Sacred sound and social change : liturgical music in Jewish and Christian experience / edited by Lawrence A. Hoffman and Janet R. Walton.
| Other author | Hoffman, Lawrence A., 1942- editor. |
| Other author | Walton, Janet Roland editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, 1992. |
| Description | vi, 352 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Two liturgical traditions ; v. 3 Two liturgical traditions ; v. 3. ^A306636 |
| Contents | Jewish liturgical music from the bible to Hasidism / Eliyahu Schleifer -- Jewish liturgical music in the wake of nineteenth-century reform / Geoffrey Goldberg -- Christian liturgical music from the bible to the Renaissance / Margot Fassler, Peter Jeffery -- Christian liturgical music in the wake of the Protestant Reformation / Robin Leaver -- Catholic prophetic sound after Vatican II / Miriam Therese Winter -- Present stress and current problems: music and Reformed churches / Horace T. Allen, Jr. -- The hymnal as an index of musical change in Reform synagogues / Benjie-Ellen Schiller -- Introduction and instructions to the composers / Lawrence A. Hoffman, Janet R. Walton -- The Roman Catholic tradition / Nansi Carroll -- The Methodist tradition / Don E. Saliers -- The Jewish tradition / Ben Steinberg -- The Episcopal tradition / Alec Wyton -- Sacred music in a secular age / Samuel Adler -- A petition for a visionary black hymnody / Jon Michael Spencer -- Enculturation, style, and the sacred-secular debate / Virgil C. Funk -- On swimming holes, sound pools, and expanding canons / Lawrence A. Hoffman. |
| Abstract | Teachers, students, composers, performers, and other practitioners of sacred sound will appreciate this volume because, unlike any book currently available on sacred music, it treats the history, development, current practices, composition, and critical views of the liturgical music of both the Jewish and Christian traditions. Contributors trace Jewish music from its place in Hebrew Scriptures through the nineteenth-century Reform movement. Similar accounts of Christian music describe its growth up to the Protestant Reformation, as well as post-Reformation developments. Other essays explore liturgical music in contemporary North America by analyzing it against the backdrop of the continuous social change that characterizes our era. In addition to thought-provoking essays, this volume boasts a unique feature: four composers, each representing a different religious perspective, were commissioned to write a musical setting for Psalm 136. Their compositions are presented here, along with their commentaries, which explain the musical decisions they made and how these decisions reflect contemporary compositional, liturgical, and social challenges. |
| General note | Took its origin from a conference held in Oct. 1986 at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 91051120 |
| ISBN | 026801745X |