Music Quarterly June 02 *Arranging and performing spirituals is a big part of Hogan's livelihood, and his inside role disseminating African American culture gives this volume authority . . . But at 236 pages, covering 28 arrangements for SATB chorus of spirituals at their powerful, emotive best, this volume is the real McCoy. * Matthew Greenall, The Singer, May 02 *Table of ContentsListen to the lambs ; Swing low, sweet chariot ; My Lord, what a mornin' ; Jesus is a rock in a weary lan' ; Ezekiel saw de wheel ; Ride the chariot ; Here's one ; Let us break bread together ; If I got my ticket, can I ride? ; Little innocent lamb ; Great day ; Any how ; Daniel, Daniel, servant of the Lord ; Fix me, Jesus ; Amen ; A city called heaven ; Were you there? ; I want God's heaven to be mine ; Lily of the valley ; Keep your lamps ; Witness ; My good Lord's done been here ; Go tell it on the mountain ; Don't you let nobody turn you 'round ; Glory to the newborn King ; By an' by ; Look what dey doin' to Jesus ; The battle of Jericho ; Lord, how come me here

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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

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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 *

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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 *

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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

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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

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Book SynopsisLeading 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 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 how it relates to other Gospel texts--both those inside the New Testament and those outside of it, most notably, the Gnostic texts of early Christianity. Finally, he describes what we now can say about the historical Judas himself as well as his relationship with JeTrade 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 *

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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

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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

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Book SynopsisCadence is a comprehensive examination of how formal units in European art music of the tonal era achieve closure. The book brings together the author''s decades-long investigations into cadence, a compositional device that is readily experienced both by musicians and non-musicians, but one that has proven intractable to clear and precise theoretical formulation. Rooted in Caplin''s broader theory of formal functions, the book first develops concepts of cadence for music of the high classical style and then extends these ideas to gauge cadential practice in earlier and later style periods. Throughout the study, various manifestations of cadence are defined in terms of their morphology (their harmonic and melodic profiles) as well as their function (the specific formal contexts in which they are deployed). Cadence introduces a host of theoretical concepts illustrated by copious musical examples, all of which contain extensive analytical annotations of harmony, melody and form. Though the book is addressed primarily to music theorists, the many issues of compositional practice raised in this study will resonate with the interests of composers, historians, and performers alike.

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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Book SynopsisOften called the musical equivalent of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Trent codices have dramatically broadened our understanding of Renaissance music. Much has been written about this collection of fifteenth-century music manuscripts, most of which were discovered in the Cathedral at Trent, but none of the seven codices--generally called Trent 87 through Trent 93--has ever been published in its entirety. Thus Rebecca Gerber's edition of Trent 88, which took more than a decade to prepare, will be the first to appear. As such, this volume is a landmark in the publication of early music.Trent 88 comprises an extensive anthology of 145 compositions tailored to the ceremonial and daily religious services of the period. The international scope of the collection is both impressive and significant: early English, French, German, and Spanish mass cycles appear alongside simple hymns and Magnificats. Music by renowned composersincluding Guillaume Du Fay, Johannes Ockeghem, Johannes Cornago, and John

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Book SynopsisComprises what remains of a gigantic cathedral codex commissioned in Bruges about 1463 and containing English, Franco-Flemish, and Italian sacred music of the fifteenth century - including works by the celebrated composers Guillaume Du Fay and Henricus Isaac.

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Book SynopsisThis volume explores the everyday lives of Nazarite women - part of one of the most popular indigenous religious communities in South Africa - through their songs and dances, dream narratives and fertility rituals, which come to life both musically and visually on CD-ROM.

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Book SynopsisThis volume explores the everyday lives of Nazarite women - part of one of the most popular indigenous religious communities in South Africa - through their songs and dances, dream narratives and fertility rituals, which come to life both musically and visually on CD-ROM.

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Book SynopsisThis work explores the popular Catholic musical ensembles of southeastern Brazil known as Folias de Reis (companions of kings). Focusing on urban folias, Suzel Ana Reily shows how participants use the ritual journeys and musical performance to create sacred spheres set apart from the everyday.

