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Holy Concord within Sacred Walls: Nuns and Music in Siena, 1575-1700

Book by Colleen Reardon; Oxford University Press, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

This volume examines musical culture both inside and outside seventeenth-century Sienese convents. In contrast to earlier studies of Italian convent music, this book draws upon archival sources to reconstruct an ecclesiastical culture that celebrated music internally and shared music freely with the ...
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This volume examines musical culture both inside and outside seventeenth-century Sienese convents. In contrast to earlier studies of Italian convent music, this book draws upon archival sources to reconstruct an ecclesiastical culture that celebrated music internally and shared music freely with the community outside convent walls. Colleen Reardon argues that cloistered women in Siena enjoyed a significant degree of freedom to engage in musical pursuits. The nuns produced a remarkable body of work including motets, lamentations, theatrical plays and even an opera. As a result, the convent became an important cultural center in Siena that enjoyed the support and encouragement of its clergy and lay community.
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The Music and Dance of the World's Religions: A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography of Materials in the English Language

Book by E. Gardner Rust; Greenwood Press, 1996

Subjects:

Dance--Bibliography, Dance--Religious Aspects--Bibliography, Music--Bibliography, Music--Religious Aspects--Bibliography, Sacred Vocal Music--Bibliography

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Despite the world-wide association of music and dance with religion, this is the first full-length bibliography on the subject from a global perspective. The work consists of 3,816 references divided among 37 chapters. It covers tribal, regional, and global religions and such subjects as shamanism ...
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Despite the world-wide association of music and dance with religion, this is the first full-length bibliography on the subject from a global perspective. The work consists of 3,816 references divided among 37 chapters. It covers tribal, regional, and global religions and such subjects as shamanism, liturgical dance, healing, and the relationship of music, mathematics, and mysticism. The referenced materials display such diverse approaches as analysis of music and dance, description of context, direct experience, observation, and speculation. The references address topics from such disciplines as sociology, anthropology, history, linguistics, musicology, ethnomusicology, theology, medicine, semiotics, and computer technology.
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Body and Sacred Place in Medieval Europe, 1100-1389

Book by Dawn Marie Hayes; Routledge, 2003

Subjects:

Body, Human--Religious Aspects--Christianity--History Of Doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Church Buildings--Secular Use--Europe--History--To 1500, Sacred Space--Europe--History--To 1500

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Body and Sacred Place in Medieval Europe investigates the medieval understanding of sacred place, arguing for the centrality of bodies and bodily metaphors to the establishment, function, use, and power of medieval churches. Questioning the traditional division of sacred and profane jurisdictions ...
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Body and Sacred Place in Medieval Europe investigates the medieval understanding of sacred place, arguing for the centrality of bodies and bodily metaphors to the establishment, function, use, and power of medieval churches. Questioning the traditional division of sacred and profane jurisdictions, this book identifies the need to consider non-devotional uses of churches in the Middle Ages. Dawn Marie Hayes examines idealized visions of medieval sacred places in contrast with the mundane and profane uses of these buildings. She argues that by the later Middle Ages-as loyalties were torn by emerging political, economic, and social groups-the Church suffered a loss of security that was reflected in the uses of sacred spaces, which became more restricted as identities shifted and Europeans ordered the ambiguity of the medieval world.
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France and the Cult of the Sacred Heart: An Epic Tale for Modern Times

Book by Raymond Jonas; University of California Press, 2000

Subjects:

France--Church History, Sacred Heart, Devotion To--History Of Doctrines

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

In a richly layered and beautifully illustrated narrative, Raymond Jonas tells the fascinating and surprisingly little-known story of the Sacre-Coeur, or Sacred Heart. The highest point in Paris and a celebrated tourist destination, the white-domed basilica of Sacre-Coeur on Montmartre is a key ...
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In a richly layered and beautifully illustrated narrative, Raymond Jonas tells the fascinating and surprisingly little-known story of the Sacre-Coeur, or Sacred Heart. The highest point in Paris and a celebrated tourist destination, the white-domed basilica of Sacre-Coeur on Montmartre is a key monument both to French Catholicism and to French national identity. Jonas masterfully constructs the history of the devotion responsible for the basilica, beginning with the reputed apparition of the Sacred Heart to Marguerite-Marie Alacoque in the seventeenth century, through the French Revolution and its aftermath, to the construction of the monumental church that has loomed over Paris since the end of the nineteenth century.
According to the legend, Jesus offered his heart as a symbol of divine love for humanity but also made specific requests of France and its king. The country would prosper and triumph over its enemies if certain conditions were met, among them a public consecration of France to the Sacred Heart and the construction of a church of that name. Jonas focuses on key moments in the development of the cult: the founding apparition, the invocation of the Sacred Heart during the plague of Marseille, its adaptation as a royalist symbol during the French Revolution, and its elevation to a central position in Catholic devotional and political life in the crisis surrounding the Franco-Prussian War. Jonas draws on a wealth of archival sources to produce a learned yet accessible narrative that encompasses a remarkable sweep of French politics, history, architecture, and art.
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Sacred Places and Profane Spaces: Essays in the Geographics of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Book by Jamie Scott, Paul Simpson-Housley; Greenwood Press, 1991

