A planning guide for church musicians and clergy for selecting hymns, songs, and anthems, for the three-year liturgical cycle following the Revised Common Lectionary.
Resounding Transcendence is a pathbreaking set of ethnographic and historical essays by leading scholars exploring the ways sacred music effects cultural, political, and religious transitions in the contemporary world.
Pentecostals throughout Jamaica and the Jamaican diaspora use music to declare what they believe and where they stand in relation to religious and cultural outsiders.
Given Leopold Zunz's difficult German style and the tight conciseness of his presentation, it is hardly surprising that no English translation of his Die Ritus (1859) has been published.
The Oratorio in the classical Era is the third volume of Howard Smither's monumental History of the Oratorio, continuing his synthesis and critical appraisal of the oratorio.
The sound of the choir of King's College, Cambridge - its voices perfectly blended, its emotions restrained, its impact sublime - has become famous all over the world, and for many, the distillation of a particular kind of Englishness.
Resounding Transcendence is a pathbreaking set of ethnographic and historical essays by leading scholars exploring the ways sacred music effects cultural, political, and religious transitions in the contemporary world.
Classic Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.
Apparu dès le bas Moyen Âge, le motet fleurit en Europe à l’époque de la Réforme catholique, au moment même où les zélateurs de la dévotion eucharistique appellent de leurs vœux un chant qui puisse contribuer à l’éclat de la liturgie en conciliant piété, expression et beauté.
The famous finger training exercises by Hanon for specifically improving strength, dexterity and independence: They cover basic techniques and typical musical contexts which can be transferred to all kinds of styles.
The two Chopin volumes of the 'Schott Piano Collection' series have been among the standard works of piano lessons for a long time, containing a careful selection of 38 popular piano works by Chopin.
The Handel volume of the 'Schott Piano Collection' series has been among the standard works of piano lessons for a long time, containing a careful selection of 26 known and easy-to-play piano works by Handel, including the easy Minuets in G major, G minor, Bouree in G major, Sonatina in Bb major, Chaconne in D minor, Sonata in C major, Passacaille in G minor, Grobschmied Variations, and many more.
Summa Theologica Part III (Tertia Pars) Thomas Aquinas - The Summa Theologiae (Latin: Compendium of Theology or Theological Compendium; also subsequently called the Summa Theologica or simply the Summa, written 1265-1274) is the best-known work of Thomas Aquinas (c.
The exquisite sound of a lone chorister singing Once in Royal David s City amid the candlelit chapel of King s College, Cambridge, marks the start of the Christmas festivities for millions of people round the globe.
A prime example of programme music Smetana's tone poem 'The Moldau' (Vltava) is a tribute to his native Bohemia and a description of the course of the river from its source to its confluence with the river Elbe.
The present volume contains a selection of the best-known and most popular pieces by Satie, including Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes, but also two early works (1885), compositions from the neo-Gregorian period (1888-1893) and from the world of the cabaret (1897-1904) as well as two miniatures from 1913.
Phyllis Kinney's Welsh Traditional Music covers the traditional music of Wales from its beginnings through to the present day, providing musical analysis and placing its material firmly into a social and historical context.
The works of Scott Joplin, probably the most successful ragtime composer, are undoubtedly among the timeless classics and standard works in piano lessons.
Streams of Living WaterThe poetry of hymns is beautiful and uplifting and can bring great comfort, peace that passes understanding, and a blessed reassurance of God's wondrous love for us.
A title such as this, Musical Musings of One Viewing Life Through a Catholic Eye, entails quite a responsibility on the part of the author mainly because, unlike a conventional book, it begs the readers not only to use their sense of sight but also their sense of hearing.
Now available in paperback, this fully illustrated volume traces the emergence of Welsh traditional music through the ages and is complemented throughout with more than 200 musical examples.
The Debussy volume of the 'Schott Piano Collection' series has been among the standard works of piano lessons for a long time, containing a careful selection of Debussy's major piano works in chronological order, ranging from the 'Danse bohemienne', written at the age of eighteen, to a number of the Preludes composed between 1910 and 1913.
The two Chopin volumes of the 'Schott Piano Collection' series have been among the standard works of piano lessons for a long time, containing a careful selection of 38 popular piano works by Chopin.