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Book SynopsisNear the end of the third decade of the sixteenth century, a five-volume set of madrigal and motet partbooks was assembled in Florence and sent as a giftor musical embassyto the English court of Henry VIII. The manuscript setminus the missing altus parthas been owned since 1935 by the Newberry Library in Chicago; but until H. Colin Slim's exhaustive efforts, no thorough study of the history or contents of the partbooks had been undertaken. At first encounter, these partbooks yield no clues concerning their provenance, their composers' names, or the reasons for their dispatch to England. In his search for this information, Professor Slim used the musicologists' customary tools, namely, biobibliography, concordances, and textual and musical analysis. But he also used bibliographers' tools not always employed by musicologists: watermarks, bindings, script, orthography, and illuminations. As a result of his efforts, the author was able to identify nearly all the works' composers and the ma

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Book SynopsisMessa da Requiem is the fourth work to be published in The Works of Giuseppe Verdi. Following the strict requirements of the series, this edition is based on Verdi's autograph and other authentic sources, and has been reviewed by a distinguished editorial boardPhilip Gossett (general editor), Julian Budden, Martin Chusid, Francesco Degrada, Ursula Günther, Giorgio Pestelli, and Pierluigi Petrobelli. It is available as a two-volume set: a full orchestral score and a critical commentary. The appendixes include two pieces from the compositional history of the Requiem: an early version of the Libera me, composed in 1869 as part of a collaborative work planned as a memorial to Rossini; and the Liber scriptus, which in the original score of the Manzoni memorial Requiem was composed as a fugue in G minor. The score, which has been beautifully bound and autographed, is printed on high-grade paper in an oversized format. The introduction to the score discusses the work's genesis, instrumentatio

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Book SynopsisThis work investigates the power behind classical music and dance in Bangkok, the capital and sacred center of Buddhist Thailand. Focusing on the ritual of honouring teachers of music and dance, Deborah Wong reveals a complex network of connections among kings, teachers, knowledge and performance.

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Book SynopsisThis work investigates the power behind classical music and dance in Bangkok, the capital and sacred center of Buddhist Thailand. Focusing on the ritual of honouring teachers of music and dance, Deborah Wong reveals a complex network of connections among kings, teachers, knowledge and performance.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA Choice Outstanding Title, 2018 Music in American Culture Award, American Musicological Society, 2019 "Unpacks issues of power and cultural authenticity in the white-controlled jubilee industry and within blackface minstrelsy performances, including Uncle Tom and plantation shows . . . Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry will be crucial to anyone studying American music, especially those focused on the post-Civil War period through 1900, and of course anyone who studies African American music history."--Blackgrooves.org "[A] one-of-a-kind title . . . Many volumes address spirituals themselves, but few detail the actual exponents of this important African American tradition in such a refreshingly disarming way."--Library Journal"Graham proves an industry was built on and inspired by the specific cultural context and contributions of Black people. . . . Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry is compulsory reading for all who wish to expand their knowledge on Black contributions to music, art, and entertainment." --Transposition"A detailed, cogent, and fascinating history of the popularization of Negro spirituals [that is] thoroughly documented and covers a truly vast range of information. One of the especially distinctive features of Graham's approach is its careful consideration of musical elements and how they figure in defining objects under study."--Thomas L. Riis, author of Frank Loesser "Music historians will find Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry fascinating because instead of rehashing the already well-researched lyric import of the spirituals, Graham looks at the art form as the spark that ignited an entertainment industry." --ARSC Journal "A detailed and valuable genealogy of the spiritual."—The Journal of Southern History"Graham skillfully illuminates the racial dynamics of the era, handling with particular grace the equivocal effect of the spirituals’ popularity on artistically ambitious black performers: although performers took advantage of burgeoning professional opportunities, their careers were circumscribed by the expectations of white audiences. A pleasure to read, the book weaves meticulous research into an engaging narrative that vividly enriches understanding of postbellum American music and theater.”—Choice "This book is recommended to anyone with an interest in American folk and popular music, and it should provoke many followers-up studies that explore its themes in even greater depth as well as their extensions into the twentieth century." --Journal of Folklore Research"A pleasure to read, the book weaves meticulous research into an engaging narrative that vividly enriches understanding of postbellum American music and theater. Highly recommended." --Choice"Sandra Graham breaks new ground in her nuanced examination of the white-controlled spiritual or jubilee industry, and of claims for musical and cultural authenticity by black college and independent jubilee groups, as well as white and black performers of blackface minstrelsy, American folk music, and European classical traditions."--Portia K. Maultsby, coeditor of Issues in African American Music and African American Music: An Introduction, second edition

