Music of the Moravian Church in America (eBook)

Nola Reed Knouse (Herausgeber)

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2008
372 Seiten
Boydell & Brewer Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-58046-746-9 (ISBN)

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The first comprehensive study, by a team of leading scholars, of one of the United States's most distinctive musical traditions.The Moravians, or Bohemian Brethren, early Protestants who settled in Pennsylvania and North Carolina in the eighteenth century, brought a musical repertoire that included hymns, sacred vocal works accompanied by chamber orchestra, and instrumental music by the best-known European composers of the day. Moravian composers -- mostly pastors and teachers trained in the styles and genres of the Haydn-Mozart era -- crafted thousands of compositions for worship,and copied and collected thousands of instrumental works for recreation and instruction. The book's chapters examine sacred and secular works, both for instruments -- including piano solo -- and for voices. The Music of the Moravian Church demonstrates the varied roles that music played in one of America's most distinctive ethno-cultural populations, and presents many distinctive pieces that performers and audiences continue to find rewarding. Contributors: Alice M. Caldwell, C. Daniel Crews, Lou Carol Fix, Pauline M. Fox, Albert H. Frank, Nola Reed Knouse, Laurence Libin, Paul M. Peucker, and Jewel A. Smith. Nola Reed Knouse, director of the MoravianMusic Foundation since 1994, is active as a flautist, composer, and arranger. She is the editor of The Collected Wind Music of David Moritz Michael.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.1.2008
• Reihe/Serie: Eastman Studies in Music
• Reihe/Serie: Eastman Studies in Music
• Co-Autor: Alice Caldwell, C Daniel Crews, Lou Carol Fix, Pauline M Fox, Albert H Frank, Nola Reed Knouse, Paul M Peucker, Jewel Smith
• Zusatzinfo: 14 b/w, 52 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Rochester
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musikgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• Schlagworte: Hymns • Instrumental Music • Moravian Church • Sacred Vocal Works
• ISBN-10: 1-58046-746-6 / 1580467466
• ISBN-13: 978-1-58046-746-9 / 9781580467469