The contribution of Cambridge ecclesiologists to the revival of Anglican choral worship 1839-62 / Dale Adelmann.

Author/creator Adelmann, Dale, 1961-
Format Book
Publication InfoAldershot, England ; Brookfield, VT : Ashgate, ©1997.
Descriptionxiv, 244 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesMusic in nineteenth-century Britain
Music in nineteenth-century Britain. ^A412049
Contents Introduction and context -- Cambridge ecclesiologists 1839-49: the formative years -- The Ecclesiological late Cambridge Camden Society 1850-55: champions of choral service -- Contributions of individual ecclesiologists to the revival of church music. The Venerable Thomas Thorp ; The Revd Professor William Hodge Mill ; The Revd Benjamin Webb ; Alexander James Beresford (Beresford) Hope, M.P. ; The Revd John Mason Neale ; The Revd Thomas Helmore ; The Revd Henry Lascelles Jenner ; The Revd Samuel Stephenson Greatheed ; The Revd John Lake Crompton ; Francis Henry Dickinson, Esq. ; John David Chambers, Esq. ; William Dyce, Esq. -- The ecclesiological apologetic for church music -- The Ecclesiological Society 1856-62 and the diffusion of the Anglican choral revival -- Appendix. Music performed by the Ecclesiological Motett Choir, 1853-62.
Abstract This book asks how an ecclesiastical climate was created in which Anglican choral worship could flourish in the mid-nineteenth century. The author draws on a wide range of sources, including diaries, correspondence, pamphlets, newspapers and critical writings, to answer this question. His research reveals the hitherto unrecognized extent of the influence of the Cambridge Camden Society (1839-62) in the revival of Anglican choral worship, in particular through the auspices of its periodical The Ecclesiologist, but also through the dedicated efforts of the remarkable individuals who promoted the Society?s aims in their writings, lectures, and in their own parish churches. The study examines the arguments that were framed in defence of choral worship and the often heated debates they initiated between both individuals and institutions. In so doing, it provides a re-evaluation of the place of Anglican choral worship in mid-nineteenth-century musicological and ecclesiastical history, and demonstrates the role of Cambridge ecclesiologists as primary force behind its rival.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 222-237) and index.
LCCN 97039983
ISBN1859283896

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