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Book SynopsisSinging master Durham Hills created The Cashaway Psalmody to give as a wedding present in 1770. A collection of tenor melody parts for 152 tunes and sixty-three texts, the Psalmody is the only surviving tunebook from the colonial-era South and one of the oldest sacred music manuscripts from the Carolinas. It is all the more remarkable for its sophistication: no similar document of the period matches Hills''s level of musical expertise, reportorial reach, and calligraphic skill. Stephen A. Marini, discoverer of The Cashaway Psalmody, offers the fascinating story of the tunebook and its many meanings. From its musical, literary, and religious origins in England, he moves on to the life of Durham Hills; how Carolina communities used the book; and the Psalmody''s significance in understanding how ritual song—transmitted via transatlantic music, lyrics, and sacred singing—shaped the era''s development. Marini also uses close musical and textual anaTrade Review"Offering a microhistory of meticulous precision, Marini forges through it a study of broad interdisciplinary scope, a rare synthesizing perspective on the musical, religious, commercial, and educational cultures of the eighteenth-century colonies. I know of no one else in the field who could have pulled off this feat the way Marini has—an exceptional combination of indefatigable archival research with practiced musical expertise."--Leigh Eric Schmidt, author of Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality"Stephen Marini's careful research into an extraordinary eighteenth-century tunemaster and the extraordinary collection of texts and music he gathered into the Cashaway psalter has resulted in an extraordinary book. Tight focus on this one manuscript-musical object yields a rich harvest of insight on transatlantic cultural exchange, unexpected cooperation among churches, the economics of artistic production, and (most of all) the absolutely central place of singing in early American history. It is a rich and rewarding study."--Mark Noll, author of A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada, second edition

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A groundbreaking study." --Black Perspectives"The beauty of Claudrena N. Harold’s brilliant When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras is in how it illustrates the power of gospel music to maintain its character, grow from its roots, evolve to reach new listeners, and spiral steadily upward in its call-and-response to new audiences who acclaim the uplifting spiritual strength and enduring beauty of the music. " --No Depression"A multilensed view of a continually evolving and consistently vibrant art form. For gospel fans, music scholars, and scholars of African American history and culture generally." --Library Journal"An in-depth history of African American gospel music." --Booklist"When Sunday Comes is the book we’ve been waiting for--a thoughtful and thought-provoking analysis of the impact contemporary singers, songwriters, and musicians have made, and continue to make, on gospel music. With this volume, Claudrena Harold makes a valid argument for scholars to look more closely at this important period in gospel music history."--Robert M. Marovich, author of A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music"A prodigious job of research. The author seems to have consulted all available print sources in addition to important manuscript collections and interviews. No book covers this terrain as thoroughly and with such a deep knowledge and appreciation for the music. I don’t think it would be out of line to describe When Sunday Comes as a labor of love." --David W. Stowe, author of No Sympathy for the Devil: Christian Pop Music and the Transformation of American EvangelicalismTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Lord, Let Me Be an Instrument: The Artistry and Cultural Politics of Reverend James Cleveland Chapter 2. A Special Kind of Witness: Andraé Crouch, the Growth of Contemporary Christian Music, and the Politics of Race Chapter 3. Hold My Mule: Shirley Caesar and the Gospel of the New South Chapter 4. A Wonderful Change: Walter Hawkins and the Love Alive Explosion Chapter 5. Higher Plane: The Gospel According to Al Green Chapter 6. The Only Thing Right Left in a Wrong World: The Clark Sisters, the Winans, Commissioned, and the Search for Cultural Authority in the 1980s Chapter 7. If I Be Lifted: Milton Brunson and the Thompson Community Singers Chapter 8. Through It All: Vanessa Bell Armstrong and the Perils of Crossover Chapter 9. Hold Up the Light: The Crossover Success of BeBe and CeCe Winans Chapter 10. Outside the County Line: The Southern Soul of John P. Kee Chapter 11. We Are the Drum: Take 6, the Sounds of Blackness, and the New Black Aesthetic Epilogue: Do You Want a Revolution? Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams, and the Beginning of a New Era in Gospel Music Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The most extensive ethnographic study to date of Pentecostal music practices. The author's perspective as a practicing believer and respected ethnomusicologist provides unprecedented access to the community and a deep understanding of Pentecostal traditions and discourses."--Judah Cohen, author of Jewish Liturgical Music in Nineteenth-Century America "Island Gospel is a groundbreaking exploration into the complex landscape of Jamaican Pentecostal musical culture. By working in rural and urban religious communities in Jamaica, as well as Jamaican diasporic communities in New York, Melvin Butler unearths the ways in which the faithful hold onto a 'surprisingly resilient' holy-worldly binary as they construct, deconstruct, and collapse boundaries within Pentecostal musical culture across ideas of traditional and modern; colonialism and independence; Jamaican-ness and American-ness; local and global; racialized sounds of Blackness and whiteness; and generations. Throughout his fieldwork, Butler benefits from and remains refreshingly self-reflexive about his position as an ethnomusicologist, 'believer,' and accomplished keyboardist participating in and observing church life. A must-read for scholars of Caribbean musical culture and Pentecostalism."--Judith Casselberry, author of The Labor of Faith: Gender and Power in Black Apostolic Pentecostalism

