Musical instruments of the Bible / Jeremy Montagu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montagu, Jeremy.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music in the Bible.

Musical instruments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2002.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Scarecrow Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book uses all the resources available to establish what each instrument in the bible really was, what it looked like, and how it was played and is arranged in the same order as the King James Bible, with explanation where this differs from other versions in English. As well as a full bibliography, there are three indexes.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Transcription; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Pentateuch; 3. The Narrative Books; 4. The Poetical Books; 5. The Prophetical Books; 6. The Apocrypha; 7. The New Testament; 8. How Were the Instruments Used?; Bibliography; Index of Biblical Citations; Quadrilingual Index of Musical References; General Index

Notes:

"Praise him in the sound of the trumpet: Praise him upon the lute and harp. Praise him in the cymbals and dances: Praise him upon the strings and pipe. Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals: Praise him upon the loud cymbals. Let everything that hath breath; praise the Lord"--T.p.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-156) and indexes.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-41615-9

979-82-16-22787-8

1-4616-6994-4

OCLC:

855969746