TY - GEN AU - Dickinson, Edward, 1853-1946. TI - Music in the history of the western church, with an introduction on religious music among primitive and ancient peoples. viii, 426 p. music. 23 cm AV - ML 3000 .D65 KW - Primitive and ancient religious music.--Ritual and song in the early Christian church.--The liturgy of the Catholic Church.--The ritual chant of the Catholic Church.--The development of mediv̆al chorus music.--The modern musical mass.--The rise of Lutheran hymnody.--Rise of the German cantata and passion.--The culmination of German Protestant music: Johann Sebastian Bach.--The musical system of the Church of England.--Congregational song in England and America.-- Problems of church music in America KW - "A few of the chapters in this work have appeared in somewhat modified form in the American Catholic quarterly review, the Bibliotheca sacra, and Music." KW - Bibliography: p. 411-415. CONTENTS N1 - "First published 1902." ER -