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Book SynopsisGospel music evolved in often surprising directions during the post-Civil Rights era. Claudrena N. Harold's in-depth look at late-century gospel focuses on musicians like Yolanda Adams, Andraé Crouch, the Clark Sisters, Al Green, Take 6, and the Winans, and on the network of black record shops, churches, and businesses that nurtured the music. Harold details the creative shifts, sonic innovations, theological tensions, and political assertions that transformed the music, and revisits the debates within the community over groundbreaking recordings and gospel's incorporation of rhythm and blues, funk, hip-hop, and other popular forms. At the same time, she details how sociopolitical and cultural developments like the Black Power Movement and the emergence of the Christian Right shaped both the art and attitudes of African American performers. Weaving insightful analysis into a collective biography of gospel icons, When Sunday Comes explores the music's essential place as an outlet for AfTrade Review"A groundbreaking study." --Black Perspectives"The beauty of Claudrena N. Harold’s brilliant When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras is in how it illustrates the power of gospel music to maintain its character, grow from its roots, evolve to reach new listeners, and spiral steadily upward in its call-and-response to new audiences who acclaim the uplifting spiritual strength and enduring beauty of the music. " --No Depression"A multilensed view of a continually evolving and consistently vibrant art form. For gospel fans, music scholars, and scholars of African American history and culture generally." --Library Journal"An in-depth history of African American gospel music." --Booklist"When Sunday Comes is the book we’ve been waiting for--a thoughtful and thought-provoking analysis of the impact contemporary singers, songwriters, and musicians have made, and continue to make, on gospel music. With this volume, Claudrena Harold makes a valid argument for scholars to look more closely at this important period in gospel music history."--Robert M. Marovich, author of A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music"A prodigious job of research. The author seems to have consulted all available print sources in addition to important manuscript collections and interviews. No book covers this terrain as thoroughly and with such a deep knowledge and appreciation for the music. I don’t think it would be out of line to describe When Sunday Comes as a labor of love." --David W. Stowe, author of No Sympathy for the Devil: Christian Pop Music and the Transformation of American EvangelicalismTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Lord, Let Me Be an Instrument: The Artistry and Cultural Politics of Reverend James Cleveland Chapter 2. A Special Kind of Witness: Andraé Crouch, the Growth of Contemporary Christian Music, and the Politics of Race Chapter 3. Hold My Mule: Shirley Caesar and the Gospel of the New South Chapter 4. A Wonderful Change: Walter Hawkins and the Love Alive Explosion Chapter 5. Higher Plane: The Gospel According to Al Green Chapter 6. The Only Thing Right Left in a Wrong World: The Clark Sisters, the Winans, Commissioned, and the Search for Cultural Authority in the 1980s Chapter 7. If I Be Lifted: Milton Brunson and the Thompson Community Singers Chapter 8. Through It All: Vanessa Bell Armstrong and the Perils of Crossover Chapter 9. Hold Up the Light: The Crossover Success of BeBe and CeCe Winans Chapter 10. Outside the County Line: The Southern Soul of John P. Kee Chapter 11. We Are the Drum: Take 6, the Sounds of Blackness, and the New Black Aesthetic Epilogue: Do You Want a Revolution? Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams, and the Beginning of a New Era in Gospel Music Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMusic, Education, and Religion: Intersections and Entanglements explores the critical role that religion can play in formal and informal music education. Trade ReviewThe book serves as a study volume for all those who are active in this field and provides both systematic reflections and useful empirical studies. A further impressive feature is the regional and religious breadth of the content presented and examined. -- Wolfgang W. Müller * Reading Religion *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Alexis Anja Kallio, Heidi Westerlund, and Philip AlpersonPart I: Tensions and Negotiations1. On the Role of Religion in Music Education / Estelle Jorgensen2. Selective Affinities: Concordance and Discordance at the Intersection of Musical, Educational, and Religious Practices / Philip Alperson3. The Performativity of Performance: Agency at the Intersection of Music and Religion in School / Heidi Westerlund, Alexis Anja Kallio and Heidi ParttiPart II: Identity and Community4. Shaping Identities in and through Religious Music Engagement: A Case Study of an Australian Catholic Girls' School / Janelle Colville Fletcher and Margaret S. Barrett5. Religion and the Transmission of Thai Musical Heritage, in Thailand and the United States of America / Pamela Moro6. The Believing-Belonging Paradigm: Music, Education, and Religion in Contemporary Serbia / Ivana Percoviç and Biljana Mandiç7. Religious Repertoire in General Music Education: Spiritual Indoctrination or Cultural Dialogue? / Lauri VäkeväPart III: Navigating New Worlds8. Mysterium Tremendum et Fascinans: Spiritual and Existential Experience and Music Education / Øivind Varkøy9. The Sacred Sphere: Its Equipment, Beauty, Functions, and Transformations under Secular Conditions / Maria B. Spychiger10. Music Education as Sacred Practice: A Philosophical Exploration / Frank Heuser11. Advocatus Diaboli: Revisiting the Devil's Role in Music and Music Education / Alexandra Kertz-WelzelPart IV: Emancipation, Regulation, and the Social Order12. The Humanist Defense of Music Education in Civil and Religious Life: The Praise of Musicke (1586) and Apologia Musices (1588) / Hyun-Ah Kim13. The Curious Case of "Good Morning Iran": Music and Broadcast Regulation in the Islamic Republic / Erum Naqvi14. When Hell Freezes Over—Black Metal: Emancipatory Cosmopolitanism and/or Egoistic Protectionism? / Ketil Thorgersen and Thomas von WachenfeldtPart V: Agency and Social Change15. Radical Musical Inclusion in Higher Education: The Creation of Foundation Music at the University of Winchester / June Boyce-Tillman16. Religious Identities Intersecting Higher Music Education: An Israeli Teacher Educator as a Boundary Worker in an All-Female Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Context / Laura Miettinen17. Religion and Music in an Education for Social Change / Iris M. Yob18. Dancing on the Limits: An Interreligious Dialogue Exploring the Lived Experience of Two Religiously Observant Music Educators in Israel / Belal Badarne and Amira EhrlichMusic, Education, and Religion: An Invitation / Alexis Anja KallioIndex

