English Cathedral Music and Liturgy in the Twentieth Century

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., Jun 28, 2015 - Religion - 280 pages
Examining the development of English cathedral music during a period of liturgical upheaval, Martin Thomas demonstrates that stylistic change in cathedral music was impeded by leading church music figures and organisations resulting in its becoming an identifiable, consistent, and archaic genre. Drawing on primary sources from libraries and archives of cathedrals, Thomas explores contemporary press coverage and the records of church music bodies, publishing practices, secondary literature, and the music itself. This book offers an important resource for music, theology, and liturgy students and ministry teams worldwide.
 

Contents

The Victorian Background
5
Music in English Cathedrals 190050 general Background
21
Examples from individual Cathedrals illustrating the Themes
65
Music in English Cathedrals 19502005 general Background
95
Examples from individual Cathedrals illustrating the Themes
209
Conclusions
247
Index
263
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The Revd Dr Martin Thomas is a former Canon Precentor of St Edmundsbury Cathedral and a Church of England parish priest and academic. He holds first class degrees in Music (Edinburgh) and Theology (Oxford) and completed his PhD thesis at UEA. He has contributed many articles to scholarly and popular journals including Anglican and Episcopal History; The Church of England Newspaper; In Illo Tempore; Cathedral Music; and Art and Christian Enquiry. He also provided the ‘Music’ chapter for a recent history of Wymondham Abbey and edited Five Ways of the Cross.

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