Table of Contents

The Moravians and Their Music - Nola Reed Knouse
Moravian Worship: The Why of Moravian Music - C Daniel Crews
Hymnody of the Moravian Church - Albert H Frank and Nola Reed Knouse
Moravian Sacred Vocal Music - Alice M. Caldwell
The Organ in Moravian Church Music - Lou Carol Fix
The Role and Development of Brass Music in the Moravian Church - Paul M Peucker
The Collegia Musica: Music of the Community - Nola Reed Knouse
Music in Moravian Boarding Schools through the Early Nineteenth Century - Pauline M Fox
The Piano among the Moravians in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries: Music, Instruction, and Construction - Jewel Smith
Moravian Music: Questions of Identity and Purpose - Nola Reed Knouse

About the Author

Nola Reed Knouse is director of the Moravian Music Foundation.

Reviews

The Moravians . . . are possessors and guardians of one of the richest repositories of sophisticated religious and secular music in the United States emanating from early Colonial times. Every church musicians today needs to know this important tradition. And this excellent book is, and will remain, the definitive resource. . . . An unusually exhaustive and thorough bibliography brings this remarkable book to a close.
*DIAPASON*

Valuable to anyone pursuing a deeper acquaintance with this unique -- and uniquely American -- tradition. A thorough introduction to the various aspects of the topic.
*JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ANGLICAN MUSICIANS*

Provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of music in the Moravian Church. Well documented with chapter endnotes and amply illustrated with music examples, facsimiles from early sources, and photographs. There is a genuine need for this book.
*MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NOTES*

Music plays a huge role in Moravian culture. Those wishing to build an understanding of this music and musical culture will appreciate the first several essays [by Knouse, C. Daniel Crews, Albert Frank, and Alice Caldwell]. Summing Up: Recommended. All audiences, but particularly undergraduates and general readers.
*CHOICE*

This marvelous collection of essays presents a rich, provocative account of an underappreciated musical heritage. Its penetrating insights go well beyond Moravian culture. Indeed, this book should be required reading for any person, of any denomination, interested in the complex issue of music in liturgy. --Lorenzo Candelaria, University of Texas at Austin (Musicology) and co-author of American Music: A Panorama
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A giant step in the ongoing task of disseminating information about the origins of Moravian music and its importance on the American musical scene. The assembly of works by significant scholars is well illustrated by examples of printed music, hymns, and both original and translated texts. --J. Edwin Hendricks, Wake Forest University [History] and longtime President of Historic Winston
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Insightful quotations from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century sources. Readers . . . may find themselves, as Goethe, Herder, Washington, and Franklin were, moved by the emotionally charged religious sentiment of Moravian music.
*JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN MUSIC*