{"product_id":"rivers-of-sacred-sound-chant","title":"Rivers of Sacred Sound","description":"\u003ci\u003e\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRivers of Sacred Sound \u003c\/i\u003etraces the flow of influences from East to West, from\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBC to AD and from wordless jubilations to the setting of texts. It takes the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ediscussion about western chant beyond a European perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text of this book, preceded by an introduction, is presented in seven\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003echapters and covers a period of approximately five thousand years. There are\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003emany references all over the world to praising the divine with sound. Thus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethe starting point is the praise song, a fundamental impulse in mankind. The\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRg-Veda requests that our loudest-sounding hymn be accepted, as food most\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003edelightful to the Gods. The Psalms request us to make a joyful noise unto God\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eand to sing forth the honour of His name. Spontaneous songs became ritual\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eevents. In an aural culture what was the role of gesture and what is its role\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003enow? There are many doors to open in pursuing these and other questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book opens some of them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang International Academic Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54188343001432,"sku":null,"price":61.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781788744393.jpg?v=1777091448","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/rivers-of-sacred-sound-chant","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}