From Sacred Song to Ritual Music: Twentieth-Century Understandings of Roman Catholic Worship Music

by Michael Joncas

From Sacred Song to Ritual Music identifies the shifts in understanding that have led to significant changes in Roman Catholic worship music theory and practice during the twentieth century.

In this guide, nine documents are chosen to answer five questions for the future: What is Roman-Catholic worship music? What is its purpose? What are its qualities? Who makes it? and How should it be played?

Father Joncas documents the changing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814623522
• ISBN13: 9780814623527
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"