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The Bible in Music: A Dictionary of Songs, Works, and More
Contributor(s): Long, Siobhán Dowling (Author), Sawyer, John F. a. (Author)
ISBN: 1538114550     ISBN-13: 9781538114551
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $74.25  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Music | Reference
- Music | Religious - Christian
- Religion | Christianity - General
Dewey: 781.59
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.25 lbs) 374 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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Publisher Description:
There have been numerous publications in the last decades on the Bible in literature, film, and art. But until now, no reference work has yet appeared on the Bible as it appears in Western music. In The Bible in Music: A Dictionary of Songs, Works, and More, scholars Siobh n Dowling Long and John F. A. Sawyer correct this gap in Biblical reference literature, providing for the first time a convenient guide to musical interpretations of the Bible. Alongside examples of classical music from the Middle Ages through modern times, Dowling Long and Sawyer also bring attention to the Bible's impact on popular culture with numerous entries on hymns, spirituals, musicals, film music, and contemporary popular music. Each entry contains essential information about the original context of the work (date, composer, etc.) and, where relevant, its afterlife in literature, film, politics, and liturgy. It includes an index of biblical references and an index of biblical names, as well as a detailed timeline that brings to the fore key events, works, and publications, placing them in their historical context. There is also a bibliography, a glossary of technical terms, and an index of artists, authors, and composers. The Bible in Music will fascinate anyone familiar with the Bible, but it is also designed to encourage choirs, musicians, musicologists, lecturers, teachers, and students of music and religious education to discover and perform some less well-known pieces, as well as helping them to listen to familiar music with a fresh awareness of what it is about.