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The music of angels : a listener's guide to sacred music from chant to Christian rock

Title: The music of angels : a listener's guide to sacred music from chant to Christian rock / Patrick Kavanaugh ; foreword by Dave Brubeck.
Author: Kavanaugh, Patrick.
Publication: Chicago : Loyola Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Description

xiv, 334 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

Church music

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-313) and index.

Contents

Introduction: The River of Sacred Music -- Pt. 1. From Hebrew Psalms to the Renaissance. 1. The Origins of Sacred Music (A.D. 1-400). 2. Chant (400-1000). 3. Medieval Polyphony (1000-1450). 4. The Renaissance (1400-1600) -- Pt. 2. From Baroque to Hymnology. 5. The Baroque Period (1600-1750). 6. The Classical Period (1750-1820). 7. The Romantic Period (1820-1900). 8. Chorales and Congregations (1500-1750). 9. The Growth of Hymnology (1750-1900) -- Pt. 3. The Twentieth Century and the Advent of Recorded Music. 10. Modern Classical Composers (1900-present). 11. Congregational Music and the Modern Church Choir (1900-present). 12. Gospel Music Performers and Composers (1900-present). 13. Contemporary Christian Music (1950-present). 14. Country, Folk, Jazz, and More (1950-present). Afterword: Thoughts on the Future of Sacred Music.

ISBN

0829410198 (pbk.)

LCCN

98045505

OCLC

ocm39913966

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries