History of music

This study overturns twentieth-century thinking about pasticcio opera.

How does reason fit into the Christian worldview?

Die 1913 von Guido Adler begründeten Beihefte der Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich (DTÖ) umfassen Studien, die in direktem Zusammenhang mit den Noten-Bänden der DTÖ stehen, methodische Überlegungen zur musikalischen Philologie, Aufsätze zur Musikgeschichte Österreichs sowie Editionen entsprechender Textquellen.

This book describes the history in late 19th-century Russia and immigration to Canada of an ethnic and religious group known as Doukhobors, or Spirit Wrestlers.

Wie lernte Bach komponieren und improvisieren, und wie gab er sein Wissen und Können unterrichtend weiter?

Two common questions generally rise to the surface for those seeking healing: Is it God's will to heal?

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) aimed to be more than just a composer.

The composer's diaries, translated for the first time, with commentary on his distinctive musical aesthetics and his relationship to artistic cross-currents in Czechoslovakia, France, and America.

This handbook includes many practical proposals that will expand and solidify notions of who hospitality ministers are and why they matter.

In The Gaithers and Southern Gospel, Ryan P.

Five hundred years ago Martin Luther wrote his Ninety-Five Theses, inaugurating the Protestant Reformation, and with it exemplified an unflinching devotion to return to the Word of God as the ultimate authority.

This collection of fifteen insightful essays examines the complexity and diversity of Quaker antislavery attitudes across three centuries, from 1658 to 1890.

Luther Refracted speaks to the currency that Luther’s life and thought continue to enjoy in today’s Christian reflection.

Winner of the 2023 Award for Excellence for Best History in the category of Best Historical Research in Recorded Blues, R&B, Gospel, Hip Hop, or Soul Music from the Association for Recorded Sound CollectionsWasn't That a Mighty Day: African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster takes a comprehensive look at sacred and secular disaster songs, shining a spotlight on their historical and cultural importance.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, die Vikare und jungen Pfarrer im Predigerseminar der Bekennenden Kirche in Finkenwalde lebten eine neue Form christlicher und theologischer Existenz.

In conversations on regional blues, the traditions of the Mississippi Delta, the Carolina Piedmont, Chicago, Houston, Memphis, New Orleans, and Los Angeles are frequently lauded.

»Was berühmte Frauen und Männer einst geschrieben, gereimt, gesagt haben: es ist quicklebendig für uns«.

The story of American popular music is steeped in social history, race, gender and class, its evolution driven by ephemeral connection to young audiences.

This book discusses the history of music warning labels, specifically the Parental Advisory Label (PAL), and the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC).

The book offers unprecedented access to primary sources that have been unavailable in English, or which lay unknown on archival shelves.

How did composers and performers use the lost art of pantomime to explore and promote the Enlightenment ideals of free expression?

Since its founding in 1924, the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) has grown to span five synods across Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa.

In the 21st century, Lutheran theology takes place on a global level.

In the seventeenth century, English Baptists existed on the fringe of the nation's collective religious life.

Aspects of the 2017 Final Report of the South African Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) have drawn strong criticism, particularly from South African scholars, politicians and the public.

Gerald Abraham's reputation as an authority on Russian music has tended to obscure his deep interest in the music of Poland and Czechoslovakia, and of the nineteenth-century generally.

No one can read far in the Hebrew Bible without encountering depictions of violence carried out by human beings, sometimes in the name of God, or indeed violence carried out or commanded by God–from Cain’s murder of Abel to the slaughter of Canaanite populations and much.

This work offers insight into the diversity, breadth, and complexity of the cultural influences that shaped Baptist identity.

Band II: Christusglaube und Rechtfertigung (verantwortl.

Antonin Dvorak made his famous trip to the United States one hundred years ago, but despite an enormous amount of attention from scholars and critics since that time, he remains an elusive figure.

Punk rock has long been equated with the ever-shifting concepts of dissent, disruption, and counter-cultural activities.

Johann Sebastian Bach krönte sein Schaffen geistlicher Musik mit dem Weihnachts-, dem Oster- und dem Himmelfahrtsoratorium sowie mit fünf Messvertonungen – gipfelnd in der monumentalen h-Moll-Messe, die als Vermächtnis angesehen werden kann.

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