Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Foreword xi
5. Preface xvii
6. Acknowledgments xxi
7. 1 The Moravians and Their Music 1
8. 2 Moravian Worship: The Why of Moravian Music 29
9. 3 Hymnody of the Moravian Church 44
10. 4 Moravian Sacred Vocal Music 88
11. 5 The Organ in Moravian Church Music 133
12. 6 The Role and Development of Brass Music in the Moravian Church 169
13. 7 The Collegia Musica: Music of the Community 189
14. 8 Music in Moravian Boarding Schools through the Early Nineteenth Century 212
15. 9 The Piano among the Moravians in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: Music, Instruction, and Construction 228
16. 10 Moravian Music: Questions of Identity and Purpose 252
17. Appendix 1 Biographical Sketches 267
18. Appendix 2 A Moravian Musical Timeline 290
19. Bibliography 305
20. List of Contributors 331
21. Index 335