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Book SynopsisMusic, Education, and Religion: Intersections and Entanglements explores the critical role that religion can play in formal and informal music education. Trade ReviewThe book serves as a study volume for all those who are active in this field and provides both systematic reflections and useful empirical studies. A further impressive feature is the regional and religious breadth of the content presented and examined. -- Wolfgang W. Müller * Reading Religion *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Alexis Anja Kallio, Heidi Westerlund, and Philip AlpersonPart I: Tensions and Negotiations1. On the Role of Religion in Music Education / Estelle Jorgensen2. Selective Affinities: Concordance and Discordance at the Intersection of Musical, Educational, and Religious Practices / Philip Alperson3. The Performativity of Performance: Agency at the Intersection of Music and Religion in School / Heidi Westerlund, Alexis Anja Kallio and Heidi ParttiPart II: Identity and Community4. Shaping Identities in and through Religious Music Engagement: A Case Study of an Australian Catholic Girls' School / Janelle Colville Fletcher and Margaret S. Barrett5. Religion and the Transmission of Thai Musical Heritage, in Thailand and the United States of America / Pamela Moro6. The Believing-Belonging Paradigm: Music, Education, and Religion in Contemporary Serbia / Ivana Percoviç and Biljana Mandiç7. Religious Repertoire in General Music Education: Spiritual Indoctrination or Cultural Dialogue? / Lauri VäkeväPart III: Navigating New Worlds8. Mysterium Tremendum et Fascinans: Spiritual and Existential Experience and Music Education / Øivind Varkøy9. The Sacred Sphere: Its Equipment, Beauty, Functions, and Transformations under Secular Conditions / Maria B. Spychiger10. Music Education as Sacred Practice: A Philosophical Exploration / Frank Heuser11. Advocatus Diaboli: Revisiting the Devil's Role in Music and Music Education / Alexandra Kertz-WelzelPart IV: Emancipation, Regulation, and the Social Order12. The Humanist Defense of Music Education in Civil and Religious Life: The Praise of Musicke (1586) and Apologia Musices (1588) / Hyun-Ah Kim13. The Curious Case of "Good Morning Iran": Music and Broadcast Regulation in the Islamic Republic / Erum Naqvi14. When Hell Freezes Over—Black Metal: Emancipatory Cosmopolitanism and/or Egoistic Protectionism? / Ketil Thorgersen and Thomas von WachenfeldtPart V: Agency and Social Change15. Radical Musical Inclusion in Higher Education: The Creation of Foundation Music at the University of Winchester / June Boyce-Tillman16. Religious Identities Intersecting Higher Music Education: An Israeli Teacher Educator as a Boundary Worker in an All-Female Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Context / Laura Miettinen17. Religion and Music in an Education for Social Change / Iris M. Yob18. Dancing on the Limits: An Interreligious Dialogue Exploring the Lived Experience of Two Religiously Observant Music Educators in Israel / Belal Badarne and Amira EhrlichMusic, Education, and Religion: An Invitation / Alexis Anja KallioIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewCohen's work offers a nuanced view of cantorial students and faculty as individuals, and a sympathetic commentary on the School as an institution in the context of Reform Judaism. It is also a valuable account of structure and agency in the formation of musical authority, and an examination of the mediating roles of an insider scholarly institution.May 5, 2010 -- Jonathan Dueck * Duke University *[This book] will be of interest not only to cantors and their teachers but also to rabbis, congregations and everyone concerned about the future of the Jewish community.4/7/10 -- Morton Teicher * Florida Jewish Journal *[The author] has produced a vibrant, descriptive analysis of cantorial education from the time of admission to...to graduation.... 5/19/10 * NATIONAL JEWISH POST & OPINION *Cohen successfully navigates a complex waterway, melding history, ethnography and Jewish professional studies with a musicological account of cantorial education in the 21st century. Cohen's perspective is at once narrow and layered. . . . In realizing his goal, Cohen has provided us with a rich and unique work that will no doubt hold the interest of Jewish historians, musicians, and of course cantors, themselves.March 20, 2010 * Musica Judaica Online Reviews *Opening a window on the practical, social, and cultural aspects of aspiring to musical authority, this book provides unusual insights into issues of musical tradition, identity, gender, community, and high and low musical culture. May 6, 2010 * menorahreview.org *Cohen brought to the task he set for himself—understanding the education of cantors—special knowledge about music and about being a participant-observer. The result is a sterling presentation that will be of interest not only to cantors and their teachers but also to rabbis, congregations and everyone concerned about the future of the Jewish community.April 16, 2010 * Buffalo Jewish Review *[Cohen] is not merely tapping the knowledge base of musical authorities as a means to gather data; his goal is to understand the creation of musical authority itself, specifically that of the Reform cantor in the 21st Century. ...Cohen has provided us with a rich and unique work that will no doubt hold the interest of Jewish historians, musicians, and of course cantors, themselves.3/20/2010 -- Scott M. Sokol * Hebrew College, Newton Centre, Massachusetts *[The author's] research impressively combines ethnographic and historical approaches to the question of how sound enriches modern Jewish life and culture.August 3, 2009 * MyJewishLearning.com *[T]his volume is a useful addition to the scholarly bookshelf. . . . The accessible and readable style of Cohen's account coupled with relevant CD illustrations will make this a useful case study for a course on music in contemporary religious practice, while his theoretical observations will provide a springboard for much wider discussion of musical texts and processes. * Music and Letters *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments and AttributionsNote on TransliterationIntroduction: A Moment of Transformation1. To Fashion a Cantor2. Seeking the Tradition3. Constructing a Tradition4. Through the Prism of the Practicum5. A Prism of Cantorial Sound6. A Prism of Cantorial IdentityConclusion: Cantors in Israel and the Structure of Musical AuthorityAppendix A: Ashkenazic and Sephardic Pronunciation TableAppendix B: URJ Transliteration Guidelines and Master Word ListBibliographyIndexList of Selections on Compact Disc