Subjects:

Christianity, Islam--Doctrines, Judaism--Doctrines, Sacred Space--Comparative Studies

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

This study focuses the lense of geography on religion, employing three broad areas of inquiry, collectively termed "geographics," to encompass distinct, yet interrelated spatial dimensions. Religion-specific geographical sites or phenomenon are examined on both the literal and symbolic levels and on ...
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This study focuses the lense of geography on religion, employing three broad areas of inquiry, collectively termed "geographics," to encompass distinct, yet interrelated spatial dimensions. Religion-specific geographical sites or phenomenon are examined on both the literal and symbolic levels and on the level of prophetic and apocalyptic imaginings. The nine essays approach Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from each of the three spatial levels, looking at the Garden of Eden, Iranian pilgrimage circuits, Jewish settlements in Palestine, and others.
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The 2001 Fez Festival of World Sacred Music: An Annual Musical Event in Morocco Embodies and Reflects Sufi Traditions and Spirit

Journal article by Bruce Cook; International Journal of Humanities and Peace, Vol. 17, 2001

Subjects:

Fes, Morocco--Fairs, festivals, etc., Religion and music--Fairs, festivals, etc., Sufism--Philosophy

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

The 2001 fez festival of world sacred music: an annual musical event in Morocco...site for the Festival of World Sacred Music in 1995, as it still is the hub...change. The 7th Festival of World Sacred Music was held this summer from June 1...
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Jewish Sacred Music by Israeli Composers *

Journal article by Yuval Shaked; European Judaism, Vol. 35, 2002

Subjects:

Composers--Criticism and interpretation, Israeli culture, Jewish music--Religious aspects, Music, Jewish--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Jewish Sacred Music by Israeli Composers *. by Yuval...multi-layered phenomenon of `Jewish sacred music by Israeli composers. These are solely...collective (in this case Israeli Jewish sacred music in its relation to the arena of sacred...
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Sacred Song in America: Religion, Music, and Public Culture

Journal article by Edward Foley; Theological Studies, Vol. 66, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Sacred Song in America: Religion, Music, and Public Culture (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...self-professed "lifelong performer of sacred music" (ix). In the introduction he admits...conversant with the subject of sacred music, the book is an eye-opener. Chapter...considers "the most popular Catholic sacred-music artist in America" (240). Both...
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Preachers, Pronunciation, and Music: Hearing Rhetoric in Renaissance Sacred Polyphony

Journal article by Todd Borgerding; Musical Quarterly, Vol. 82, 1998

Subjects:

Music

Collections: Entire Library

...Pronunciatio, and Music: Hearing Rhetoric in Renaissance Sacred Polyphony Todd...Vicentino, Ancient Music Adapted to Modern...Right Thinking and Sacred Oratory in Counter-Reformation...Bonnie Blackburn, Music for Treviso Cathedral...
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The Voices of Ruth and Naomi: Cultural Transformation through Librettos and Music

Journal article by Helen Leneman; European Judaism, Vol. 35, 2002

Subjects:

Bible stories--Criticism and interpretation, Bible. O.T. Ruth (Sacred work)--Criticism and interpretation, Cowen, Frederic--Criticism and interpretation, Goldschmidt, Otto--Criticism and interpretation, Jewish music--Criticism and interpretation, Music, Jewish--Criticism and interpretation, Rumshinsky, Joseph--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Book of Ruth will be discussed here, as illustrations of how music and librettos may function as interpretations for the book...because of their Jewish origins. Otto Goldschmidt, Ruth, A Sacred Pastoral (London, Lamborn Cock, Addison Co., 1868) Otto...

