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Book The Plainchant Tradition of Southwestern Rus

Download or read book The Plainchant Tradition of Southwestern Rus written by Joan L. Roccasalvo and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Plainchant Tradition of Southwestern Rus

Download or read book The Plainchant Tradition of Southwestern Rus written by Joan L. Roccasalvo and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Plainchant Tradition of Southwest Rus

Download or read book The Plainchant Tradition of Southwest Rus written by Joan L. Roccasalvo and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Re Envisioning Past Musical Cultures

Download or read book Re Envisioning Past Musical Cultures written by Peter Jeffery and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studying Gregorian chant presents many problems to the researcher because its most important stages of development were not recorded in writing. From the sixth to the tenth century, this form of music existed only in song as medieval musicians relied on their memories and voices to pass each verse from one generation to the next. Peter Jeffery offers an innovative new approach for understanding how these melodies were created, memorized, performed, and modified. Drawing on a variety of disciplines, including anthropology and ethnomusicology, he identifies characteristics of Gregorian chant that closely resemble other oral traditions in non-Western cultures and demonstrates ways music historians can take into account the social, cultural, and anthropological contexts of chant's development.

Book The A to Z of Sacred Music

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  • Author : Joseph P. Swain
  • Publisher : Scarecrow Press
  • Release : 2010-04-09
  • ISBN : 1461672120
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book The A to Z of Sacred Music written by Joseph P. Swain and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-04-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly all religious traditions have reserved a special place for sacred music. Whether it is music accompanying a ritual or purely for devotional purposes, music composed for entire congregations or for the trained soloist, or music set to holy words or purely instrumental, in some form or another, music is present. In fact, in some traditions the relation between the music and the ritual is so intimate that to distinguish between them would be inaccurate. The A to Z of Sacred Music covers the most important aspects of the sacred music of Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and other smaller religious groups. It provides useful information on all the significant traditions of this music through the use of a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, appendixes, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on major types of music, composers, key religious figures, specialized positions, genres of composition, technical terms, instruments, fundamental documents and sources, significant places, and important musical compositions.

Book The Music and Dance of the World s Religions

Download or read book The Music and Dance of the World s Religions written by E. Rust and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1996-08-23 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the world-wide association of music and dance with religion, this is the first full-length study of the subject from a global perspective. The work consists of 3,816 references divided among 37 chapters. It covers tribal, regional, and global religions and such subjects as shamanism, liturgical dance, healing, and the relationship of music, mathematics, and mysticism. The referenced materials display such diverse approaches as analysis of music and dance, description of context, direct experience, observation, and speculation. The references address topics from such disciplines as sociology, anthropology, history, linguistics, musicology, ethnomusicology, theology, medicine, semiotics, and computer technology. Chapter 1 consists of general references to religious music and dance. The remaining 36 chapters are organized according to major geographical areas. Most chapters begin with general reference works and bibliographies, then continue with topics specific to the region or religion. This book will be of use to anyone with an interest in music, dance, religion, or culture.

Book Worship Music

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  • Author : Edward Foley
  • Publisher : Liturgical Press
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9780814658895
  • Pages : 364 pages

Download or read book Worship Music written by Edward Foley and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Western music is intimately tied to the worship of Christians and Jews. It was the Church and synagogue that provided the context for the development of Gregorian chant, the motet, the cantana, and virtually every important theorist, composer, and performer from Ambrose to Zwingli. Worship Music provides concise information on the people, terms, places, and elements of this worship. Ecumenical in scope and cross-cultural in its perspective, Worship Music focuses on the worship music of English-speaking North Americans. Its over 2,500 entries range across every major denomination within Western Christianity, the Byzantine/Slav tradition, and Judaism. Over 60 contributors represent the traditions addressed in the dictionary, providing authenticity in representing the tradition and an insider's perspective on contemporary practices. The dictionary is shaped through the lens of "ritual music which focuses on the function of music in worship (or asks the question of the function of music in worship. It includes brief descriptions, histories, and explanations of musical-liturgical terms and personnel. Bibliographies and extensive cross-referencing can be found throughout the volume. Designed not just for pastoral musicians but all musicians?amateurs, students and professionals?as well as liturgists, Worship Music is an indispensable guide to the musical aspects of worship. Contributors include: Allen Barthel James Brauer Michael Driscoll Rosemary Dubowchik John Foley Virgil Funk Victor Gebauer Fred Graham Joan Halmo Robert Hawkins Lawrence Heiman Paul Jacobson Martin Jean Michael Joncas Columba Kelly Martha Kirk James Kosnik Robin Leaver , Austin Lovelace Mary McGann Nathan Mitchell Fred Moleck Charles Pottie Todd Ridder Anthony Ruff Carl Schalk Rebecca Slough Gordon Truitt J. Kevin Waters John Weaver Paul Westermeyer Carlton Young , Edward Foley, Capuchin, is professor of liturgy and music at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He is the author of numerous books including Foundations of Christian Music and Music and the Eucharistic Prayer from the American Essays in Liturgy series for which he is the editor.

