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The A to Z of Sacred Music.

Swain, Joseph P.

The A to Z of Sacred Music. - Lanham : Scarecrow Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (336 pages). - The A to Z Guide Series . - A to Z guides. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-298).

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Appendix A: Texts of the Roman Catholic Rites; Appendix B: Shema and Kaddish; Bibliography; About the Author.

The A to Z of Sacred Music covers the most important aspects of the sacred music of Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and other smaller religious groups. It provides useful information on all the significant traditions of this music through the use of a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, appendixes, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary 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 importa.

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Church music--Dictionaries.
Synagogue music--Dictionaries.
MUSIC--Religious--General.
Church music
Synagogue music


Electronic books.
Dictionaries

ML102.C5 S83 2012

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