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"The Complete Book of Hymns" brings to life the stories behind more
than 600 hymns and worship songs. With background on the composer,
the inspiration behind the lyrics, scriptural references for
devotional consideration, and a sampling of the song lyrics, this
book brings forth the message of these great songs of the faith
like never before!
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God's Love
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Douglas George
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The first in-depth study of the ceremonial and music performed at
British royal and state funerals over the past 400 years. British
royal and state funerals are among the most elaborate and solemn
occasions in European history. This book is the first in-depth
study of the ceremonial and the music performed at these events
over the past 400 years, fromthe funeral of Elizabeth I in 1603.
Covering funerals of both royalty and non-royalty, including
Nelson, Wellington and Churchill, this study goes up to the
funerals of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 2002 and the
ceremonial funeral of Baroness Thatcher in 2013. While some of
these funerals have received a good deal of attention - especially
the 1997 funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales - these extraordinary
events have largely not been discussed in their longer historical
context. The book examines the liturgical changes in the Anglican
funeral rite since the Reformation and also the change from the
so-called 'public' to 'private' funerals. It includes many new
findings onthe development of the ceremonial and its intricate
peculiarities, as well as new insights into the music and its
performance. British Royal and State Funerals shows that, despite a
strong emphasis on continuity in the choice of music, the
ceremonial itself has shown an astonishing flexibility over the
last four centuries. Overall, the book also contributes to the
debate on the monarchy's changing public image over time by paying
particular attention to topics such as tradition and propaganda.
Drawing on substantial research in principal libraries and
archives, including those of Westminster Abbey, the College of
Arms, Lambeth Palace and the British Library, this book is an
exhaustive resource for musicologists, musicians and historians
alike, providing an unprecedented insight into this most sombre of
royal and state occasions. MATTHIAS RANGE is author of Music and
Ceremonial at British Coronations (2012). He is a post-doctoral
researcher for the Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music and its
partner AHRC-funded Tudor Partbooks project at the Faculty of
Music, University of Oxford.
Comparative studies of medieval chant traditions in western Europe,
Byzantium and the Slavic nations illuminate music, literacy and
culture. Gregorian chant was the dominant liturgical music of the
medieval period, from the time it was adopted by Charlemagne's
court in the eighth century; but for centuries afterwards it
competed with other musical traditions, local repertories from the
great centres of Rome, Milan, Ravenna, Benevento, Toledo,
Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Kievan Rus, and comparative study of
these chant traditions can tell us much about music, liturgy,
literacy and culture a thousand years ago. This is the first
book-length work to look at the issues in a global, comprehensive
way, in the manner of the work of Kenneth Levy, the leading
exponent of comparative chant studies. It covers the four most
fruitful approaches for investigators: the creation and
transmission of chant texts, based on the psalms and other sources,
and their assemblage into liturgical books; the analysis and
comparison of musical modes and scales; the usesof neumatic
notation for writing down melodies, and the differences wrought by
developmental changes and notational reforms over the centuries;
and the use of case studies, in which the many variations in a
specific text or melodyare traced over time and geographical
distance. The book is therefore of profound importance for
historians of medieval music or religion - Western, Byzantine, or
Slavonic - and for anyone interested in issues of orality and
writing in the transmission of culture. PETER JEFFERY is Professor
of Music History, Princeton University. Contributors: JAMES W.
McKINNON, MARGOT FASSLER, MICHEL HUGLO, NICOLAS SCHIDLOVSKY, KEITH
FALCONER, PETER JEFFERY, DAVID G.HUGHES, SYSSE GUDRUN ENGBERG,
CHARLES M. ATKINSON, MILOS VELIMIROVIC, JORGEN RAASTED+, RUTH
STEINER, DIMITRIJE STEFANOVIC, ALEJANDRO PLANCHART.
