Music-Religious-Christian

The Accompaniment Edition Features independent (stylized) keyboard parts that support the melody and choral harmonies of all selections in the Singer's Edition. Includes guitar chords. Wire-O Binding gives this edition a classic look, while allowing the music to open to a flat position making...

Erwin Parent is now retired after completing a near 60-year career in Information Technology. He began writing poetry after the death of his first wife, Viriginia, after a 35-year marriage. He has not stopped writing since. Erwin is a native of Boston MA. He...

For nearly 2000 years, the Sermon on the Mount has been the subject of endless discussion and controversy. Authors Dockery and Garland bring puzzling portions of Jesus' message to light. They uncover important background information on Old Testament law, Jewish faith and culture and...

Through a thoughtfully curated collection of essays, interviews, and sermons, Ponder Anew raises the questions church musicians should be considering as the church lives into its third millennium.Author: Jessica NelsonISBN-10: 1640654445ISBN-13: 9781640654440Publisher: Church PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/19/2022Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.83w x 0.55d

We have the "Order of Worship" because we want the worship to be planned, the ways to be proper, the work to be performed, the whole to be profitable, and the will to be pure. We have the "Order of Worship" so we can...

"Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: Vocal Solos for Worship" is a collection of reset hymn texts and original songs for solo vocal use in worship. This edition is for the Low Voice.Author: Ed L. SteeleISBN-10: 1530730864ISBN-13: 9781530730865Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/24/2016Pages: 54Format:...

These scripture-inspired Christian hymns and songs can be sung by choirs or congregations or listened to and sung during meditation. The music was begun as a way to remember the scriptures but may lead one into a deeper and closer experience with the Lord....

This contemplative, meditative Christian music is inspired by scriptures. The music was begun as a way to remember the scriptures but may lead one into a deeper and closer experience with the Lord. It can be sung or listened to during meditation or it...

Many singers today perform Elizabethan and Jacobean lute-songs. Robert Toft offers the first help for singers in understanding the principles which governed song performance and composition in the early seventeenth century. He shows how these historical principles may be used to move and delight...

This is the tenth in a series of monographs--Shaping American Lutheran Church Music--published by the Center for Church Music, Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Illinois., highlighting people, movements, and events that have helped to shape the course of church music among Lutherans in North...

Rici Skei, a native of Fresno, holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Master's Degree in Education - both from Fresno Pacific University. She is happily married to the love of her life, Phil Skei, and is the mother of two amazing little girls,...

If music has ever given you 'a glimpse of something beyond the horizons of our materialism or our contemporary values' (James MacMillan), then you will find this book essential reading. Sacred Music in Secular Society is a new and challenging work asking why Christian...

If music has ever given you 'a glimpse of something beyond the horizons of our materialism or our contemporary values' (James MacMillan), then you will find this book essential reading. Sacred Music in Secular Society is a new and challenging work asking why Christian...

Songs for Service: For the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services is a book of religious hymns compiled by Homer A. Rodeheaver. The book contains a collection of hymns that are suitable for use in various religious settings, such as church services, Sunday school...

Author: David BarrettISBN-10: 0991590562ISBN-13: 9780991590568Publisher: Orthodox Liturgical PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/09/2018Pages: 124Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.26d

Author: Lorne LeeISBN-10: 0980161401ISBN-13: 9780980161403Publisher: Inner Sound BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2008Pages: 100Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 5.50h x 8.50w x 0.24d

2023 Association of Catholic Publishers Second Place Award, Distinguished Composer of the Year Michael Joncas's new Simple Psalter synthesizes elements of previous styles of psalm-singing into a new pattern of engaging these sacred texts. Using the new Abbey Psalms and Canticles, Joncas sets every...

The Hebrew Scriptures relate many instances of the people of God breaking into song when they experience the presence of God in their lives. Where is that song of praise in the Christian's life today?The responsorial psalm of the Sunday liturgy both summarizes the...

The source readings in Hymnology are primary documents illustrating the philosophy and practice of congregational singing during various historical periods of the Christian church. They are drawn from a wide variety of sources including letters, diaries, periodicals, hymnal and tunebook prefaces, theological treatises, and...

Bullard provides an informed, readable commentary specifically on the libretto, or text, of Handel's Messiah, explaining each part in terms of: how the language differs from the King James Version of the Bible; what the passage of Scripture meant in its original context; and...

Famous throughout Europe during her lifetime, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was a remarkably gifted woman by any standards: a composer and poet, she was also a writer on scientific, medical and theological subjects, an abbess, a visionary prophet, and a saint of the Roman...

This expanded edition offers practical advice for centering worship styles on praise, fellowship, and evangelism. It helps pastors, worship leaders, and musicians guide the scope and direction of their worship program as they navigate changes, resolve conflicts, and use a blend of both traditional...

Here is a skillful tracing of two tracks in the evolution of musical genres that have evolved from black religion. Songs of protest developed from the spiritual through social-gospel hymnody to culminate in songs of the civil-rights movement and the blues. Born in rebellion,...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). 118 of the most loved hymns of all time, including: Abide with Me * At Calvary * Be Thou My Vision * The Church's One Foundation * Crown Him with Many Crowns * Every Time I Feel the Spirit * Faith of...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Frances Elizabeth Cox, VariousISBN-10: 1512372730ISBN-13: 9781512372731Publisher: Createspace...

