The Music of the Moravian Church in America

Herausgeber: Knouse, Nola Reed

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Early English Text Society
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781580463522
• ISBN-10: 1580463525
• Artikelnr.: 27409643

Inhaltsangabe

The Moravians and Their Music
Nola Reed Knouse Moravian Worship: The Why of Moravian Music
C Daniel Crews Hymnody of the Moravian Church
Albert H Frank and Nola Reed Knouse Moravian Sacred Vocal Music
Alice M. Caldwell The Organ in Moravian Church Music
Lou Carol Fix The Role and Development of Brass Music in the Moravian Church
Paul M Peucker The Collegia Musica: Music of the Community
Nola Reed Knouse Music in Moravian Boarding Schools through the Early Nineteenth Century
Pauline M Fox The Piano among the Moravians in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries: Music, Instruction and Construction
Jewel Smith Moravian Music: Questions of Identity and Purpose
Nola Reed Knouse