Psalms & music : influences of the Psalms on western music / Max Stern.

Psalms have been set to music more than any other biblical texts. Their embodiment in music is the veritable bedrock upon which was erected the edifice of Western music. In all eras, whether chanted, sung, or declaimed in elaborate settings for choirs and instruments - never faraway lurked images of...

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Main Author: Stern, Max, 1947- (Author)
Other title:Psalms and music.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn, NY : KTAV Publishing House, [2013]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Psalms in early Christianity
  • Psalms in the Middle Ages
  • Psalms in the Renaissance
  • Psalms in the Italian Jewish Ghetto
  • Psalms in the Protestant Reform
  • Psalms in the Baroque
  • Psalms in the Classical
  • Psalms in the Romantic
  • Psalms in the twentieth century
  • Conclusion.