Church Music Through the Lens of Performance
Church Music Through the Lens of Performance

Author: Marcell Silva Steuernagel

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-03-14

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1000344789

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This book is an investigation into church music through the lens of performance theory, both as a discipline and as a theoretical framework. Scholars who address religious music making in general, and Christian church music in particular, use "performance" in a variety of ways, creating confusion around the term. A systematized performance vocabulary for the study of church music can support interdisciplinary investigations of Christian congregational music making in today’s complex, interconnected world. From the perspective of performance theory, all those involved in church musicking are performing, be it from platform or pew. The book employs a hybrid methodology that combines ethnographic research and theory from ritual studies, ethnomusicology, theology, and church music scholarship to establish performance studies as a possible "next step" in church music studies. It demonstrates the feasibility of studying church music as performance by analyzing ethnographic case studies using a developmental framework based on the concepts of ritual, embodiment, and play/change. This book offers a fresh perspective on Christian congregational music making. It will, therefore, be a key reference work for scholars working in Congregational Music Studies, Ethnomusicology, Ritual Studies and Performance Studies, as well as practitioners interested in examining their own church music practices.

From Memory to Imagination
From Memory to Imagination

Author: C. Randall Bradley

Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781467435888

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The relatively recent "worship wars" over styles of worship -- traditional, contemporary, or blended -- have calmed down, and many churches have now reached decisions about which "worship style" defines them. At a more fundamental level, however, change has yet to begin.In From Memory to Imagination Randall Bradley argues that fallout from the worship wars needs to be cleaned up and that fundamental cultural changes -- namely, the effects of postmodernism -- call for new approaches to worship. Outlining imaginative ways for the church to move forward, this book is a must-read for church leaders and anyone interested in worship music.

Music in the History of the Western Church
Music in the History of the Western Church

Author: Edward Dickinson

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-16

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Music in the History of the Western Church" (With an Introduction on Religious Music Among Primitive and Ancient Peoples) by Edward Dickinson. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Ministry of Music
The Ministry of Music

Author: Kenneth W. Osbeck

Publisher: Kregel Publications

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780825496769

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A practical handbook on music and its application in local church ministry. Widely used as a textbook in Bible schools.

Annunciations: Sacred Music for the Twenty-First Century
Annunciations: Sacred Music for the Twenty-First Century

Author: George Corbett

Publisher: Open Book Publishers

Published: 2019-05-01

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1783747293

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Our contemporary culture is communicating ever-increasingly through the visual, through film, and through music. This makes it ever more urgent for theologians to explore the resources of art for enriching our understanding and experience of the Judeo-Christian tradition. Annunciations: Sacred Music for the twenty-First Century, edited by George Corbett, answers this need, evaluating the relationship between the sacred and the composition, performance, and appreciation of music. Through the theme of ‘annunciations’, this volume interrogates how, when, why, through and to whom God communicates in the Old and New Testaments. In doing so, it tackles the intimate relationship between Scriptural reflection and musical practice in the past, its present condition, and what the future might hold. Annunciations comprises three parts. Part I sets out flexible theological and compositional frameworks for a constructive relationship between the sacred and music. Part II presents the reflections of theologians and composers involved in collaborating on new pieces of sacred choral music, alongside the six new scores and links to the recordings. Part III considers the reality of programming and performing sacred works today. This volume provides an indispensable resource for scholars and artists working at the interface between theology and the arts, and for those involved in sacred music. However, it will also be of interest to anyone concerned with the ways in which the Divine communicates through word and artistry to humanity.