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Informationen zum Autor By Joseph P. Swain Klappentext This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Sacred Music contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and a bibliography. The dictionary section has over 800 cross-referenced entries on major types of music, composers, key religious figures, and specialized positions, genres of composition, technical terms, and instruments. Zusammenfassung This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Sacred Music contains a chronology! an introduction! appendixes! and a bibliography. The dictionary section has over 800 cross-referenced entries on major types of music! composers! key religious figures! and specialized positions! genres of composition! technical terms! and instruments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword (Jon Woronoff)Preface to the First EditionPreface to the Second EditionChronologyIntroductionThe Dictionary Appendix I: Texts of the Roman Catholic and Anglican Rites Appendix II: Shema and KaddishBibliographyAbout the Author
List of contents
Foreword (Jon Woronoff)
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Chronology
Introduction
The Dictionary
Appendix I: Texts of the Roman Catholic and Anglican Rites
Appendix II: Shema and Kaddish
Bibliography
About the Author
About the author
Joseph P. Swain has taught music history and theory for more than 45 years. He is the former organist and director of music at St. Malachy’s Church in Sherburne, New York, and former music director of Tapestry, the All-Centuries Singers, based in Clinton, New York. His latest work of criticism is Listening to Bach and Handel: A Comparative Critique. He has also written Sacred Treasure: Understanding Catholic Liturgical Music, Harmonic Rhythm, The BroadwayMusical, which won ASCAP’s Deems Taylor Award in 1991, and Musical Languages, as well as a companion book in this series, A Historical Dictionary of Sacred Music.
