Research Catalog

Title

Music, theology, and worship : selected writings,1841-1896 / compiled by Jonathan L. Friedmann.

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2011.

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Additional Authors

Friedmann, Jonathan L., 1980-

Description

vi, 213 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"This book offers a representative collection of insightful essays about devotional music from nineteenth-century scholars and practitioners. Addressing the social and theological import of church music, this text also explores the divine quality of the human voice, the spiritual efficacy of congregational singing, and a host of topics pertinent to church life"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

Music > Christianity

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-208) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : Psalm 150 and the theology of sound -- Music and theology. Religion and music (1893) / Waldo S. Pratt ; A sermon on music (1863) / Charles Kingsley ; Religious music (1881) / Horace Bushnell ; Specific claims of devotional music (1853) / Thomas Hastings ; Music as an auxiliary to religion (1841) / Joseph Bartlett ; Music as a language of religion (1886) / James Vila Blake ; The natural theology of music (1883) / Henry H. Higgins ; The music of the Psalms (1894) / J.F. Rowbotham -- Music and Worship. Music and worship (1879) / E.N. Potter ; Hints concerning church music, the liturgy, and related subjects (1857) / James M. Hewins ; The Bible authority for church music (1875) / Wilbur Fisk Crafts ; The evolution of church music (1896) / F. Landon Humphreys ; The art of Gregorian music (1896) / Dom André Mocquereau / Thoughts on congregational singing (1842) / William Jones ; Congregational singing (1868) / Reuben T. Robinson ; Hymns and hymn-tunes (1894) / Richard Blackburne Daniel.

ISBN

• 9780786464616 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 0786464615 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011017854

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library