Servanthood of song : music, ministry, and the church in the United States /

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 749-[796]) and index.Beginnings : the eighteenth century -- Time of transition -- Two great rivers -- The liturgical church, part 1 -- A mighty shout! -- African American music and worship -- The Civil War -- The cultivated church and its music in post-Civil War America, 1865-1885 -- The liturgical church, part 2 -- The rise of professional choirmasters, organists, and singers as church musicians -- Unfulfilled aspirations -- "The Great Urban Revival" of Moody and Sankey -- Barbershops, ballyhoo, and blue notes -- A new century for worship and music in the cultivated church -- The Motu Proprio of 1903 and its aftermath -- Sacred music education and the flowering of music as ministry in the United States -- Gospel metamorphosis -- Collapse and conflict -- Sacred music in the post-war era, 1946-1965 -- A time of turbulence -- The decline of the cultivated tradition in American church music -- Learning from the past, hope for the future."Servanthood of Song is a history of American church music from the colonial era to the present. Its focus is on the institutional and societal pressures that have shaped church song and have led us directly to where we are today. The gulf which separates advocates of traditional and contemporary worship--Black and White, Protestant and Catholic--is not new. History repeatedly shows us that ministry, to be effective, must meet the needs of the entire worshiping community, not just one segment, age group, or class. Servanthood of Song provides a historical context for trends in contemporary worship in the United States and suggests that the current polemical divisions between advocates of contemporary and traditional, classically oriented church music are both unnecessary and counterproductive. It also draws from history to show that, to be the powerful component of worship it can be, music--whatever the genre--must be viewed as a ministry with training appropriate to that. Servanthood of Song provides a critical resource for anyone considering a career in either musical or pastoral ministries in the American church as well as all who care passionately about vital and authentic worship for the church of today." --