Christian music : a global history

Dowley, Tim. (Author). Chandy, Sugu J. M. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 080069841X
ISBN: 9780800698416
Physical Description: 263 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
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Edition: Fortress Press ed.
Publisher: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical and discographical references (p. 247-248) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Before the church: the Jewish musical tradition -- 2. Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs : music and the early church -- 3. The church goes public : Christian music after Constantine -- Music in the Orthodox Church / Ivan Moody -- 4. Christian chant : the core of medieval worship -- "Sybil of the Rhine" : Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) -- 5. Medieval polyphony : the church discovers harmony -- "Ave verum corpus" -- 6. The music of the Renaissance : the peaks of polyphony -- The organ / Mike Wheeler -- 7. A safe stronghold : the music of the Lutheran Reformation -- Sermons in song : the Moravians and their music -- The psalmodikon : another way of accompanying hymns -- 8. "In quires and places where they sing -- " : the making of the Anglican tradition -- Oranges and lemons : the story of church bells -- 9. Psalms, canticles, and hymns : the genesis of Christian hymns -- "Amazing grace" -- 10. Gloria in excelsis Deo : the making of Catholic Baroque -- Christian music in Latin America : 1500-1800 / Pablo Sosa -- 11. Bach and Handel : two great Protestant Baroque composers -- 12. The Viennese tradition : liturgical and non-liturgical sacred music -- Music in the Orthodox Church in Russia / Ivan Moody -- 13. Heights of intensity : sacred music in the age of romanticism -- 14. Hymns ancient and modern : the nineteenth-century hymn industry -- Robbing the devil of his choicest tunes : music and the Salvation Army -- In the deep midwinter : the story of carols -- The legendary story of "Silent night" -- 15. Camp meetings and revivals : the making of the American gospel tradition -- Christian music in Africa / J. Nathan Corbitt -- 16. "I got a home in dat rock -- " : spirituals and the blues -- "Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika" -- 17. Apocalypse now! : sacred music and the concert hall in the twentieth century -- Christian music in Latin America since 1800 / Pablo Sosa -- 18. "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me" : popular church music in the twentieth century -- "How great Thou art" -- Music among Christians in south-east Asia / Michael Nai-Chiu Poon -- 19. "(Give me that) old time religion" : gospel music in the twentieth century -- Music among Christians in the Indian Subcontinent / Sugu J.M. Chandy -- 20. "I wish we'd all been ready" : the making of the contemporary Christian music industry -- Christian music in Australia and New Zealand / Mark Evans -- 21. "Ain't nobody nowhere nothin' without God" : Christians do country, folk, and jazz -- Christian music in China / Angela Tam -- Christian music of the Pacific Islands / Mark Evans.