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Author Swain, Joseph Peter, author.

Title Historical dictionary of sacred music / Joseph P. Swain.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, 2016.
©2016

Item Status

Edition Second edition.
Description 1 online resource (xxii, 379 pages).
text file
Series Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts
Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-377).
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Church music -- Dictionaries.
Church music.
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
Subject Synagogue music -- Dictionaries.
Synagogue music.
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Dictionaries.
Other Form: Print version: Historical dictionary of sacred music Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. 9781442264625 (DLC) 2016018197
ISBN 9781442264632 (ePub)
1442264632 (ePub)
9781442264625 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1442264624 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 99973267011