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Andrew Shenton
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Publisher
Lexington Books
Published
June 2017
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Author
Andrew Shenton
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Lexington Books
Published
June 2017
£103.07
Free UK Delivery
Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days
Exploring Christian Song
Today's Price £103.07
This essay collection celebrates the richness of Christian musical tradition across its two thousand year history and across the globe. Opening with a consideration of the fourth-century lamp-lighting hymn Phos hilaron and closing with reflections on contemporary efforts of Ghanaian composers to create Christian worship music in African idioms, the ten contributors engage with a broad ecumenical array of sacred music. Topics encompass Roman Catholic sacred music in medieval and Renaissance Europe, German Lutheran song in the eighteenth century, English hymnody in colonial America, Methodist hymnody adopted by Southern Baptists in the nineteenth century, and Genevan psalmody adapted to respond to the post-war tribulations of the Hungarian Reformed Church. The scope of the volume is further diversified by the inclusion of contemporary Christian topics that address the evangelical methods of a unique Orthodox Christian composer's language, the shared aims and methods of African-American preaching and gospel music, and the affective didactic power of American evangelical "praise and worship" music. New material on several key composers, including Jacob Obrecht, J.S.
Bach, George Philipp Telemann, C.P.E. Bach, Zoltan Kodaly, and Arvo Part, appears within the book. Taken together, these essays embrace a stimulating variety of interdisciplinary analytical and methodological approaches, drawing on cultural, literary critical, theological, ritual, ethnographical, and media studies. The collection contributes to discussions of spirituality in music and, in particular, to the unifying aspects of Christian sacred music across time, space, and faith traditions. This collection celebrates the fifteenth anniversary of the Society for Christian Scholarship in Music.
Author
Andrew Shenton
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Lexington Books
Published
June 2017
Weight
518g
Page Count
264
Dimensions
153 x 229 x 17 mm
ISBN
9781498549905
ISBN-10
149854990X
Eden Code
4519066
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Author/Creator: Andrew Shenton
ISBN: 9781498549905
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date: June 2017
Weight: 518g
Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 17 mm
Eden Code: 4519066