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O Sing Unto the Lord: A History of English Church Music
Contributor(s): Gant, Andrew (Author), Gant, Andrew (Preface by)
ISBN: 022646962X     ISBN-13: 9780226469621
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
OUR PRICE:   $33.25  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Music | Religious - Christian
- Music | History & Criticism - General
- Music | Religious - Hymns
Dewey: 781.710
LCCN: 2016042876
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.70 lbs) 464 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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For as long as people have worshipped together, music has played a key role in church life. With O Sing unto the Lord, Andrew Gant offers a fascinating history of English church music, from the Latin chant of late antiquity to the great proliferation of styles seen in contemporary repertoires.

The ornate complexity of pre-Reformation Catholic liturgies revealed the exclusive nature of this form of worship. By contrast, simple English psalms, set to well-known folk songs, summed up the aims of the Reformation with its music for everyone. The Enlightenment brought hymns, the Methodists and Victorians a new delight in the beauty and emotion of worship. Today, church music mirrors our multifaceted worldview, embracing the sounds of pop and jazz along with the more traditional music of choir and organ. And reflecting its truly global reach, the influence of English church music can be found in everything from masses sung in Korean to American Sacred Harp singing.

From medieval chorales to "Amazing Grace," West Gallery music to Christmas carols, English church music has broken through the boundaries of time, place, and denomination to remain familiar and cherished everywhere. Expansive and sure to appeal to all music lovers, O Sing unto the Lord is the biography of a tradition, a book about people, and a celebration of one of the most important sides to our cultural heritage.

Contributor Bio(s): Gant, Andrew: - Andrew Gant is a lecturer at St Peter's College at the University of Oxford. A church musician, author, and composer, he was the organist, choirmaster, and composer at Her Majesty's Chapel Royal from 2000 to 2013.