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Book SynopsisHighlighting the multifaceted experience of music within Jewish communities, Music and Jewish Culture in Early Modern Italy sheds new light on the place of music in complex, previously misunderstood environments.Trade ReviewBowring, Cypess, and Malamut's collection provides valuable insights into this unique and colorful period of Jewish history, a zigzag of alternating oppression and acceptance, a complex of negotiated identities. -- Joshua R. Jacobson * Early Music America *Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of Musical ExamplesList of TablesEditorial PrinciplesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, by Rebecca Cypess1. Written in Italian, Heard as Jewish: Reconsidering the Notated Sources of Italian Jewish Music , by Francesco Spagnolo2. Miriam's Timbrel: The Decameron as Exodus, by Aaron Beck3. Traces of Jewish Music and Culture at the Urbino Court of Federico da Montefeltro , by J. Drew Stephen4. The Peripatetic Career of a Converted Jew: The Music Theorist Pietro Aaron , by Bonnie J. Blackburn5. A Fire, a Fight, and a Knight: Elye Bokher in Verse and Song , by Avery Gosfield6. The Bassanos at the Court of Henry VIII: A Story of Cooperation and Protection , by Dongmyung Ahn7. Jewish and Converted Musicians and Musical Instruments Makers in Southern Italy in the Fifteenth through Early Seventeenth Centuries, by Luigi Sisto8. Salamone Rossi's Songs of Solomon: The Pleasures and Pains of Marginality, by Stefano Patuzzi9. Orality and Literacy in the Worlds of Salamone Rossi , by Rebecca Cypess and Lynette Bowring10. L'Accademia degli Impediti: A Reevaluation , by Liza MalamutBibliography: Manuscript SourcesPrinted SourcesPrinted ScoresDiscographyIndex

