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by John Harper (Author) "The ordered forms of Christian worship in the West emerged gradually during the first millennium, drawing on a variety of models, traditions, and influences ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Clarendon Press; annotated edition edition (15 Aug 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0198162790
  • ISBN-13: 978-0198162797
  • Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
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This book is intended as an introduction to the principal forms and orders of Western liturgy between about 900 and 1700, to explain their nature and basic historical origin, and to present in detail the contents and orders of principal services as well as additional and special forms of worship. The book emphasizes the mainstream of Western liturgy derived from the medieval Roman Rite as found in secular and monastic churches. After the Reformation it concentrates on the rites of the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. There is consideration of the nature of liturgy, a historical summary, and individual chapters on medieval churches and their communities, the Christian calendar, medieval liturgical books, the Psalms, the Office, the Mass, Processions and Additional Observances, Holy Week and Easter, the Tridentine Rite, and the English Book of Common Prayer. There are two further chapters which raise the problems of establishing the order of a liturgical service, and introduce selected medieval sources accessible in facsimile or edition. A select, annotated bibliography and a glossary of ecclesiastical and liturgical terms are included.
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5.0 out of 5 stars All you need to know in one handy volume, 13 Mar 2008
By T. Ruffer (Salisbury, England) - See all my reviews
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With one fo the longest titles known to man, you may think that reading this book might be like wading through treacle. If, like me, you are interested in the formation of Western Liturgy and the way in which music has been used as part of the liturgy, this is by far and away the best book on the subject you'll ever read.

Despite John Harper's obvious intellect, this is actually an easy read and written in a very approachable style. Any lacunae in his knowledge, to which he refers in his preface, were easily jumped over.

I have no hesitation in recommending this book. Essential reading for church musicans everywhere.
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