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Christian music by Alec Robertson is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Christian music about?

157 pages 21 cm Traces the Church's legacy of music from the earliest days of the Church to modern times, describing clearly and concisely the changing trends of thought and technique by which Christian music has developed through the ages. In the first chapter, the author notes the effect Hebrew sacred music had on early Christian song. Later chapters are devoted to the development of religious music from the primtive change of the early Church to the rich splendor of Gregorian chant Includes bibliographical references Pre-Christian sacred music -- Pre-Gregorian, Gregorian and other Christian chant -- The introduction and development of polyphony up to the fourteenth century -- English church music to the sixteenth century -- Burgundy and the Netherlands -- The Council of Trent -- The sixteenth century -- Solo, chorus and orchestra : seventeenth to nineteenth centuries -- The twentieth century -- Liturgical use of the organ -- De sacra musica et sacra liturgia

Author

Alec Robertson

Publisher

New York, Hawthorn Books

Published

1961

Language

EN

Subjects

Music, Philosophy, Arts