The Bible in Music: A Dictionary of Songs, Works, and More

Siobhán Dowling Long; John F.A. Sawyer

doi:10.5771/9780810884526

Summary

There have been numerous publications in the last decades on the Bible in literature, film, and art. But until now, no reference work has yet appeared on the Bible as it appears in Western music. In The Bible in Music: A Dictionary of Songs, Works, and More, scholars Siobhán Dowling Long and John F. A. Sawyer correct this gap in Biblical reference literature, providing for the first time a convenient guide to musical interpretations of the Bible. Alongside examples of classical music from the Middle Ages through modern times, Dowling Long and Sawyer also bring attention to the Bible’s impact on popular culture with numerous entries on hymns, spirituals, musicals, film music, and contemporary popular music.

Each entry contains essential information about the original context of the work (date, composer, etc.) and, where relevant, its afterlife in literature, film, politics, and liturgy. It includes an index of biblical references and an index of biblical names, as well as a detailed timeline that brings to the fore key events, works, and publications, placing them in their historical context. There is also a bibliography, a glossary of technical terms, and an index of artists, authors, and composers.

The Bible in Music will fascinate anyone familiar with the Bible, but it is also designed to encourage choirs, musicians, musicologists, lecturers, teachers, and students of music and religious education to discover and perform some less well-known pieces, as well as helping them to listen to familiar music with a fresh awareness of what it is about.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2015
Copyright Year: 2015
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-1455-1
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8108-8452-6
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 340
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acronyms and Abbreviations No access
3. Chronology No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
5. Introduction No access
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Bibliography No access Pages 287 - 294
List of Authors, Composers, and Musicians No access Pages 295 - 314
Index of Biblical Names and Subjects No access Pages 315 - 320
Index of Biblical References No access Pages 321 - 338
About the Authors No access Pages 339 - 340