The Story of Christian Music: From Gregorian Chant to Black Gospel : an Authoritative Illustrated Guide to All the Major Traditions of Music for Worship

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Fortress Press, 2003 - Music - 256 pages
A fascinating illustrated guide to all the major traditions of music in worship.
 

Contents

Introduction
9
Music in the
16
Music in the Early
24
The Monastic
33
Music for the Liturgy
42
From Gregorian
49
Wycliffes Challenge
55
The Swiss Reformers
64
Revival in
138
The Greek Orthodox
150
The Russian Orthodox
156
Christianity East
166
The Independent
177
Africans in America
191
White
200
The United States
207

The Catholic
72
The Power of Music
81
The Music of
87
J S Bach
93
English Congregational
110
Music in the Courts
120
The Decline of
130
Roman Catholic Music
214
Vatican II and
223
Music in Britain
234
The Popular Stream
240
Footnotes
247
Index 254
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