Music-Religious-Christian

Although the choral arrangements of the African-American spirituals constitute the largest group of folk song arrangements in western literature, they have received little scholarly attention. This book provides the needed historical and stylistic information about the spirituals and the arrangements. It traces the history...

Get in the Christmas spirit with this unique collection of the most beloved Christmas carols, from the warmly nostalgic to the majestically solemn and uplifting.The book features one carol for each day from December first to Christmas Eve and presents both the lyrics and...

As winging through fog fear vanished in the bright light of morning's true sky The aging process can be a confusing time that leads many of us to wonder about the meaning and purpose of our existence as we move forward into later-life. The...

As winging through fog fear vanished in the bright light of morning's true sky The aging process can be a confusing time that leads many of us to wonder about the meaning and purpose of our existence as we move forward into later-life. The...

This collection of ten essays constitutes the proceedings of a two-day conference held at Harvard in October 2007. The conference focused on three medieval manuscripts of Ambrosian chant owned by Houghton Library. The Ambrosian liturgy and its music, practiced in and around medieval Milan,...

Examines in detail the contexts of Brahms's masterpiece and demonstrates that, contrary to recent consensus, it was performed and received as an inherently Christian work during the composer's life. Despite its entirely biblical text, Brahms's long-beloved A German Requiem is now widely considered a...

Graham Kendrick takes readers behind the songs and into the inspiration which created them. At the age of 15 Kendrick dreamed of becoming a songwriter. Since that time his songs have become the soundtrack for the spiritual journeys of millions. Through the window of...

How does the entrance song of the Mass function within the Roman Rite? What can it express theologically? What should Roman Catholics sing at the beginning of Mass? In this groundbreaking study, Jason McFarland answers these and other important questions by exploring the history...

The book examines from various viewpoints Britten's War Requiem, written in 1962 to celebrate the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral and uniting the famous anti-war poetry of Wilfred Owen with the Latin Requiem Mass. Britten's and Owen's pacifist beliefs are compared, and the...

Estonian composer Arvo P舐t is a unique voice in today's music. Using a tonal idiom based on a mixture of scales and triads, P舐t created a style called "tintinnabuli." In this first full-length study, Paul Hillier draws on his own considerable experience working with...

Spirituals were an intrinsic part of the African-American plantation life and were sung at all important occasions and events. This volume is the first index of African-American spirituals to be published in more than half a century and will be an important research tool...

Questions of authorship are central to the late thirteenth-century motet repertoire represented by the seventh section or fascicle of the Montpellier Codex (Montpellier, Biblioth鑷ue interuniversitaire, Section de m馘ecine, H. 196, hereafter Mo). Mo does not explicitly attribute any of its compositions, but theoretical sources...

(Guitar Educational). The Hal Leonard Christian Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play guitar. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide uses well-known praise and worship songs to teach you the basics of guitar style and technique. The accompanying audio features all...

(Shawnee Press). Fanny J. Crosby (1820-1915) was one of the most prolific gospel writers of the 19th century, penning over 8,000 hymn texts. This collection features her most beloved and enduring hymns of faith, artfully arranged by Cindy Berry. From the gentle moments in...

From joyous gospel to deeply felt blues, this wonderful collection contains vintage songs sung and played through the years by black Americans -- at work, in church, and for pure entertainment. Included are spirituals, blues, work songs, and a variety of social and dance...

In the mid-1950s, Songwriter and World War II Veteran John Redmond set out to teach children their catechism using catchy contemporary tunes. Those efforts resulted in two albums: Seven Songs on the Seven Sacraments with The Ten Commandments Song for Little Children, and Twelve...

Christ's Own Forever is a unique resource developed with the varying needs of Episcopal communities of all sizes in mind. Flexible session plans are ideal for both one-on-one conversations with parents or meetings that include several families together.This interactive journal is designed to first...

A classic and indispensable resource for public worship and private devotion that speaks to people across a range of traditions - both within and beyond the church. Composed in response to the desire for worship language of worship that's inclusive of women's experience yet...

Author: Rachel CulverISBN-10: 1664248919ISBN-13: 9781664248915Publisher: WestBow PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2021Pages: 196Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.98lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

Beginnings in Ritual Studies lays the groundwork for the interdisciplinary study of ritual by broadening the conception of it and articulating its connections to a wide range of cultural activities. Accessible to scholars and students, Beginnings addresses such fundamental issues as definitions, types, and...

The purity and simplicity of Gregorian chant is what fed the musical and liturgical life of Christianity for more than a millennium before there were any Protestants. But after the reforms of the Vatican II councils in the 1960s, chant went into disuse. Gregorian...

This expanded edition of the official Burial Services of the Episcopal Church contains the newly authorized prayers and rites for the burial of a child. This edition is specifically intended for leaders of public worship.Author: Church PublishingISBN-10: 0898694817ISBN-13: 9780898694819Publisher: Church PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2005Pages: 150Format:...

Millions of Christians worldwide follow the liturgical Christian calendar in their worship services and in their own personal devotions. The seasons of the Christian year connect believers of diverse backgrounds and offer the sense of unity Jesus desired.Robert Webber believes that we can get...

Author: James F. EngelISBN-10: 0570013348ISBN-13: 9780570013341Publisher: Concordia Publishing HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1986Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 9.16h x 5.52w x 0.18d

(Piano Collection). This unique piano solo collection contains 18 carols arranged in the style of the classical masters. Includes: Away in a Manger (Rachmaninoff) * Deck the Hall (Beethoven) * Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Haydn) * Joy to the World (Handel) * O...

The heart of a mom is wrapped up in the people she loves -- her children, her husband, her co-workers, her friends. She wants to give them the very best of herself, but sometimes her busy schedule gets in the way of the most...

