Between 1800 and 1810 English-language American tune books contained more European content than they had in the previous twenty-five years. ... 51 Tune book compilers claimed that European sacred music was especially “suited to Piety.
More Books:
Language: en
Pages: 213
Pages: 213
Sheds light on the process of cultural change that occurred over the course of a century or more in the majority of Pennsylvania German communities and churches.
Language: en
Pages: 395
Pages: 395
In Sacred Song in America, Stephen A. Marini explores the full range of American sacred music and demonstrates how the meanings and functions of this musical expression can contribute to a greater understanding of religious culture. Marini examines the role of sacred song across the United States, from the musical
Language: en
Pages: 63
Pages: 63
Tim Thurston's companion book to the popular Sunday morning Gloria programme. 'Gloria - An Introduction to 1,000 Years of European Sacred Music' takes us on a journey of sacred music and art for Advent and Christmas. This illustrated book includes a brief introduction to the lives of 20 composers, with
Language: en
Pages: 388
Pages: 388
Jesuit Intellectual and Physical Exchange between England and Mainland Europe, c. 1580–1789: ‘The World is our House’? gathers an interdisciplinary group of scholars to explore the Jesuit English Mission’s wider impact within the Society and early modern European Catholicism.
Language: en
Pages: 216
Pages: 216
Urban spaces have always functioned as cradles and laboratories for religious movements and spiritualities. The urban forms a central and nourishing agent for the creation of new religious expressions, and continually negotiates new ways of being spiritual and establishing spiritual ideas and practices. This book explores the intense and complex