Church and Worship Music

Church and Worship Music

Author: James Michael Floyd

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-31

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1135453799

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First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


Church and Worship Music in the United States

Church and Worship Music in the United States

Author: James Michael Floyd

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2016-08-12

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1317270363

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This fully updated second edition is a selective annotated bibliography of all relevant published resources relating to church and worship music in the United States. Over the past decade, there has been a growth of literature covering everything from traditional subject matter such as the organ works of J.S. Bach to newer areas of inquiry including folk hymnology, women and African-American composers, music as a spiritual healer, to the music of Mormon, Shaker, Moravian, and other smaller sects. With multiple indices, this book will serve as an excellent tool for librarians, researchers, and scholars sorting through the massive amount of material in the field.


American Musical Life in Context and Practice to 1865

American Musical Life in Context and Practice to 1865

Author: James R. Heintze

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-12-07

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 042977334X

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First published in 1994. This study covers a wide cross-section of topics, individuals, groups, and musical practices representing various regions and cities. The subjects discussed reflect the religious, ethnic, and social plurality of the American musical experience as well as the impact on cultural society provided by the arrival of new musical immigrants and the internal movements of musicians and musical practices. The essays are arranged principally on the basis of the historical chronology of the cultural practices and subjects discussed. Each article helps to shed additional light on cultural expressions through music in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America.


Choral Music in Nineteenth-century America

Choral Music in Nineteenth-century America

Author: N. Lee Orr

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9780810836648

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Choral music represented an important part of American cultural life during the nineteenth century, whether integral to worship or merely for entertainment. Despite this history, choral music remains one of the more neglected studies in the scholarly community. In an effort to fill this gap, N. Lee Orr and W. Dan Hardin offer a new approach to the study of choral music by mapping out and bringing bibliographical control to this expansive and challenging field of study. Their unique guide focuses on literature related to choral music in the United States from the end of the second decade of the nineteenth century through the earlier part of the twentieth century. Choral Music in Nineteenth-Century America explores the entire range of choral music conceived, written, published, rehearsed, and performed by an ensemble of singers gathered specifically to present the music before an audience or congregation. The guide expertly sifts through the extensive literature to cite the most notable sources for study and provides individual chapters on the leading nineteenth-century composers who were instrumental in the development of choral music.


The Music Sound

The Music Sound

Author: Nicolae Sfetcu

Publisher: Nicolae Sfetcu

Published: 2014-05-07

Total Pages: 6042

ISBN-13:

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A guide for music: compositions, events, forms, genres, groups, history, industry, instruments, language, live music, musicians, songs, musicology, techniques, terminology , theory, music video. Music is a human activity which involves structured and audible sounds, which is used for artistic or aesthetic, entertainment, or ceremonial purposes. The traditional or classical European aspects of music often listed are those elements given primacy in European-influenced classical music: melody, harmony, rhythm, tone color/timbre, and form. A more comprehensive list is given by stating the aspects of sound: pitch, timbre, loudness, and duration. Common terms used to discuss particular pieces include melody, which is a succession of notes heard as some sort of unit; chord, which is a simultaneity of notes heard as some sort of unit; chord progression, which is a succession of chords (simultaneity succession); harmony, which is the relationship between two or more pitches; counterpoint, which is the simultaneity and organization of different melodies; and rhythm, which is the organization of the durational aspects of music.


The Hymnal 1982 Companion

The Hymnal 1982 Companion

Author: Raymond F. Glover

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 792

ISBN-13: 9780898691436

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The complete four-volume set includes major essays and relevant discussions of the musical forms in The Hymnal 1982 which cover such topics as popular religious song, cultural diversity, the relationship between The Hymnal 1982 and the liturgies of The Book of Common Prayer, the development of service music in the Episcopal Church, hymn forms, and a brief history of Christian hymnody in the United States and Britain. In addition, complete information is given on all hymns and service music which includes the sources of text and music as well as biographical and technical facts. (2,949 pp)


Hymnal Collections of North America

Hymnal Collections of North America

Author: Tina M. Schneider

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780810847064

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An alphabetic listing with references of collectors and collections, both public and private.