TY  - BOOK
AU  - Westmeyer,Paul,1940--
TI  - Te Deum: the church and music: a textbook, a reference, a history, an essay 
SN  - 9780800631468
AV  - BV 290 .W47 1998
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - Fortress Press
KW  - Music
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Music in the churches
KW  - Public worship
KW  - Church music
KW  - Protestant churches
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Contents; The study of church music; Old Testament: Prolegomena-- Psalms; New Testament: Canticles; The first centuries: With one voice-- Diffusion; Before and after Charlemagne: Chant-- Choirs and thought-- Life and song; Reformation currents: Sound, silence, and strictures-- A wider spectrum-- Controversies over Psalm singing; After the reformation: English hymns-- Music; Before and after the French and American revolutions: American developments-- Revivalism, Liturgical renewal, and Spirituals-- Recurrent American themes and richer textures; Now: Postscript
ER  -