The Choral Revival in the Anglican Church (1839-1872)

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Boydell & Brewer, 2001 - 368 pàgines
Survey of an important period in the development of the choral tradition in the Anglican church.

When Bernarr Rainbow was director of music at the College of St Mark and St John, Chelsea, he came across the 1849 diary of service music of Thomas Helmore. Astonished at its breadth of repertoire, he was inspired to investigate the circumstances of the document. His findings are recorded in this book, which sets Thomas Helmore's contribution in perspective against the background of the Choral Revival as a whole.
In tracing the history of the remarkable revival of care for the music of the liturgy, the author produced a socio-musical history of a period vital in the evolution of the Anglican Church, and made clear, probably for the first time, how music in the Anglican Churchcame to follow lines which are unique in Christendom. His book was originally published at a time of important changes in ecclesiastical thinking; his presentation of the decisions taken in the past which led to the existing relationship between choirs and congregations, interesting in itself, is also valuable in the continuing debate.

 

Continguts

Frederick Oakeley
3
John Jebb
26
The Cradle of the Movement
43
Thomas Helmore
58
The Manual of Plainsong and Hymnal Noted
74
Robert Druitt and the Parish Choir
95
Frederick Helmore the Musical Missionary
115
The Growth of the Movement
141
Other College Chapels
220
The Cathedral Choirs
243
Maturity and Decadence
263
Conclusion
281
APPENDIXES
305
The surpliced choir originally introduced at Leeds Parish Church in 1818
307
Biographical note on William Dyce 18061864
310
Summary of the music issued with the Parish Choir
312

W J E Bennett and the Pimlico Riots
143
Resurgence
162
Expansion
183
The College Chapels of Oxford and Cambridge
201
Tractarian views upon the siting of the Choir
319
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CONSULTED
344
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