The Anthem Book of the United Free Church of Scotland

The Anthem Book of the United Free Church of Scotland

Author: United Free Church of Scotland

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-04

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 9780267787166

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Excerpt from The Anthem Book of the United Free Church of Scotland: Issued by Authority; Recommended for Use by the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1909 After the union of the Free and United Presb terian Churches in 1900, a desire was expressed that should be prepared for use in the congregations of the United Church, and accordingly, in 1902, the General Assembly remitted to the Praise Committee to prepare and issue an Anthem Book for use in congregations. In carrying out this remit the Committee have judged it expedient to restrict the collection to anthems in the rendering of which the congregation, as well as the choir, may take part. They have endeavoured to provide an adequate supply of material suited to the needs of the many congregations of the church where it is desirable that the music employed should be of a somewhat simple nature; but they have also included com positions presenting greater degrees of difficulty to meet the requirements of congregations of higher musical attainments. The anthems have been arranged according to their opening texts in the order of the books of Scripture, those with words not taken from Scripture being placed at the end; but for convenience in selection, a classified index has been added, in which the anthems are arranged according to topics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Complete Anthems

Complete Anthems

Author: John Goss

Publisher: A-R Editions, Inc.

Published: 2015-01-01

Total Pages: 523

ISBN-13: 0895798174

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This edition of the anthems of John Goss (1800–1880) includes a large number of works that have been unavailable beyond their initial nineteenth-century printing. The anthems range from short works in hymnbook format to expansive anthems in choral score frequently employing verse and solo sections. Goss’s music entered British consciousness on a national level with the inclusion of two choral works at Wellington’s funeral (one of which was fully orchestrated and is included in this edition), and after this point his music was featured on numerous occasions of national importance. There is a lyrical elegance to Goss’s writing, coupled with a compositional integrity that few mastered so consistently, that places his output in a special category within the lineage of English cathedral music. Whether the works are one-page miniatures, or substantial pieces of multiple pages, the understanding of prosody, especially in relation to sacred texts, is notably accomplished. Today his works afford performers fine setting of texts that are easily applicable to liturgies of our own time, whether large or small, across multiple denominations.


Spiritual Home

Spiritual Home

Author: Charles D. Cashdollar

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2010-11-01

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780271043555

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A Spiritual Home explores congregational life inside British and American Reformed churches between 1830 and 1915. At a time when scholars have become interested in the day-to-day experience of local congregations, this book reaches back into the nineteenth century, a critically formative period in Anglo-American religious life, to examine the historical roots of congregational life.Taking the perspective of the laity, Cashdollar ranges widely from worship and music to fund-raising and administration, from pastoral care to social work, from prayer meetings to strawberry festivals, from the sanctuary to the kitchen. Firmly rooted in broader currents of gender, class, notions of middle-class respectability, increasing expectations for personal privacy, and patterns of professionalization, he finds that there was a gradual shift in emphasis during these years from piety to fellowship. Based on records, publications, and memorabilia from about 150 congregations representing eight denominations, A Spiritual Home gives us a comprehensive, composite portrait of religious life in Victorian Britain and America.


Lost Chords and Christian Soldiers

Lost Chords and Christian Soldiers

Author: Ian Bradley

Publisher: SCM Press

Published: 2013-07-22

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0334049938

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Arthur Sullivan is best known as W. S. Gilbert's collaborator in the Savoy Operas. Sullivan was regarded as the nation's leading composer of sacred oratorios on a par with Mendelssohn and Brahms. Ian Bradley provides the first detailed, comprehensive, critical study and review of Sullivan's church and sacred music.


The Bookseller

The Bookseller

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1905

Total Pages: 1218

ISBN-13:

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