The Story of Christian Music: From Gregorian Chant to Black Gospel : an Authoritative Illustrated Guide to All the Major Traditions of Music for WorshipA 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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The Story of Christian Music: An Illustrated Guide to All the Major ... Andrew Wilson-Dickson No preview available - 2003 |
The Story of Christian Music: From Gregorian Chant to Black Gospel : an ... Andrew Wilson-Dickson No preview available - 1996 |
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