| Description |
xviii, 274 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"This book originated in a conference, Music, Cultural History and the Wesleys, hosted by CHOMBEC (Centre for the History of Music in Britain, the Empire and the Commonwealth) and held at the University of Bristol in July 2007"--Preface. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-261) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Music and Methodism. -- John Wesley, music, and the people called Methodists / Nicholas Temperley -- Charles Wesley and the music of poetry / J.R. Watson -- Psalms and hymns and Hymns and sacred poems : two strands of Wesleyan hymn collections / Robin A. Leaver -- John Frederick Lampe's Hymns on the Great Festivals and other occasions / Martin V. Clarke -- Methodist anthems : the set piece in English psalmody (1750-1850) / Sally Drage -- The music of Methodism in nineteenth-century America / Anne Bagnall Yardley -- Eucharistic piety in American Methodist hymnody (1786-1889) / Geoffrey C. Moore -- The musical settings of Charles Wesley's hymns (1742 to 2008) / Carlton R. Young -- -- pt. 2. The Wesley musicians. -- Style, will, and the environment : three composers at odds with history / Stephen Banfield -- Charles Wesley's family and the musical life of Bristol / Jonathan Barry ; Pictorial precocity : John Russell's portraits of Charles and Samuel Wesley / Peter S. Forsaith -- Harmony and discord in the Wesley family concerts / Alyson McLamore ; Father and sons : Charles, Samuel, and Charles the younger / Philip Olleson -- Samuel Wesley as an antiquarian composer / Peter Holman -- The anthem texts and word setting of Sebastian Wesley / Peter Horton -- The legacy of Sebastian Wesley / Stephen Banfield and Nicholas Temperley. |
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Wesley family -- Congresses.
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Wesley family. |
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Church music -- Methodist Church -- Congresses.
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Church music -- Methodist Church. |
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Church music -- England -- Congresses.
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Church music. |
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England. |
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Church music -- United States -- Congresses.
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United States. |
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Hymns, English -- England -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
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Hymns, English. |
| Genre/Form |
Hymns, English.
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| Subject |
Hymns, English -- United States -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Temperley, Nicholas.
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Banfield, Stephen, 1951-
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| ISBN |
9780252035814 cloth alkaline paper |
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025203581X cloth alkaline paper |
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9780252077678 paperback alkaline paper |
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0252077679 paperback alkaline paper |
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