There have been numerous publications in the last decades on the
Bible in literature, film, and art. But until now, no reference
work has yet appeared on the Bible as it appears in Western music.
In The Bible in Music: A Dictionary of Songs, Works, and More,
scholars Siobhan Dowling Long and John F. A. Sawyer correct this
gap in Biblical reference literature, providing for the first time
a convenient guide to musical interpretations of the Bible.
Alongside examples of classical music from the Middle Ages through
modern times, Dowling Long and Sawyer also bring attention to the
Bible's impact on popular culture with numerous entries on hymns,
spirituals, musicals, film music, and contemporary popular music.
Each entry contains essential information about the original
context of the work (date, composer, etc.) and, where relevant, its
afterlife in literature, film, politics, and liturgy. It includes
an index of biblical references and an index of biblical names, as
well as a detailed timeline that brings to the fore key events,
works, and publications, placing them in their historical context.
There is also a bibliography, a glossary of technical terms, and an
index of artists, authors, and composers. The Bible in Music will
fascinate anyone familiar with the Bible, but it is also designed
to encourage choirs, musicians, musicologists, lecturers, teachers,
and students of music and religious education to discover and
perform some less well-known pieces, as well as helping them to
listen to familiar music with a fresh awareness of what it is
about.
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