Music-Religious-Christian

In the late fifteenth century the newly built Sistine Chapel was home to a vigorous culture of musical composition and performance. Josquin des Prez stood at its center, singing and composing for the pope's private choir. Josquin's Rome offers a new reading of the...

I arranged fourteen carols for all advanced players. You can demonstrate technique skill because I added one or more extra variations to each song that I composed. Whether you play carols under the Christmas tree or Nativity scene at the church, I wish you...

Here are five brief dramatic monologues that tell the Christmas story through the eyes of Mary. A suggested order of worship includes hymns, scripture, and a candlelighting ceremony, but the monologues could be used throughout Advent during the lighting of the Advent candles, in...

There is no doubt that the task of preaching can sometimes be overwhelming. Combining veteran wisdom, practicality, and a contagious reverence for the beauty of God's Word, veteran pastor James C. Howell leads pastors and teachers through the joyful and perplexing craft and practice...

Having led and played on worship teams for the last thirty years in various streams of the Body of Christ, Craig shares his journey from musician to worshipper to worship leader with humor and insight. Whether you are on a team, in leadership, or...

(Easy Piano Songbook). Easy arrangements of 128 holiday favorites: All Through the Night * Auld Lang Syne * Away in a Manger * Bells over Bethlehem * The Birthday of a King * The Boar's Head Carol * Coventry Carol * The First Noel...

The Chant Book Companion to the Book of Common Prayer (1894) is a comprehensive guide for the use of chants in religious services. Written by Charles Vincent, this book is designed to accompany the Book of Common Prayer, a foundational text in the Anglican...

People hear and enjoy music but seldom consider how great a gift it is. God made human minds and bodies able to respond to musical sounds. Because each brain interprets the signals based on personal experience, reactions vary. Neuroscience is learning how a brain...

Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyoneAuthor: An Unknown MinstrelISBN-10: 116318490XISBN-13: 9781163184905Publisher: Kessinger PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/10/2010Pages: 212Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

One of the benefits of the multicultural nature of Christianity has been the introduction of the Western church to worship music from around the world. However, while many songs from other parts of the world are now available in Western hymnal collections, little has...

This is a liturgics guide for Orthodox choir directors, covering the order of services for the various types of Vespers, Matins, Divine Liturgies, Sacramental Services, and Non-Sacramental Services.Author: David BarrettISBN-10: 0991590511ISBN-13: 9780991590513Publisher: Orthodox Liturgical PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/07/2015Pages: 454Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x...

A liturgics guide for Orthodox choir directors, covering the details for funerals, interments, and memorials, as well as Lenten services and the services for Holy Week, Pascha, and Bright Week.Author: David BarrettISBN-10: 099159052XISBN-13: 9780991590520Publisher: Orthodox Liturgical PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/25/2016Pages: 464Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.14lbsSize: 8.27h x...

This ensemble collection offers an excellent opportunity for pianists to enhance their holiday performances with the addition of other solo instruments. The arrangements are accessible for most performers and provide fresh, new settings for these traditional melodies. The solo instrument part is notated on...

Analysis of Latin sacred music written during the century illustrates the rapid and marked change in style and sophistication. Winner of the 2007 AMS Robert M. Stevenson prize The arrival of Francisco de Peñalosa at the Aragonese court in May 1498 marks something of...

Reference work for musicologists, music theorists, performers, and music loversFew western musical repertories speak more to the imagination than the Requiem mass for the dead. Yet, surprisingly, despite the significance of Requiem settings for our musical culture, the literature concerning them is sparse. The...

Author: Elaine Stratton HildISBN-10: 0197685919ISBN-13: 9780197685914Publisher: Oxford University Press, USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/27/2023Pages: 232Format: Hardcover

Author: James L. BrauerISBN-10: 1666781436ISBN-13: 9781666781434Publisher: Wipf & Stock PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/07/2023Pages: 162Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d

In The Spirit of Praise, Monique Ingalls and Amos Yong bring together a multidisciplinary, scholarly exploration of music and worship in global pentecostal-charismatic Christianity at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The Spirit of Praise contends that gaining a full understanding of this influential...

This monograph offers a comprehensive study of the topos of the malmariée or the unhappily married woman within the thirteenth-century motet repertory, a vocal genre characterized by several different texts sounding simultaneously over a foundational Latin chant. Part I examines the malmariée motets from...