Music in the history of the western church
By: with an introduction on religious music among primitive and ancient peoples.
Publisher: Greenwood Press; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 1969
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 426
Subjects: Church music.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 411-415.
"Originally published in 1902. First Greenwood reprinting, 1969."
"A few of the chapters in this work have appeared in somewhat modified form in the American Catholic quarterly review, the Bibliotheca sacra, and Music."
Table of contents: title: Primitive and ancient religious music.; title: Ritual and song in the early Christian church.; title: The liturgy of the Catholic Church.; title: The ritual chant of the Catholic Church.; title: The development of mediæval chorus music.; title: The modern musical mass.; title: The rise of Lutheran hymnody.; title: Rise of the German cantata and passion.; title: The culmination of German Protestant music: Johann Sebastian Bach.; title: The musical system of the Church of England.; title: Congregational song in England and America.; title: Problems of church music in America.