Historical Dictionary of Sacred Music, Second Edition

by Joseph P. Swain

Sacred music is a universal phenomenon of humanity. Where there is faith, there is music to express it. Every major religious tradition and most minor ones have music and have it in abundance and variety. There is music to accompany ritual and music purely for devotion, music for large congregations and music for trained soloists, music that sets holy words and music without words at all. In some traditions--Islamic and many Native American, to name...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442264624
• ISBN13: 9781442264625
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.1"