Open up the Doors [electronic resource] : Music in the Modern Church.
Series: Studies in popular musicPublication details: London : Equinox Pub., 2006.Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)ISBN:- 9781845534929 (electronic bk.)
- 1845534921 (electronic bk.)
- 264/.2 781.71
- ML3187.5
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Contextualising Contemporary Congregational Music; 2. 'Nothing New Under the Sun': Learning from History; 3. Ending the Corporate Worship Wars; 4. Resistance or Accommodation: The 'World' of Quality; 5. The Rise and Rise of Pentecostal Music: History, Hillsong and Star Texts; 6. Theomusicological Frameworks for Congregational Song Analysis; 7. Corporate Worship GetsPersonal; 8. Conclusion: 'When the Music Fades'; Appendix: Song Classification and Analysis; Notes; Bibliography; Index to Bible References; Subject Index.
Represents an attempt to provide objective criteria and analytical frameworks by which the quality and function of contemporary congregational music can be assessed. This book also considers how well modern music is serving the modern church, and also how effectively it is operating as a musical form in the secular culture that surrounds it.
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