Rod Ismay has a passion (some would say obsession) for the Tour de
France. If you think you know someone who is obsessed, think again,
but fortunately Rod's issues found their natural home when his
native Yorkshire became the host for the 2014 Grand Depart. Rod
also has another passion - as well as cycling he is quite keen on
bell-ringing, so why not combine the two? Why not get all the bells
ringing along the Tour route, why not organise countless events,
countless meetings, why not drag in churches far and wide, why not
involve your employer, your friends, your family, why not
photo-bomb five-time Tour winner Bernard Hinault? Rod threw
himself, his King of the Mountains jersey and his endless
enthusiasm head first into making this Grand Depart about as good
and memorable as it could be. Rod has written with passion about
Yorkshire, its people, those two stages of the world's greatest
cycle race and the churches, ringing their bells all along the race
route. If you like cycling then you will love this book. If you
know Yorkshire then you will read this book with pride. If you are
thinking of marrying a Tour de France obsessive then you need to
read this book first.
Contemporary worship music shapes the way evangelical Christians
understand worship itself. Author Monique M. Ingalls argues that
participatory worship music performances have brought into being
new religious social constellations, or "modes of congregating".
Through exploration of five of these modes-concert, conference,
church, public, and networked congregations-Singing the
Congregation reinvigorates the analytic categories of
"congregation" and "congregational music." Drawing from theoretical
models in ethnomusicology and congregational studies, Singing the
Congregation reconceives the congregation as a fluid, contingent
social constellation that is actively performed into being through
communal practice-in this case, the musically-structured
participatory activity known as "worship." "Congregational
music-making" is thereby recast as a practice capable of weaving
together a religious community both inside and outside local
institutional churches. Congregational music-making is not only a
means of expressing local concerns and constituting the local
religious community; it is also a powerful way to identify with
far-flung individuals, institutions, and networks that comprise
this global religious community. The interactions among the
congregations reveal widespread conflicts over religious authority,
carrying far-ranging implications for how evangelicals position
themselves relative to other groups in North America and beyond.
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Music and the Wesleys
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Nicholas Temperley; Edited by Stephen 0 Banfield; Contributions by Stephen 0 Banfield, Jonathan Barry, Martin V. Clarke, …
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Providing new insight into the Wesley family, the fundamental
importance of music in the development of Methodism, and the
history of art music in Britain, Music and the Wesleys examines
more than 150 years of a rich music-making tradition in England.
John Wesley and his brother Charles, founders of the Methodist
movement, considered music to be a vital part of religion, while
Charles's sons Charles and Samuel and grandson Samuel Sebastian
were among the most important English composers of their time. This
book explores the conflicts faced by the Wesleys but also
celebrates their triumphs: John's determination to elevate the
singing of his flock; the poetry of Charles's hymns and their
musical treatment in both Britain and America; the controversial
family concerts by which Charles launched his sons on their
careers; the prolific output of Charles the younger; Samuel's range
and rugged individuality as a composer; the oracular boldness of
Sebastian's religious music and its reception around the
English-speaking world. Exploring British concert life, sacred
music forms, and hymnology, the contributors analyze the political,
cultural, and social history of the Wesleys' enormous influence on
English culture and religious practices. Contributors are Stephen
Banfield, Jonathan Barry, Martin V. Clarke, Sally Drage, Peter S.
Forsaith, Peter Holman, Peter Horton, Robin A. Leaver, Alyson
McLamore, Geoffrey C. Moore, John Nightingale, Philip Olleson,
Nicholas Temperley, J. R. Watson, Anne Bagnall Yardley, and Carlton
R. Young.
The performance and composition of liturgical music at El Escorial
re-examined. Philip II of Spain founded the great Spanish monastery
and royal palace of El Escorial in 1563, promoting within it a
musical foundation whose dual function as royal chapel and
monastery in the service of a Counter Reformation monarch was
unique; this volume explores the performance and composition of
liturgical music there from its beginnings to the death of Charles
II in 1700. It traces the ways in which music styles and practices
responded to the the changing functions of the institution,
challenging notions about Spanish musical patronage, scrutinising
musical manuscripts, uncovering the biographical details of
hundreds of musicians, and examining musical practices. Michael
Noone is Professor of Musicology at the University of Hong Kong.
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