O Sing Unto the Lord: A History of English Church Music

by Andrew Gant

Book Overview

For as long as people have worshipped together, music has played a key role in church life. With O Sing unto the Lord, Andrew Gant offers a fascinating history of English church music, from the Latin chant of late antiquity to the great proliferation of styles seen in contemporary repertoires.

The ornate complexity of pre-Reformation Catholic liturgies revealed the exclusive nature of this form of worship. By contrast, simple English...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022646962X
• ISBN13: 9780226469621
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.1"