| Description |
viii pages, 1 ℓ., 426 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 411-415. |
| Note |
"A few of the chapters in this work have appeared in somewhat modified form in the American Catholic quarterly review, the Bibliotheca sacra, and Music." |
| Contents |
Primitive and ancient religious music.--Ritual and song in the early Christian church.--The liturgy of the Catholic church.--The development of mediæval chorus music.--The modern musical mass.--The rise of the Lutheran hymnody.--Rise of the German cantata and passion.--The culmination of German Protestant music: Johann Sebastian Bach.--The musical system of the Church of England.--Congregational song in England and America.--Problems of church music in America. |
| Subject |
Church music.
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