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Author Swain, Joseph Peter, author.

Title Historical dictionary of sacred music / Joseph P. Swain
Edition Second edition
Published Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, 2016
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 379 pages)
Series Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts
Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts.
Contents Chronology -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Appendix 1: Texts of the Roman Catholic rite -- Appendix 2: Shema and Kaddish
Summary "This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Sacred Music contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 800 cross-referenced entries on major types of music, composers, key religious figures, specialized positions, genres of composition, technical terms, instruments, fundamental documents and sources, significant places, and important musical compositions. This book is an excellent reference for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about sacred music."--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-377)
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Subject Church music -- Dictionaries
Synagogue music -- Dictionaries
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
Church music
Synagogue music
Geistliche Musik
Genre/Form dictionaries.
Dictionaries
Dictionaries.
Dictionnaires.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020739153
ISBN 9781442264632
1442264632