Thirteen Centuries of English Church Music
Author | : W. H. Parry |
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Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 1946 |
Genre | : Church music |
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Author | : W. H. Parry |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 1946 |
Genre | : Church music |
ISBN | : |
Author | : W. H. PARRY (Writer on Music.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1946 |
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Author | : Erik Routley |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : Church music |
ISBN | : 0264674405 |
Ranging from the medieval period to the present day, this is a brief history of church music as it has developed through the English tradition. Described as a quick journey, it provides a broad historical survey rather than an in-depth study of the subject, and also predicts likely future trends.
Author | : Andrew Gant |
Publisher | : Profile Books |
Total Pages | : 605 |
Release | : 2015-09-24 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1782830502 |
Andrew Gant's compelling account traces English church music from Anglo-Saxon origins to the present. It is a history of the music and of the people who made, sang and listened to it. It shows the role church music has played in ordinary lives and how it reflects those lives back to us. The author considers why church music remains so popular and frequently tops the classical charts and why the BBC's Choral Evensong remains the longest-running radio series ever. He shows how England's church music follows the contours of its history and is the soundtrack of its changing politics and culture, from the mysteries of the Mass to the elegant decorum of the Restoration anthem, from stern Puritanism to Victorian bombast, and thence to the fractured worlds of the twentieth century as heard in the music of Vaughan Williams and Britten. This is a book for everyone interested in the history of English music, culture and society.
Author | : Andrew Gant |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 481 |
Release | : 2017-03-22 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 022646976X |
This history of English church music is “one of the wittiest and most whimsically irreverent works of scholarship in recent memory” (The Christian Century). For as long as people have worshipped together, music has played a key role in church life. Here, Andrew Gant offers a fascinating history of English church music, from the Latin chant of late antiquity to the great proliferation of styles seen in contemporary repertoires. The ornate complexity of pre-Reformation Catholic liturgies revealed the exclusive nature of this form of worship. By contrast, simple English psalms, set to well-known folk songs, summed up the aims of the Reformation with its music for everyone. The Enlightenment brought hymns, the Methodists and Victorians a new delight in the beauty and emotion of worship. Today, church music mirrors our multifaceted worldview, embracing the sounds of pop and jazz along with the more traditional music of choir and organ. And reflecting its truly global reach, the influence of English church music can be found in everything from masses sung in Korean to American Sacred Harp singing. From medieval chorales to “Amazing Grace,” West Gallery music to Christmas carols, English church music has broken through the boundaries of time, place, and denomination to remain familiar and cherished everywhere. O Sing unto the Lord is the biography of a tradition, a book that “celebrates the sheer pleasure of raising a joyful sound to the Lord” (The Guardian). “What, fundamentally, is the function of church music, and why have clerical authorities often been suspicious of how much attention music receives? Gant engages these questions in intelligent, energetic prose.” —Publishers Weekly “Excellent . . . this authoritative and engaging history brings so much light and warmth to the subject.” —Sunday Times “The beauty of relating Christian history this way is that it broadens the focus to include the listening laity, not just the clergy or the church establishment.” —Foreword Reviews
Author | : Erik Routley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Church music |
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First published in 1964.
Author | : Christopher Dearnley |
Publisher | : London : Barrie & Jenkins |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Music |
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Author | : Suzanne Cole |
Publisher | : Boydell Press |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781843833802 |
A survey of the huge importance of Thomas Tallis, the `Father of Church Music', on Victorian musical life. In Victorian England, Tallis was ever-present: in performances of his music, in accounts of his biography, and through his representation in physical monuments. Known in the nineteenth century as the 'Father of English Church Music', Tallis occupies a central position in the history of the music of the Anglican Church. This book examines in detail the reception of two works that lie at the stylistic extremes of his output: Spem in alium, revived in the 1830s, though generally not greatly admired, and the Responses, which were very popular. A close study of the performances, manuscripts and editions of these works casts light on the intersections between the antiquarian, liturgical and aesthetic goals of nineteenth-century editors and musicians. By tracing Tallis's reception in nineteenth-century England, the author charts the hold Tallis had on the Victorians and the ways in which Anglican - and English - identity was defined and challenged. Dr SUE COLE is a research associate at the Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne.
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Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Church music |
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Author | : W. H. Parry |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1977-04 |
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ISBN | : 9780849027451 |