Andrew Gant
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For as long as people have worshipped together, music has played a key role in church life. With O Sing unto the Lord, Andrew Gant offers a fascinating history of English church music, from the Latin chant of late antiquity to the great proliferation of styles seen in contemporary repertoires.
The ornate complexity of pre-Reformation Catholic liturgies revealed the exclusive nature of this form of worship. By contrast, simple English psalms, set...
2) The carols of Christmas: a celebration of the surprising stories behind your favorite holiday songs
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Shares the origins of twenty-one Christmas carols, including "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing," "Away in a Manger," and "The Twelve Days of Christmas."