Word Chant And Song

Author : Harold Coward
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438475756
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Word, Chant, and Song written by Harold Coward and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible introduction to the centrality of word, chant, and song in the Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, and Sikh traditions. In academic religious studies and musicology, little attention has been given to chanted word, hymns, and songs, yet these are often the key spiritual practices for lay devotees. To address this gap in knowledge, Harold Coward presents a thematic study of sacred sound as it functions in word, chant, and song for devotees in the Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, and Sikh traditions. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction of a particular tradition’s word/scripture, followed by case studies showcasing the diversity of understanding and the range of chant and song in devotee practice, and concludes with a brief illustration of new trends in music and chant within the tradition. Written in a style that will appeal to both scholars and lay readers, technical terms are clearly explained and case studies explicitly include devotees’ personal experiences of songs and chants in public and private religious ritual. “Accessible, informative, and interesting, this is a fine contribution.” — Anantanand Rambachan, author of A Hindu Theology of Liberation: Not-Two Is Not One

Author : Marilyn Lowe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781579993450
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Music Moves for Piano written by Marilyn Lowe and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brian Wren
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 161164237X
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Praying Twice written by Brian Wren and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2000-06-01 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this in depth look at hymns, Brian Wren explores the theological significance of congregational song, asks how music has meaning for its singers, and considers the importance of contemporary worship music. He argues that a hymn is a complex art form, deserving of recognition and study for its contributions to worship, education, and pastoral care.

Author : Robert Gass
Publisher : Broadway
ISBN 13 : 9780767903233
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chanting written by Robert Gass and published by Broadway. This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including details about chanting's history and traditions as well as new scientific findings about the many medical benefits of humming and vibration, this guide to vocal meditation provides readers with easy instructions, breathing techniques, and tips on how to create unique, personal chants. Rep

Author : Christopher R. Gabel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1573567299
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Words and Music of Sting written by Christopher R. Gabel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sting has successfully established himself as one of the most important singer-songwriters in Western popular music over the past twenty years. His affinity for collaborative work and disparate musical styles has pushed his music into an astonishing array of contexts, but no matter what the style or who the collaborator, Sting's voice always remains distinct, and this fact has earned him success amongst a correspondingly broad audience. The Words and Music of Sting subdivides Sting's life and works into rough periods of creative activity and offers a fantastic opportunity to view Sting's many stylistic changes within a coherent general framework. After analyzing Sting's musical output album by album and song by song, author Christopher Gable sums up Sting's accomplishments and places him on the continuum of influential singer-songwriters, showing how he differs and relates to other artists of the same period. Aside from his commercial success, Sting is also interesting for the use of recurring themes in his lyrics (such as family relationships, love, war, spirituality, and work) and for his use of jazz and world music to illustrate or work against the meaning of a song. Sting's life also sheds light on his music, as his working-class roots in Newcastle, England are never far removed from his international superstardom. Throughout his life, he has been musically open-minded and inquisitive, always seeking out new styles and often incorporating them into his compositions.

Author : Andrew Wilson-Dickson
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9780800634742
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of Christian Music written by Andrew Wilson-Dickson and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music has been at the heart of Christian worship since the beginning, and this lavishly illustrated and wonderfully written volume fully surveys the many centuries of creative Christian musical experimentation. From its roots in Jewish and Hellenistic music, through the rich tapestry of medieval chant to the full flowering of Christian music in the centuries after the Reformation and the many musical expressions of a now-global Christianity, Wilson-Dickson conveys 'a glimpse of the fecundity of imagination with which humanity has responded to the creator God.' Book jacket.

Author : William Ludden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.KB/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pronouncing Musical Dictionary of Technical Words, Phrases and Abbreviations written by William Ludden and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Phyllis Crawford
Publisher : New York : H.W. Wilson Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Song Index written by Phyllis Crawford and published by New York : H.W. Wilson Company. This book was released on 1926 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : ThomasForrest Kelly
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351572385
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chant and its Origins written by ThomasForrest Kelly and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Latin liturgical music of the medieval church is the earliest body of Western music to survive in a more or less complete form. It is a body of thousands of individual pieces, of striking beauty and aesthetic appeal, which has the special quality of embodying, of giving voice to, the words of the liturgy itself. Plainchant is the music that underpins essentially all other music of the middle ages (and far beyond), and is the music that is most abundantly preserved. It is a subject that has engaged a great deal of research and debate in the last fifty years and the nature of the complex issues that have recently arisen in research on chant are explored here in an overview of current issues and problems.

Author : Minnie Earl Sears
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Song Index written by Minnie Earl Sears and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: