The value of sacred music
Subtitle: an anthology of essential writings, 1801-1918
By: [compiled by] Jonathan L. Friedmann.
Contributors: Friedmann, Jonathan L., 1980-
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780786442010
Subjects: Music -- Religious aspects -- History; Church music
Description: "This collection essays explore issues of historicity, spirituality, standardization and other topics central to the study of Protestant, Catholic and Jewish sacred music from 1801 to 1918. This volume captures the breadth of scholarship available in the field, as well as serving as a useful introduction for those readers just beginning their study of sacred music"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins of sacred music. Bible history of music (1853) / Nathaniel D. Gould ; Spirit of Jewish music (1887) / Louis S. Davis ; Ancient Jewish hymns (1910) / Louis C. Elson ; Primitive and ancient religious music (1903) / Edward Dickinson ; Religion and the art of music (1914) / Waldo Selden Pratt; title: Music and spirituality. Music in relation to public worship (1881) / John Bulmer ; The mysticism of music (1915) / R. Heber Newton ; The emotions in music (1874) / E. Janes ; Music, emotions, and morals (1893) / Hugh Reginald Haweis; title: Standards of sacred music. The art of Gregorian music (1896) / Dom Andre Mocquereau ; Sing to the harp with a psalm of Thanksgiving (1801) / William Jones ; Church music : general considerations (1904) / A. Madeley Richardson ; Secular currents in synagogal chant in America (1918) / Joseph Reider ; Music as an aid to worship and work (1884) / W. H. Gladstone, W. Parratt, S. A. Barnett, and C. H. Hylton Stewart.