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Book SynopsisThe music, religion, and relationships of the exceptional Wesley family
Trade Review"A major contribution to our understanding of church music, the Wesley family, and concert life in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by leading experts in the field. There is truly no competitor for this volume."--David W. Music, author of
Christian Hymnody in Twentieth-Century Britain and America: An Annotated Bibliography"Excellent collection of essays. . . . The Wesley family was a remarkable dynasty and
Music and the Wesleys is a significant contribution to the examination of their legacy."--
The Journal of the Association of Anglican MusiciansTable of ContentsEditors' Preface
vii Family Tree
ix Abbreviations
xi Introduction
xiiiNicholas Temperley PART 1: MUSIC AND METHODISM 1. John Wesley, Music, and the People Called Methodists
3Nicholas Temperley 2. Charles Wesley and the Music of Poetry
26J. R. Watson 3.
Psalms and Hymns and
Hymns and Sacred Poems: Two Strands of Wesleyan Hymn Collections
41Robin A. Leaver 4. John Frederick Lampe's
Hymns on the Great Festivals and Other Occasions 52
Martin V. Clarke 5. Methodist Anthems: The Set Piece in English Psalmody (1750-1850)
52Sally Drage 6. The Music of Methodism in Nineteenth-Century America
77Anne Bagnall Yardley 7. Eucharistic Piety in American Methodist Hymnody (1786-1889)
88Geoffrey C. Moore 8. The Musical Settings of Charles Wesley's Hymns (1742 to 2008)
103Carlton R. YoungPART 2: THE WESLEY MUSICIANS 9. Style, Will, and the Environment: Three Composers at Odds with History
121Stephen Banfield 10. Charles Wesley's Family and the Musical Life of Bristol
141Jonathan Barry 11. Pictorial Precocity: John Russell's Portraits of Charles and Samuel Wesley
154Peter S. Forsaith 12. Harmony and Discord in the Wesley Family Concerts
164Alyson McLamore 13. Father and Sons: Charles, Samuel, and Charles the Younger
175Philip Olleson 14. Samuel Wesley as an Antiquarian Composer
183Peter Holman 15. The Anthem Texts and Word Setting of Sebastian Wesley
200Peter Horton 16. The Legacy of Sebastian Wesley
216Stephen Banfield and Nicholas Temperley Appendix 1: Catalogue of Compositions by Charles Wesley the Younger
231 Methodist Hymnals Cited
242 Bibliography
245 Contributors
263 Index
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