Temple, the Church Fathers and Early Western Chant
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early Christian hymnody
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instrumental exclusion in church history
Jewish synagogue music
liturgical psalmody
medieval organology
monastic chant traditions
patristic musicology
Psalters
Pythagoras
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- ISBN 9780860786887
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 150 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 18 Jun 1998
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The articles here deal with liturgical music. Two topics receive special attention: the curiously negative role that musical instruments play in ancient cult music and the development of ecclesiastical song in early Christianity. The first series of articles treats classical Greek ethical notions of instruments, the status of instruments in Temple and Synagogue, and the absence of instruments from early Christian and medieval church music. The next parts trace the psalmody and hymnody of the Christian tradition, from its roots in Judaism to the origins of Gregorian chant in 7th-century Rome. Throughout, the writings of the Christian Church fathers such as Augustine, Ambrose, Basil and John Chrysostom underpin the author’s analysis and presentation.
James McKinnon formerly University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA
