Good Book?
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Any suggestions on a book with the history of Catholic sacred music?
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Catholic Music through the Ages: Balancing the Needs of a Worshipping Church, by Edward Schaefer:
https://www.amazon.com/Catholic-Music-through-Ages-Worshipping/dp/1595250204Thanked by 1rich_enough -
A Student's Guide to Music history by RJ Stove
O Clap Your Hands by Gordon Giles
A Sense of the Sacred: Roman Catholic Worship in the Middle Ages by James Monti -
Papal Legislation on Sacred Music
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/review/0814610129/R3HIELLKDMBB0I/ref=cm_cr_dp_mb_rvw_1?ie=UTF8&cursor=1 -
I second Francis's suggestion. Excellent book.Thanked by 1mmeladirectress
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The Fellerer "History of Catholic Church Music" is a classic; written in the early '60's, I believe, so doesn't address Vatican II or what came after.Thanked by 1StimsonInRehab
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