The Christian life can be a challenge at times. In our fast-paced world, it is often easy to get ahead of God's perfect timing for our lives. Whether you are single, married, or a Christian struggling in your walk with Christ, Blended Heart: Two...

Rev. Moffett through careful editing and assemblage of the sheet music in this Hymnal has preserved many of the traditional historic favorites vocals and musicals of the Great Christian Church and Religion. Compared to many of contemporary modern Christian Musical scores that lean toward...

The most famous musicians of early modern Milan were its cloistered nuns, despite the efforts of church officials to limit their musical lives. This book details the cultural context, religious traditions, musical styles, and personal meaning of the music written by and for them...

Deborah Justice teaches at the Setnor School of Music at Syracuse University and is Managing Director of the Cornell Concert Series at Cornell University. She is the author of Middle Eastern Music for Hammered Dulcimer.Author: Deborah JusticeISBN-10: 1438489625ISBN-13: 9781438489629Publisher: State University of New York...

J.C. Ryle was well known for his warm, plain-spoken candor, the kind which appeals to all souls regardless of rank or title, and this short book is no different. Bold, encouraging, and affectionate, "A Call to Prayer" is just as the title says-an earnest...

"A Call to Prayer" is the inspiring and encouraging treatise on the importance of prayer by J. C. Ryle, the acclaimed 19th century English Anglican bishop, author, and first bishop of Liverpool. Ryle was beloved by many all over the world for his kind...

Author: J. C. RyleISBN-10: 1611047900ISBN-13: 9781611047905Publisher: Waymark BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/03/2020Pages: 58Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d

Provides 50 hymn-tunes with thrilling last-verse accompaniments by such Church Music luminaries as Sir David Willcocks, George Guest, Herbert Sumsion, Martin How and Sydney Nicholson.Author: Gerald H. KnightISBN-10: 0854020179ISBN-13: 9780854020171Publisher: Royal School of Church MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1981Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.25w x...

Two questions lie at the heart of this rich, suggestive book: What are the theological implications of worship? and What are the liturgical implications of theology? Convinced that worship and theology are integrally related, the authors of A More Profound Alleluia show in practical...

A book all about the Welsh love of song, and the singing of hymns in particular, and how hymns and the religious movements and revivals of which they were part fired the Welsh imagination. By the middle of the nineteenth century, Wales - thanks...

(Harp). For beginning and advanced harpists. Each is arranged in an easy version and a more difficult version. Each carol also contains lyrics and chord indications for harpists or other instrumentalists. The two arrangements can also be played as a duet. Songs include: Angels...

Analyzes how White American mainline Protestants used the internal musical controversies of the turn-of-the-millennium Worship Wars to negotiate their shifting position within the nation's diversifying religious and sociopolitical ecosystems.Author: Deborah JusticeISBN-10: 1438489617ISBN-13: 9781438489612Publisher: State University of New York PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2022Pages: 266Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.24lbsSize:...

40 Old Time Hymns - Mandolin Songbook for Beginners with Tabs and Chords40 Old Time Hymns is a new book of songs from the past, and in my opinion, golden times. These 40 beautiful pearls are intended for people who, despite all the daily...

"This is my body," said Jesus at the Last Supper. What did he mean? Throughout church history, there have been various interpretations of his words. These differences have caused denominational ruptures that have yet to heal.In A Holy Meal, Gordon T. Smith shows that...

Beginning pianists will love playing the music of Christmas with this new volume of holiday songs in musically attractive, pedagogically sound, and fun-to-play arrangements. These expert settings explore a full and satisfying piano sound within the natural capabilities of the novice performer. Twenty holiday...

This collection of 100 melodies features such beloved hymns as A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, Amazing Grace, Faith of Our Fathers, We Gather Together, and Onward, Christian Soldiers. Although specially arranged for organ, the hymns can be played on any keyboard instrument.Editor Rollin...

"Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer." -- J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle observed that private prayer is both the most important and the most neglected of the Christian disciplines, so he delivers this passionate and reasoned call to private prayer. As...

(Guitar Collection). Two dozen tunes playable on guitar using only G, C and D chords. Includes: Agnus Dei * Because We Believe * Enough * Father I Adore You * Here I Am to Worship * Lord I Lift Your Name on High *...

Even as worship wars in the church and music controversies in society at large continue to rage, many people do not realize that conflict over music goes back to the earliest Christians as they sought to live out the "new song" of their faith....

The Gregorian Communion antiphons from the Graduale Romanum printed together with fully notated psalm verses. The text of the verses are from the Latin Vulgate (as in the 1962 Solesmes volume, "Versus Psalmorum et Canticum") with an inline English translation (Douay-Rheims).This Justitias Books edition...

Lectionary scripture citations with corresponding hymns. This is also a handy reference for locating the liturgical day when each scripture text is used.Author: Church PublishingISBN-10: 089869146XISBN-13: 9780898691467Publisher: Church PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1988Pages: 303Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.85lbsSize: 10.90h x 8.30w x 1.50d

Motets constitute the most important polyphonic genre of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Moreover, these compositions are intrinsically involved in the early development of polyphony. This volume - the first to be devotedexclusively to medieval motets - aims to provide a comprehensive guide to...

This book is Bishop Ryle's clarion call for the careless believer lax about prayer. It is characteristically warm, and readable- but poignantly urgent. Prayerlessness was a problem in Bishop Ryle's day, but it is endemic in ours. Almost no one is passionate about prayer...

This collection of thirty hymns and songs are suitable for all-age Christian worship in a variety of settings - house churches, small congregations, formal and informal. The contemporary texts by poet David Wright are either based on scripture or highlight such themes as community,...