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Foundations of Christian Music
Contributor(s): Foley, Edward (Author)
ISBN: 1725280965     ISBN-13: 9781725280960
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $28.80  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: July 2020
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BISAC Categories:
- Music | Religious - Christian
- Religion | Christian Church - History
- Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - Worship & Liturgy
Dewey: 781.710
Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.61 lbs) 112 pages
 
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In the study of Christian liturgical music, the first three centuries of the Christian era are foundational. Seldom, however, does this period receive serious attention from scholars. One of the reasons for this oversight is the fluid auditory environment of this period, and the inadequacy of the Western concept of ""music"" to describe this environment. Foundations of Christian Music addresses this lacuna by exploring the auditory environment of first-century CE Judaism and emerging Christianity until the time of Constantine (d. 337). Through a consideration of the text, styles, forms, performance, and settings of Jewish and early Christian worship, Foundations offers an unusually rich perspective on the lyrical nature of emerging Christian worship.