The forms and orders of Western liturgy from the tenth to the eighteenth century
Subtitle: a historical introduction and guide for students and musicians
By: John Harper.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Europe -- Liturgy; Church of England -- Liturgy; Liturgics; Church music -- Catholic Church; Church music -- Anglican Communion; Anglican Communion -- Liturgy
Description: An introduction to the principal forms and orders of Western liturgy between about 900 and 1700, this book explains their nature and basic historical origin, and presents in detail the contents and orders of principal services as well as additional and special forms of worship. This book emphasizes the mainstream of Western liturgy derived from the medieval Roman Rite as found in secular and monastic churches. After the Reformation it concentrates on the rites of the Roman Catholic church and the Church of England. Harper discusses the nature of liturgy and provides an historical summary and individual chapters on medieval churches and their communities, the Christian calendar, medieval liturgical books, the Psalms, the Office, the Mass, Processions and Additional Observances, Holy Week and Easter, the Tridentine Rite, and the English Book of Common Prayer. Harper concludes with two chapters which raise the problems of establishing the order of a liturgical service, and introduces selected medieval sources accessible in facsimile or edition. A select, annotated bibliography and a glossary of ecclesiastical and liturgical terms are included.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-285) and index.