The music of the Moravian Church in America / edited by Nola Reed Knouse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knouse, Nola Reed.

Series:

Eastman studies in music 1071-9989

Eastman studies in music, 1071-9989

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church music--Moravian Church.

Church music.

Moravians--United States.

Moravians.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxii, 346 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2008.

Summary:

The first comprehensive study, by a team of leading scholars, of one of the United States' most distinctive musical traditions.

Contents:

The Moravians and their music / Nola Reed Knouse

Moravian worship : the why of Moravian music / C. Daniel Crews

Hymnody of the Moravian Church / Albert H. Frank and Nola Reed Knouse

Moravian sacred vocal music / Alice M. Caldwell

The organ in Moravian church music / Lou Carol Fix

The role and development of brass music in the Moravian Church / Paul Peucker

The Collegia Musica : music of the community / Nola Reed Knouse

Music in Moravian boarding schools through the early nineteenth century / Pauline M. Fox

The piano among the Moravians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries : music, instruction, and construction / Jewel A. Smith

Moravian music : questions of identity and purpose / Nola Reed Knouse.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-329) and index.

ISBN:

9781580462600

158046260X

OCLC:

145379723