All Things Necessary

All Things Necessary
Author: Marti Rideout
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2012-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0898696526

This is a complete revision of a detailed resource which has been the essential guide for church musicians working in the Episcopal church for over 20 years. A Guide to the Practice of Church Music (1989) was originally written by Marion J. Hatchett, who taught for many years at the Episcopal seminary at Sewanee, was key in developing materials for The Hymnal 1982. This updated revision contains brief, but articulate discussions of the role of music in the church, the variety and nature of music ministries (people, cantor, choirs, organists, directors, instrumentalists, clergy, and music committees); principles for the selection of hymns, psalms, canticles, and other service music and their sources in materials from CPI and beyond; guidance for planning services for all rites of the church in the BCP and the Book of Occasional Services. Updated revision includes hymnals, electronic resources, and materials published since The Hymnal 1982.

A Guide to the Practice of Church Music

A Guide to the Practice of Church Music
Author: Marion J. Hatchett
Publisher: Paulinas
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1989-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780898691764

This essential guide for anyone who plans, performs, or takes part in liturgy is a complete updating and expansion of the author's earlier A Manual for Clergy and Church Musicians. It is completely referenced to The Hymnal 1982. All resource lists have been expanded and updated. Check lists for planning services have increased in number to reflect the services provided for in The Book of Occasional Services. Two new appendixes have been added: Appendix I; descants, fauxbourdons, varied harmonizations, varied accompaniments, suggested alternative treatments of hymns, and hymns scored for other instruments in The Hymnal 1982, and Appendix II; metrical index of tunes in The Hymnal 1982 with the first lines of the texts.

Liturgical Music for the Revised Common Lectionary, Year C

Liturgical Music for the Revised Common Lectionary, Year C
Author: Thomas Pavlechko
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 583
Release: 2024-05-14
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1640656235

A new edition of the comprehensive resource linking hymns and anthems to lectionary readings. The final volume in a three-volume series of planning guides for church musicians and clergy, this resource identifies hymns and anthems that are connected to the scripture appointed for Sundays and feast days. In addition to identifying hymns and anthems appropriate for each Sunday of the church year, this volume also offers suggestions about where in the liturgy each selection can best be used. Featuring hymns from hymnals authorized for use in the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the Moravian Church in America, as well as anthems from a variety of sources, Liturgical Music for the Revised Common Lectionary helps liturgical planners add musical variety to services and links congregational and choral singing to the lectionary.

Liturgical Music for the Revised Common Lectionary Year A

Liturgical Music for the Revised Common Lectionary Year A
Author: Thomas Pavlechko
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2022-05-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1640655506

A revised and expanded version of this classic text for church musicians and other worship planners. A planning guide for church musicians and clergy for selecting hymns, songs, and anthems, for the three-year liturgical cycle following the Revised Common Lectionary. Hymns and songs keyed to the appropriate liturgical occasion for Sundays in the Revised Common Lectionary for the three-year cycle. Revised in 2021, this first volume of the three-book series (Years A, B, and C) Includes selections from The Hymnal 1982, Lift Every Voice and Sing, Wonder, Love,andPraise, Voices Found, My Heart Sings Out alongwith Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), Moravian Book of Worship (Moravian Church), Common Praise (Anglican Church of Canada). Selections are listed by their relationship to the texts appointed for the day with indications which texts are direct quotes or paraphrases of the appointed scripture. First lines of hymns and songs include their page number and book location. Anthems are coded with their source when they are part of collection Choral selections are categorized as anthems or solos and voice parts are indicated.

Catholic Music Through the Ages

Catholic Music Through the Ages
Author: Edward Schaefer
Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2008
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1595250204

"The Church has always sought a dynamic balance between the expressive and the formative attributes of liturgical music. (This book) traces the development of the Church's music through the ages and is a chronicle of the music we have used in the earthly Liturgy of the Church. .... " [from back cover]

Living the Christian Year

Living the Christian Year
Author: Bobby Gross
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2012-04-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830866949

Bobby Gross presents chapters on each season of the liturgical year, accompanied by weekly devotions based on the Sunday readings of the lectionary cycle. His book offers a flexible weekly format, designed to let you break the devotions down any way you want to.

Reader's Guide to Music

Reader's Guide to Music
Author: Murray Steib
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 928
Release: 2013-12-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1135942625

The Reader's Guide to Music is designed to provide a useful single-volume guide to the ever-increasing number of English language book-length studies in music. Each entry consists of a bibliography of some 3-20 titles and an essay in which these titles are evaluated, by an expert in the field, in light of the history of writing and scholarship on the given topic. The more than 500 entries include not just writings on major composers in music history but also the genres in which they worked (from early chant to rock and roll) and topics important to the various disciplines of music scholarship (from aesthetics to gay/lesbian musicology).

My Heart Sings Out - Teacher's Edition

My Heart Sings Out - Teacher's Edition
Author: Church Publishing
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2005-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780898695014

This is the companion volume to My Heart Sings Out, a collection of hymns, songs, and service music chosen for their particular usefulness in liturgy that is designed intentionally to include children. Intergenerational participation in the liturgy is essential for growing churches. In addition to all of the music from the singer's edition, the Teacher's Guide includes: Brief essays on choosing music and texts appropriate for children; teaching music to children; the importance of a cantor as music leader; and planning worship using the "multiple intelligences" theory to better engage both children and adults. Suggestions for performance, including additional rhythmic and instrumental parts, ideas for use of multiple voice parts, and ways to make performance simpler or more complex depending on resources. Scriptural and lectionary material, including teaching ideas about understanding the story or theme of the day. Guidelines for planning children's chapel services, and for organizing musical content in church school classes and other special learning events. Musical concerns when teaching, including a breakdown of teaching methods for each piece: points of difficulty, patterns of rhythm or melody, etc. to make the music readily accessible to children and adults. Extensive indexes that list the types of accompanying instrumentation, that categorize selections by age level, that list which selections have harmony parts, that match scripture to texts, plus a liturgical index and a topical index.