Anglican Chant and Chanting in England, Scotland, and America, 1660 to 1820

by Ruth M. Wilson

This book presents, for the first time, a history of English liturgical chant as performed in the Church of England and its transmission to churches in Scotland and the United States. In the mid-sixteenth century Reformation, the complex ritual of the Latin rite was replaced by a one-volume Book of Common Prayer in English. The general nature of the new rubrics, expecially for music, left many of the details of performance to be worked out in traditional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198164246
• ISBN13: 9780198164241
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.