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O Sing unto the Lord
Andrew Gant
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Musik
Beschreibung
Andrew Gant's compelling account traces English church music from Anglo-Saxon origins to the present. It is a history of the music and of the people who made, sang and listened to it. It shows the role church music has played in ordinary lives and how it reflects those lives back to us. The author considers why church music remains so popular and frequently tops the classical charts and why the BBC's Choral Evensong remains the longest-running radio series ever. He shows how England's church music follows the contours of its history and is the soundtrack of its changing politics and culture, from the mysteries of the Mass to the elegant decorum of the Restoration anthem, from stern Puritanism to Victorian bombast, and thence to the fractured worlds of the twentieth century as heard in the music of Vaughan Williams and Britten. This is a book for everyone interested in the history of English music, culture and society.
Rezensionen
Making sense of English church music'
A terrific book
I would urge everybody interested in English history to buy this book at once: Mr. Gant maneuvers so elegantly between the better-known historical narrative and the music that reacts to and supports that political ecosystem. [...] The whole time I was reading <i>O Sing Unto the Lord</i>, I was making copious notes to go and rediscover some forgotten anthem. Time after time, passing references to pieces I'
Gant'
As a former director of choirs at the Chapel Royal and the Guards'
A comprehensive and thoughtful survey that is also eminently readable.
an extraordinarily thorough treatment of English church music'
An illuminating and entertaining history [...] Drawing on his own extensive experience as choirmaster at the Chapel Royal, Andrew Gant covers this vast territory in breezy, unbuttoned fashion, without recourse to pedantry or jargon.
Excellent ... This authoritative and engaging history brings ... light and warmth to the subject
A wonderfully lively account of one of our greatest stories
Kundenbewertungen
Elizabeth I, cathedrals, churches, William Byrd, hymns, the Reformation, church music, Henry VIII, singing, Bible, Elgar, choirboys, the Enlightenment, monarchy, carols, organist, choirs, Benjamin Britten, choirmaster, Choral music