In this captivating book, David Adam aims to help us recognize that there are moments in each day of our lives that are cause for thanksgiving, when we may paus

The articles here deal with liturgical music. Two topics receive special attention: the curiously negative role that musical instruments play in ancient cult mu

Praised as "brilliantly revelatory...a masterful work of critical journalism" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), The Holy or the Broken is the fascinating accoun

As the question will doubtless be asked why we have presumed to write upon a subject which has already been treated so largely and so often by others, we make t

From the series examining the development of music in specific places during particular times, this book looks at ancient and medieval music, from Classical and