Historical dictionary of sacred music

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Historical dictionary of sacred music

Joseph P. Swain

Scarecrow Press, 2006

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Sacred music

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注記

Appendices contain texts of the Roman Catholic and Anglican rites, and of Shema and Kaddish

Bibliography: p. 251-298

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内容説明

Nearly all religious traditions have reserved a special place for sacred music. Whether it is music accompanying a ritual or purely for devotional purposes, music composed for entire congregations or for the trained soloist, or music set to holy words or purely instrumental, in some form or another, music is present. In fact, in some traditions the relation between the music and the ritual is so intimate that to distinguish between them would be inaccurate. The Historical Dictionary of Sacred Music covers the most important aspects of the sacred music of Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and other smaller religious groups. It provides useful information on all the significant traditions of this music through the use of a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, appendixes, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on major types of music, composers, key religious figures, specialized positions, genres of compos

目次

Part 1 Foreword Part 2 Preface Part 3 Chronology Part 4 Introduction Part 5 THE DICTIONARY Part 6 Appenidx A: Texts of the Roman Catholic Rites Part 7 Appendix B: Shema and Kaddish Part 8 Bibliography Part 9 About the Author

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