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Book SynopsisHighlighting the multifaceted experience of music within Jewish communities, Music and Jewish Culture in Early Modern Italy sheds new light on the place of music in complex, previously misunderstood environments.Trade ReviewBowring, Cypess, and Malamut's collection provides valuable insights into this unique and colorful period of Jewish history, a zigzag of alternating oppression and acceptance, a complex of negotiated identities. -- Joshua R. Jacobson * Early Music America *Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of Musical ExamplesList of TablesEditorial PrinciplesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, by Rebecca Cypess1. Written in Italian, Heard as Jewish: Reconsidering the Notated Sources of Italian Jewish Music , by Francesco Spagnolo2. Miriam's Timbrel: The Decameron as Exodus, by Aaron Beck3. Traces of Jewish Music and Culture at the Urbino Court of Federico da Montefeltro , by J. Drew Stephen4. The Peripatetic Career of a Converted Jew: The Music Theorist Pietro Aaron , by Bonnie J. Blackburn5. A Fire, a Fight, and a Knight: Elye Bokher in Verse and Song , by Avery Gosfield6. The Bassanos at the Court of Henry VIII: A Story of Cooperation and Protection , by Dongmyung Ahn7. Jewish and Converted Musicians and Musical Instruments Makers in Southern Italy in the Fifteenth through Early Seventeenth Centuries, by Luigi Sisto8. Salamone Rossi's Songs of Solomon: The Pleasures and Pains of Marginality, by Stefano Patuzzi9. Orality and Literacy in the Worlds of Salamone Rossi , by Rebecca Cypess and Lynette Bowring10. L'Accademia degli Impediti: A Reevaluation , by Liza MalamutBibliography: Manuscript SourcesPrinted SourcesPrinted ScoresDiscographyIndex

