The Bible and Music
The Bible and Music by Dr. James F. McGrath provides an introduction and overview of the various ways that music and the Bible have been and continue to be connected. Part 1 focuses on history, presenting what we know about how music in the Ancient Near East sounded, how markings in the Masoretic Te...
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[2023]
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Table of Contents:
- Publisher's Note
- Preface
- Introduction
- I. History
- 1. Ancient Music behind and in the Bible
- 2. Chanting in Synagogues
- 3. Chanting in Churches
- 4. The Protestant Reformatiion and Metrical Psalms
- 5. Spirituals
- 6. Contemporary Christian Music
- II. Texts
- 7. Creation
- 8. Psalms
- 9. Isaac and Family
- 10. Exodus
- 11. King David (and His Famlily, Friends, and Enemies)
- 12. Elijah
- 13. Romance in the Bible? Ruth and Boaz, Samson and Delilah
- 14. Songs of Songs
- 15. Esther
- 16. Salome
- 17. The Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
- 18. Our Father
- 19. Revelation
- 20. Alleluias and Allusions
- 21. Biblical Music without Words
- 22. Bringing Texts Together
- III. People and Genres
- 23. Hildegard of Bingen
- 24. Salamone
- 25. Johann Sebastian Bach
- 26. Passions: Bach and Beyond
- 27. The Bible as Musical, Oratorio, and Opera
- 28. Handel's Messiah
- 29. Lilii Boulanger
- 30. Arnold Schoenberg
- 31. John Rutter
- 32. Christmas Carols
- 33. Arvo Part
- 34. Andrea Clearfield
- 35. Roxanna Panufnik
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Paths through This Book
- Appendix 2: Making Music with Apps, Websites, and Software
- Appendix 3: For Further Listening
- General Bibliography
- Media Bibliography
- Contributors