Meaning-Making in the Contemporary Congregational Song Genre - Couverture souple

Thornton, Daniel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3030556115 ISBN 13 : 9783030556112

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

Synopsis

This book analyses the most sung contemporary congregational songs (CCS) as a global music genre. Utilising a three-part music semiology, this research engages with producers, musical texts, and audiences/congregations to better understand contemporary worship for the modern church and individual Christians. 

Christian Copyright Licensing International data plays a key role in identifying the most sung CCS, while YouTube mediations of these songs and their associated data provide the primary texts for analysis.  Producers and the production milieu are explored through interviews with some of the highest profile worship leaders/songwriters including Ben Fielding, Darlene Zschech, Matt Redman, and Tim Hughes, as well as other music industry veterans.  Finally, National Church Life Survey data and a specialized survey provide insight into individual Christians’ engagement with CCS. Daniel Thornton shows how these perspectives taken together provide uniqueinsight into the current global CCS genre, and into its possible futures.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Daniel Thornton is the Head of Worship at Alphacrucis College, Australia, and an ordained minister with the Australian Christian Churches. A professional composer and performer, Daniel has written and recorded numerous albums and continues to lead worship and train worshipers in churches around the world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3030556115
• ISBN 13: 9783030556112
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 252
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