LoginThe Music of Angels: A Listener's Guide to Sacred Music from Chant to Christian Rock
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Igor Stravinsky once wrote: "The church knew what the Psalmist knew: music praises God. Music is as well or better able to praise Him than the building of the church and all its decorations; it is the church's greatest ornament." That glittering ornament is the central theme of this salutary overview of 2,000 years of sacred music. Patrick Kavanaugh, director of the Christian Performing Artists' Fellowship, has divided the book into three sections: from Hebrew psalms to the Renaissance, from Baroque to hymnology, and the twentieth century and the advent of recorded music.
The author is a gifted musicologist who has
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Manufacturer: Loyola Press
Release date: 1 August 1999
ISBN-10 : 0829410198 | ISBN-13: 9780829410198
Release date: 1 August 1999
ISBN-10 : 0829410198 | ISBN-13: 9780829410198
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