Singing and Making Music: Issues in Church Music Today Contributor(s): Jones, Paul S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0875526179 ISBN-13: 9780875526171 Publisher: P & R Publishing OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2006 Annotation: Thirty-three provocative essays on corporate worship, hymnody and psalmody, issues, and composers and composition. Explores Scripture teaching on the role of music in the church. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Church - Administration - Music | Religious - Christian - Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - Worship & Liturgy |
Dewey: 264.2 |
LCCN: 2005057514 |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In thirty-two thought-provoking essays on church music, Paul S. Jones, Organist and Music Director at historic Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, provides biblical reasoning and practical wisdom concerning the purpose and practice of church music. Topics addressed include corporate worship, hymnody and psalmody, composers, and composition, as well as: -Criteria for good church music -King David's praise team -Instruments in worship -Sacred music as prayer -Luther and bar song -What happened to hymns? -Should church musicians be paid? -J. S. Bach and musical hermeneutics |