Book Carpatho Rusyn American

Download or read book Carpatho Rusyn American written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Historical Dictionary of Sacred Music

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Sacred Music written by Joseph P. Swain and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacred music is a universal phenomenon of humanity. Where there is faith, there is music to express it. Every major religious tradition and most minor ones have music and have it in abundance and variety. There is music to accompany ritual and music purely for devotion, music for large congregations and music for trained soloists, music that sets holy words and music without words at all. In some traditions—Islamic and many Native American, to name just two--the relation between music and religious ritual is so intimate that it is inaccurate to speak of the music accompanying the ritual. Rather, to perform the ritual is to sing, and to sing the ritual is to perform it. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Sacred Music contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 800 cross-referenced entries on major types of music, composers, key religious figures, specialized positions, genres of composition, technical terms, instruments, fundamental documents and sources, significant places, and important musical compositions. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about sacred music.

Book From chantre to djak

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  • Author : Robert B. Klymasz
  • Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
  • Release : 2000-01-01
  • ISBN : 1772823678
  • Pages : 195 pages

Download or read book From chantre to djak written by Robert B. Klymasz and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The performance of sacred song often involves the talents of cantors, chanters, precentors, and criers – also known as chantres, djaky, psalem-sbebniki, bazanim, prolopsalti, and muezzins. This book explores a unique class of musicians from a variety of perspectives to offer the first survey of its kind. Folklorists join with ethnomusicologists, cantors, and enthusiasts to illuminate the many facets of this rich, living tradition.

Book Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium

Download or read book Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium written by Andrew Walker White and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking, interdisciplinary study, Andrew Walker White explores the origins of Byzantine ritual - the rites of the early Greek Orthodox Church - and its unique relationship with traditional theatre. Tracing the secularization of pagan theatre, the rise of rhetoric as an alternative to acting, as well as the transmission of ancient methods of musical composition into the Byzantine era, White demonstrates how Christian ritual was in effect a post-theatrical performing art, created by intellectuals who were fully aware of traditional theatre but who endeavoured to avoid it. The book explores how Orthodox rites avoid the aesthetic appreciation associated with secular art, and conducts an in-depth study (and reconstruction) of the late Byzantine Service of the Furnace. Often treated as a liturgical drama, White translates and delineates the features of five extant versions, to show how and why it generated widely diverse audience reactions in both medieval times and our own.

Book The Story of Christian Music

Download or read book The Story of Christian Music written by Andrew Wilson-Dickson and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music has been at the heart of Christian worship since the beginning, and this lavishly illustrated and wonderfully written volume fully surveys the many centuries of creative Christian musical experimentation. From its roots in Jewish and Hellenistic music, through the rich tapestry of medieval chant to the full flowering of Christian music in the centuries after the Reformation and the many musical expressions of a now-global Christianity, Wilson-Dickson conveys 'a glimpse of the fecundity of imagination with which humanity has responded to the creator God.' Book jacket.

Book Catalogue

Download or read book Catalogue written by May and May (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Modern Encyclopedia of Religions in Russia and the Soviet Union

Download or read book The Modern Encyclopedia of Religions in Russia and the Soviet Union written by Paul D. Steeves and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On antisemitism, see the following entries:

Book Cum Notis Variorum

Download or read book Cum Notis Variorum written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book NU Quarter Notes

Download or read book NU Quarter Notes written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Carpatho Rusyn Studies

Download or read book Carpatho Rusyn Studies written by Paul R. Magocsi and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third volume of the annotated biblithography on Carpath-Rusyn studies contains over 800 entries in a wide range of disciplines: archeology, art and architecture, bibliography, biography, church history, economics, ethnography, geography, history, language, literature, and politics, among others. Each entry provides full bibliographic data followed by a succinct content analysis of the book, journal article, or book chapter in question. The bibliography is comprehensive and includes all publications that appeared between 1995 and 1999, regardless of language or place of publication. Appended are several statistical charts and a comprehensive index of authors and subjects.