The Story of Christian Music: from Gregorian Chant to Black Gospel, an Authoritative Illustrated Guide to All the Major Traditions of Music for Worship - Softcover

Wilson-Dickson, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0800634748 ISBN 13: 9780800634742

Publisher: Fortress Press, 2003

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Wilson-Dickson holds a doctorate in music composition from York University. He has been since 1984 a Principal Lecturer at the Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, and involved in music at his local church and with the Cambrensis, the South Wales Baptist Choir.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0800634748
• ISBN 13: 9780800634742
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256