Sacred and religious music

Can humans know God?

In the decades leading up to the Civil War, most Americans probably encountered European classical music primarily through hymn tunes.

Musicians fulfill an important and necessary function in the sacred liturgy of the Catholic Church.

The recent National Geographic special on the Gospel of Judas was a major media event, introducing to tens of millions of viewers one of the most important biblical discoveries of modern times.

"Manchmal habe ich den Eindruck, er sitzt neben mir.

Die Liederkunde bietet hymnologisch und theologisch fundierte Kommentare zu Text und Musik von verschiedenen Liedern aus dem Evangelischen Gesangbuch.

Bach's Johannine Theology: The St.

Solo Vocal Works on Jewish Themes: A Bibliography of Jewish Composers is a comprehensive and annotated compendium of stage, concert, and liturgical compositions written by Jewish composers from every known time period and country.

Über Jahrzehnte hat der Chordirigent und Komponist Franz Herzog (1917–1986) das Musikleben der Stadt Göttingen geprägt.

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Ferdinand Ries – ein Name, der oft im Schatten seines berühmten Lehrers Ludwig van Beethoven steht, doch dessen Leben und Werk einen faszinierenden Blick auf eine der spannendsten Epochen der Musikgeschichte bietet.

Sigismund von Neukomm war weit mehr als nur ein Schüler von Joseph Haydn – er war ein musikalischer Weltbürger, dessen Kompositionen von Europa bis Südamerika reichten und Kulturen miteinander verbanden.

First full-length study of the role and duties of the medieval cantor.

Fragments of Home: Piecing Life Together after Childhood Sexual Abuse seamlessly integrates poignant vignettes, theoretical reflections and original music, exploring a range of themes encountered by many adult survivors of childhood abuse.

This book highlights the underlying principles and outlines some of the key hi-tech practices and technology interventions required to achieve enhanced productivity.

This early work by E.

An indispensable guide to this key topic in music studies, examining what Gregorian chant is, and its form and features.

Maurice Ravel, der Meister der Klangfarben, hat die Musik des 20.

Edvard Grieg, der bedeutendste Komponist Norwegens, schuf eine einzigartige Verbindung zwischen den Klängen seiner Heimat und den Idealen der europäischen Romantik.

Anna Magdalena Bach wird oft nur als die Frau an der Seite eines der größten Komponisten der Geschichte wahrgenommen – doch ihre Rolle ging weit über die eines stillen Beobachters hinaus.

Baptism is a foundational rite and sacrament of the church.

Musical activity is one of the most ubiquitous and highly valued forms of social interaction in North America (to say nothing of world over), being engaged from sporting events to political rallies, concerts to churches.

The Ramayana, one of the two pre-eminent Hindu epics, has played a foundational role in many aspects of India's arts and social norms.

Christian metal has always defined itself in contrast to its non-Christian, secular counterpart, yet it stands out from nearly all other forms of contemporary Christian music through its unreserved use of metal's main musical, visual, and aesthetic traits.

Ecologies of Resonance in Christian Musicking Rexplores a diverse range of Christian musical activity through the conceptual lens of resonance, a concept rooted in the physical, vibrational, and sonic realm that carries with it an expansive ability to simultaneously describe personal, social, and spiritual realities.

Known collectively as The Priests, Fr Martin, Fr Eugene and Fr David, have taken the music world by storm.

William Sharlin (1920-2012) was a cantor, synagogue composer, teacher and musicologist.

Alfred Brendel und Peter Gülke pflegen die Kunst des Interpretierens auf einzigartige Weise: Brendel als weltberühmter Pianist, der auch Bücher über Musik publiziert, Peter Gülke als mehrfach für seine Sprach-Kunst des Interpretierens ausgezeichneter Autor, der auch Dirigent ist.

James White's classic Christian worship text, revised and updated.

In this cultural history of evangelical Christianity and popular music, David Stowe demonstrates how mainstream rock of the 1960s and 1970s has influenced conservative evangelical Christianity through the development of Christian pop music.

Salomon Jadassohn war weit mehr als ein außergewöhnlicher Komponist und Theoretiker des 19.

This practical text examines the various styles of music and features specific suggestions for each piece of service music, hymn, and song with the aim of assisting music leaders to enrich meaningful worship.

Christian Hymns & Chorals 6Twenty known Christian SongsSheet Music for String QuartetInstrumentation: Double Violin, Viola & CelloDifficulty Level: AdvancedArranged and Produced by Viktor Dick

Die schönsten 20 neuen Kinderlieder-Hits von Detlev Jöcker.

During his lifetime (1888-1970), Hall Johnson's concert arrangements of spirituals have been performed and recorded by stellar singers, such as Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and Denyce Graves, and were sung by school and concert choirs all over the world.

Zum Reformationsjubiläum 2017:Lutherische Kirchenmusik ist ein Kernstück der westlichen Kultur.

Scott Joplin's classic ragtime score, Pine Apple Rag, originally composed in 1908.

The liturgical chant sung in the churches of Southern Italy between the ninth and thirteenth centuries reflects the multiculturalism of a territory in which Romans, Franks, Lombards, Byzantines, Normans, Jews, and Muslims were all present with various titles and political roles.

A collection of favourite Christmas carols for piano, voice and guitar with full texts.

Jan Ladislas Dussek, einer der herausragendsten Pianisten und Komponisten des 18.

Ein Arbeitsbuch für leidenschaftliche Musikhörer und Musikliebhaber ohne Notenkenntnisse.