Te Deum : the church and music : a textbook, a reference, a history, an essay / Paul Westermeyer.
| Author/creator | Westermeyer, Paul, 1940- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, ©1998. |
| Description | xv, 412 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The study of church music -- Old Testament -- Prolegomena -- Psalms -- New Testament -- Canticles -- The first centuries -- With one voice -- Diffusion -- Before and after Charlemagne -- Chant -- Choirs and thought -- Life and song -- Reformation currents -- Sound, silence, and strictures -- A wider spectrum -- Controversies over psalm singing -- After the Reformation -- English hymns -- Music -- Before and after the French and American revolutions -- American developments -- Revivalism, liturgical renewal, and spirituals -- Recurrent American themes and richer textures. |
| Abstract | This concise introductory text provides a basic framework for understanding within history the development of the vast treasury of psalms, hymns, canticles, spiritual songs, and other sacred music within the Christian tradition. This is the first text which addresses the nature of church music from both a historical and theological context. |
| Local note | Little-305462--305131011002H |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-363) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 98004062 |
| ISBN | 0800631463 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780800631468 (alk. paper) |