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Book SynopsisWhat were the methods and educational philosophies of music teachers in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance? What did students study? What were the motivations of teacher and student? This title addresses these topics and others to understand the identities of music teachers and students from 650 to 1650 in Western Europe.Trade ReviewRecommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty.April 2011 * Choice *The editors and authors of this volume have put together an important collection of essays ... [T]he volume as a whole represents a worthy attempt to treat musical pedagogy in an historical manner and ... the authors and editors are to be congratulated. * The Medieval Review *[These essays] address the multifaceted topic of music education in Western Europe over a long span . . . and offer much new information, in part by focusing on places and social groups often previously treated as marginal. . . . One hopes that this engaging collection of essays will spur others to investigate this vast and fascinating topic. Fall 2011 * Early Music America *What is distinctive and welcome about this book is its musicological focus on pedagogy, music education, and the history of education which serves to expand the horizons of our field of study. * British Journal of Music Education *The essays gathered in this volume confirm for us that the study of musical pedagogy in the Middle Ages and Renaissance continues to receive the proper attention it so richly deserves. These contributions present an exciting perspective about the many approaches to themes found under the large umbrella of musical instruction and study, as well as the fascinating fruits that come to bear after their in-depth exploration. This volume is not only a welcome addition to scholarship on this topic but also a telling indicator of new research to come. * Journal of Musicological Research *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Reading and Writing the Pedagogy of the Past / Russell E. Murray, Jr., Susan Forscher Weiss, and Cynthia J. CyrusPerspective 11. Some Introductory Remarks on Musical Pedagogy / James HaarPart 1 Medieval Pedagogy2. Guido d'Arezzo, Ut queant laxis, and Musical Understanding / Dolores Pesce3. Some Thoughts on Music Pedagogy in the Carolingian Era / Charles M. Atkinson4. Medieval Musical Education as Seen through Sources Outside the Realm of Music Theory / Susan BoyntonPart 2 Renaissance Places of Learning5. "Sang Schwylls" and "Music Schools": Music Education in Scotland, 1560–1650 / Gordon Munro6. A Proper Musical Education for Antwerp's Women / Kristine K. Forney7. Juan Bermudo, Self-instruction, and the Amateur Instrumentalist / John GriffithsPerspective 28. The Humanist and the Commonplace Book: Education in Practice / Anthony GraftonPart 3 Renaissance Materials and Contexts9. Musical Commonplaces in the Renaissance / Peter Schubert10. Music Education and the Conduct of Life in Early Modern England: A Review of the Sources / Pamela F. Starr11. Vandals, Students, or Scholars? Handwritten Clues in Renaissance Music Textbooks / Susan Forscher WeissPart 4 Music Education in the Convent12. The Educational Practices of Benedictine Nuns: A Salzburg Abbey Case Study / Cynthia J. Cyrus13. Nun Musicians as Teachers and Students in Early Modern Spain / Colleen BaadePart 5 The Teacher14. Isaac the Teacher: Pedagogy and Literacy in Florence, ca. 1488 / Blake Wilson15. Zacconi as Teacher: A Pedagogical Style in Words and Deeds / Russell E. Murray, Jr.16. The Good Maestro: Pietro Cerone on the Pedagogical Relationship / Gary TownePerspective 317. You Can Tell a Book by Its Cover: Reflections on Format in English Music "Theory" / Jessie Ann OwensContributorsIndex

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