The Music of the Moravian Church in America

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-1-58046-260-0
Verlag: University of Rochester Press

Buch, Englisch, Band Volume 49, 372 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 730 g

Reihe: Eastman Studies in Music

The Moravians, or Bohemian Brethren, early Protestants who settled in Pennsylvania and North Carolina in the eighteenth century, brought a musical repertoire that included hymns, sacred vocal works accompanied by chamber orchestra, and instrumental music by the best-known European composers of the day. Moravian composers -- mostly pastors and teachers trained in the styles and genres of the Haydn-Mozart era -- crafted thousands of compositions for worship, and copied and collected thousands of instrumental works for recreation and instruction.
The book's chapters examine sacred and secular works, both for instruments -- including piano solo -- and for voices. The Music of the Moravian Church demonstrates the varied roles that music played in one of America's most distinctive ethno-cultural populations, and presents many distinctive pieces that performers and audiences continue to find rewarding.
Contributors: Alice M. Caldwell, C. Daniel Crews, Lou Carol Fix, Pauline M. Fox, Albert H. Frank, Nola Reed Knouse, Laurence Libin, Paul M. Peucker, and Jewel A. Smith.

Nola Reed Knouse, director of the Moravian Music Foundation since 1994, is active as a flautist, composer, and arranger. She is the editor of The Collected Wind Music of David Moritz Michael.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Knouse, Nola Reed

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Andere und Moderne Christliche Glaubensgemeinschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Geistliche Musik, Religiöse Musik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Moravians and Their Music - Nola Reed Knouse
Moravian Worship: The Why of Moravian Music - C Daniel Crews
Hymnody of the Moravian Church - Albert H Frank and Nola Reed Knouse
Moravian Sacred Vocal Music - Alice M. Caldwell
The Organ in Moravian Church Music - Lou Carol Fix
The Role and Development of Brass Music in the Moravian Church - Paul M Peucker
The Collegia Musica: Music of the Community - Nola Reed Knouse
Music in Moravian Boarding Schools through the Early Nineteenth Century - Pauline M Fox
The Piano among the Moravians in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries: Music, Instruction, and Construction - Jewel Smith
Moravian Music: Questions of Identity and Purpose - Nola Reed Knouse

Über Autor(innen)

Knouse, Nola Reed
Nola Reed Knouse is director of the Moravian Music Foundation.