What Can I Play on Sunday? is a series of six books, each book designed for busy pianists who may have limited rehearsal time. Book 4 includes selections for holidays and holy days that occur during July and August, including the Fourth of July,...

Songs of Peace and Joy (words by Frances Ridley Havergal, set to music by Charles Henry Purday) was published by James Nisbet & Co., London, 1879. Charles H. Purday, over 80 when this volume of music was completed, was a composer whose music F.R.H.'s...

Author: Daniel J. TheronISBN-10: 075961296XISBN-13: 9780759612969Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2001Pages: 200Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 8.88h x 6.06w x 0.49d

Music plays such an important part in everyone's life but how much do we know about the history of music? How did music shape our civilization and how was music itself shaped by the Catholic Church? Susan Treacy, an experienced professor of music, is...

So You Want to Sing Music by Women opens wide a vast repertoire of vocal music written by women to advocate for widespread inclusion of this too-often neglected work in performance repertoire. Hoch and Lister provide a historical and contemporary perspective, chronicling the Western...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This book provides a collection of some 400 passages on music from early Christian literature - New Testament to c. 450 AD - newly translated from the original Greek, Latin, and Syriac. As there are no musical sources of the period, music historians must...

An insightful and wide-ranging look at one of America's most popular genres of music, Walking the Line: Country Music Lyricists and American Culture examines how country songwriters engage with their nation's religion, literature, and politics. Country fans have long encountered the concept of walking...

Beginning in 1564, when Huguenot settlers in Florida shared their psalm tunes with the local Indians, Professor Stevenson traces the history of Protestant church music in the United States through four centuries of development and diversity.In this thoroughly documented survey, the reader will find...

Michael Joncas's new Simple Psalter synthesizes elements of previous styles of psalm-singing into a new pattern of engaging these sacred texts. Using the new Abbey Psalms and Canticles, Joncas sets every responsorial psalm in the three-year Lectionary in settings that work equally well a...

Resounding Transcendence is a pathbreaking set of ethnographic and historical essays by leading scholars exploring the ways sacred music effects cultural, political, and religious transitions in the contemporary world. With chapters covering Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist practices in East and Southeast Asia, the...

How important was music to Martin Luther? Drawing on hundreds of liturgical documents, contemporary accounts of services, books on church music, and other sources, Joseph Herl rewrites the history of music and congregational song in German Lutheran churches. Herl traces the path of music...

"This book brings to light the biblical truth about music and worship. Adriana Perera's insight is clear, deep, close-up and Bible-based."Author: Adriana PereraISBN-10: 1981119728ISBN-13: 9781981119721Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/23/2017Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.60d

Over one million copies sold! Have you ever wanted to learn more about hymns, but weren't sure where to start? Bestselling author Robert J. Morgan shares the incredible stories behind the beloved traditional hymns of faith.Each week millions of Christians around the world use...

Certain to enrich your worship, With One Voice has been receiving glowing praise since its publication in April of 1995. Developed for use by the ELCA and ELCIC, With One Voice contains over 200 hymns, songs and pieces of service music. Use as a...

Don Cusic presents gospel music as part of the history of contemporary Christianity. From the psalms of the early Puritans through the hymns of Isaac Watts and the social activism of the Wesleys, gospel music was established in eighteenth-century America. With the camp meetings...

A classic Episcopal hymnal which includes the Supplemental Liturgical Index and collection of service music from 1961.Author: Church PublishingISBN-10: 0898690021ISBN-13: 9780898690026Publisher: Church PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1943Pages: 944Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.45lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.70w x 1.70d

Have you ever wanted to learn more about hymns, but weren't sure where to start? In this follow-up to his bestselling original book, pastor Robert J. Morgan shares the incredible stories behind 150 beloved traditional hymns of faith.Each week millions of Christians around the...

Older Christians have sought large-print hymnals and songbooks for many years. This hymnbook includes familiar ecumenical hymns suitable for worship. The simplified arrangements are set in lower keys for easier unison singing. Not only is this collection sensitive to the physical needs of older...

"From the purely artistic and musical points of view the Requiem is certainly Verdi's greatest work to this date and an astounding manifestation of ... continual progress and inner development. The stream of melodic invention is unfailing and of the highest quality. Most impressive...

Then Sings My Soul is a memoire of Dr. Donald Winters and his wife Frances. This devoted couple gave their entire lives promoting quality church music in the Southern Baptist Convention and training ministers to do so. After graduating from Westminster Choir College, a...

Contains 569 hymns including 21 canticles, three musical settings for Holy Communion plus outline for a Chorale Service, Service of the Word, Propers, Responses, Psalms, Prayers, Morning and Evening Prayer, Marriage, and Burial of the Dead. Green cloth cover with embossed gold title and...

Sonja Stewart and Jerome Berryman have taken the needs of children into account and devised an exciting method for introducing three- to seven-year-olds to the wonder of worship. Their approach, which integrates religious education and worship, has been presented at numerous workshops and training...

Whether you're just starting out as a songwriter, you're an experienced songwriter or just looking for a new perspective on the beautiful craft of songwriting, Song Maps - A New System to Write Your Best Lyrics offers fresh insights to help you write your...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). An invaluable collection of 125 favorite hymns, including: All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name * Battle Hymn of the Republic * Blessed Assurance * For the Beauty of the Earth * Holy, Holy, Holy * It Is Well with My Soul...