The forms and orders of Western liturgy from the tenth to the eighteenth century : a historical introduction and guide for students and musicians / John Harper.
| Author/creator |
Harper, John |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©1991. |
| Description | xiii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Liturgy in the western church -- Prologue: what is liturgy? -- The formation of Christian liturgy: a historical summary -- Liturgy and the medieval church -- Medieval liturgy -- The liturgical year and the calendar -- Medieval b ooks for the liturgy -- The psalter -- The divine office -- The mass -- Processions and other additional observances -- Holy week and Easter -- After the reformation -- The Tridentine reform -- The reformed liturgy of the Church of England -- Using liturgical sources -- Establishing the Order of a Latin Liturgical celebration -- The ordering of selected medieval sources. |
| Abstract | An introduction to the principal forms and orders of Western liturgy between about 900 and 1700, this book explains their nature and basic historical origin, and presents in detail the contents and orders of principal services as well as additional and special forms of worship. This 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. Harper discusses the nature of liturgy and provides an 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. Harper concludes with two chapters which raise the problems of establishing the order of a liturgical service, and introduces selected medieval sources accessible in facsimile or edition. A select, annotated bibliography and a glossary of ecclesiastical and liturgical terms are included. |
| Local note | Little-284353 |
| Local note | Little-284353 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-285) and index. |
| LCCN | 91007974 |
| ISBN | 0193161281 : |
| ISBN | 0198162790 (pbk.) : |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | BV186.5 .H37 1991 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |