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Liederkunde zum Evangelischen Gesangbuch. Heft 16
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2011; US$ 19.56Hauptbeschreibung Kommentare zu: EG 169 Der Gottesdienst soll fröhlich sein EG 222 Im Frieden dein EG 267 Herr, du hast darum gebetet EG 288 Nun jauchzt dem Herrn, alle Welt EG 294 Nun saget Dank und lobt den Herren EG 320 Nun lasst uns Gott, dem Herren EG 321 Nun danket alle Gott EG 326 Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut EG 372 Was Gott tut, das ist... more...
Body Piercing Saved My Life
Da Capo Press 2007; US$ 16.95A riveting, in-depth, behind-the-scenes account of the subculture of modern Christian rock music, which saw estimated sales of one billion dollars in 2003 alone more...
Polyphone Messen im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2012; US$ 50.44Hauptbeschreibung Die polyphone Messe galt von der Mitte des 15. bis zum Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts in der praktischen Musikausübung und ihrer theoretischen Reflexion als die zentrale Ausdrucksform der abendländischen Kunstmusik, innerhalb derer sich die maßgeblichen kompositorischen Entwicklungen vollzogen. Um 1500 reifte zudem die Sensibilität für... more...
In Your Mercy, Lord, You Called Me
The Edwin Mellen Press 2010; US$ 59.95In this study Dr. Nancy C. James analyzes the symbolism in Josiah Conder's poetic hymn, the expression of his beliefs and the notion of prevenient theology that motivated Conder. more...
A History of Chinese Christian Hymnody
The Edwin Mellen Press 2009; US$ 149.95This work examines the important hymnals that shaped Chinese hymnody and the hymnists who made significant contributions. The hymns written by Chinese authors and composers are discussed in the light of their Christian context, poetic forms, imagery, Chinese music styles and musical idiom. more...
The Color of Sound
NYU Press 2013; US$ 79.00Throughout Brazil, Afro-Brazilians face widespread racial prejudice. Many turn to religion, with Afro-Brazilians disproportionately represented among Protestants, the fastest-growing religious group in the country. Officially, Brazilian Protestants do not involve themselves in racial politics. Behind the scenes, however, the community is deeply involved... more...
A Stable-Lamp is Lighted
The Edwin Mellen Press 2010; US$ 59.95Richard Wilburs lyric A Stable-Lamp is Lighted, originally written to be sung chorally at a candlelight service at Wesleyan University in 1958, is both a much admired poem sung by church choirs in Advent and Christmas concerts and a successful hymn text. Wilburs text combines the attributes of a text for congregational and choral... more...
The Kelly Khumalo Story
Jacana Media 2012; US$ 19.99Kelly Khumalo is an award-winning kwaito star who rose to national fame at the age of 21: the shining star who, after a string of bad decisions and relationships, soon lost her shine. The book tracks the life and times of the fallen township pop princess, her plummet from grace, disastrous relationships with men, her addiction to cocaine, and finally... more...
Mixing Musics
Stanford University Press 2013; US$ 65.00This book traces the mixing of musical forms and practices in Istanbul to illuminate multiethnic music-making and its transformations across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It focuses on the Jewish religious repertoire known as the Maftirim, which developed in parallel with "secular" Ottoman court music. Through memoirs, personal interviews,... more...
Divas in the Convent
University of Chicago Press 2012; US$ 25.00When eight-year-old Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590–1662) entered one of the preeminent convents in Bologna in 1598, she had no idea what cloistered life had in store for her. Thanks to clandestine instruction from a local maestro di cappella —and despite the church hierarchy’s vehement opposition to all convent music—Vizzana... more...