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Songs of Knowledge: The World Festival of Sacred Music in Fes

Magazine article by Christine Osborne; The Middle East, September 1999

Subjects:

Church music--Fairs, festivals, etc., Fes, Morocco--Fairs, festivals, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...knowledge: the World Festival of Sacred Music in Fes by Christine Osborne...gentle host to The World Festival of Sacred Music. The festival was conceived by...spiritual and cultural platform where sacred music could open souls from every side...
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Afro-Cuban Sacred Music-Matanzas, Cuba Ca. 1957

Magazine article by Mark Holston; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 53, November 2001

Subjects:

Cuba--Music, Music, Cuban--Evaluation

Collections: Entire Library

Afro-Cuban sacred music--Matanzas, Cuba ca. 1957 by Mark Holston No Spanish-speaking...small island countrys adroitness at assimilating a broad range of sacred and popular music idioms from African and European classical and popular sources...
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Is Nothing Sacred? the Eclipse of the Holy in Contemporary Christianity

Magazine article by Joseph W. Goetz; The Antioch Review, Vol. 61, Spring 2003

Subjects:

Christianity--Criticism and interpretation, Christianity--Ethical aspects, Holy, The--Criticism and interpretation, Sacred--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...that what once was viewed as sacred--whether it be network televisions...the people in charge" of the music, the ritual, and the spaces...suggests as much. In his work The Sacred Bridge: The Interdependence of Liturgy and Music in Synagogue and Church during...
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Sacred Spaces

Magazine article by Donna Schaper; Cross Currents, Spring-Summer 2000

Subjects:

Religion and sociology--Analysis, Religious institutions--Social aspects, Sacred space--Social aspects, Worship--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...secularized practice of the sacred. When so much is potentially so sacred, even if and as contested, there is a real threat to the genuine...want to minimize the losses. They include the beauty of the music of the ages made for sanctuaries from baroque to Bauhaus. Chartres...
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Top-Ten Reasons for Watching 'Nothing Sacred

Magazine article by Peter Feuerherd; Commonweal, Vol. 124, November 21, 1997

Subjects:

American Broadcasting Companies Inc.--Production and direction, Nothing Sacred (Television program)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Religious television programs--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Catholic world, even the defenders of ABC televisions "Nothing Sacred" have had to gently tiptoe around the central character, for...Karl Malden in On the Waterfront. 7. Hes got good taste in music. Heres a rock-era priest who likes Lena Horne and Frank Sinatra...

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Bachfest Chorale Brings Sacred Music to Audiences

Newspaper article by Nancy Luebke; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 4, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Bachfest Chorale Brings Sacred Music to Audiences. by Nancy Luebke...the Bachfest Chorale offers Baroque music and a focus on Johann Sebastian Bach, it also has a mission to present music based on holy scripture to the widest...
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Sacred Songs at Shalom; Jewish Festival Diffuses Divine through Music

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 11, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Sacred Songs at Shalom; Jewish Festival Diffuses Divine through Music. Byline: Christopher Stollar, THE WASHINGTON...texts and goal will remain the same: to inspire new music for Jewish use and share these sacred sheets with a secular world. "We want the audience...
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Sacred or Funny, Music Is Their Calling

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), December 28, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Sacred or Funny, Music Is Their Calling. Byline: Serena Markstrom...Chris Stevens, who moved to Nashville for music and is nominated for a Grammy for his production...thing? James and Coleman have been playing music together for 15 years and married for 13...
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Volunteers at Sacred Heart Make Music That Helps in the Letting Go

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), January 24, 2008

Subjects:

Musicians

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Volunteers at Sacred Heart Make Music That Helps in the Letting...CORRECTION(Ran Jan. 25, 2008):Music thanatologists at Sacred Heart Medical Center are...Strings of Compassion, the music thanatologists at Sacred Heart Medical Center and...
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Classical Music Reigns Supreme at 7th San Agustin International Musicfest

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 14, 2005

Subjects:

Concerts, Music festivals

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...directed by Sebastian Trinidad, premieres sacred works by Filipino composer Alejandro Consolacion...to sing at the San Agustin International Music Festival, that is why I am preparing myself...director of the San Agustin Museum, the Music Festival started in 1998 to highlight the...

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Japanese Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...ensemble), were introduced from China. Midway between sacred and secular is the music of the No drama, dating from the 14th cent. (see...types of scale, both pentatonic. The first, used in sacred music and common to all of East Asia, has two modes...
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Byzantine Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...modes of plainsong , but they were groups of melodies made of certain definite formulas. The Byzantine music that survives is all sacred, with the exception of some acclamations for the emperor. Byzantine chant was monodic, in free rhythm, and...
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Church Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...include works taken from the repertory above as well as music of religious content, e.g., oratorios or sacred cantatas and instrumental music that is not specifically secular in nature. See cantata ; carol ; oratorio . See E. Routley, Twentieth-Century...
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Haydn, Michael

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Austrian composer, younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn . Haydn, largely self-taught, was noted especially for his sacred music. He was a friend of Mozart, whose Symphony No. 37 is actually Haydns work with an introduction by Mozart. Toward the...
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Benevoli, Orazio

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...composer. From 1646 until his death Benevoli was maestro di cappella at the Vatican. He wrote a large quantity of sacred music, much of it scored for many

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