A well-known and respected authority on hymnody for more than forty years, this third edition builds on its predecessors' scholarship and enhances it with recent developments. New to this edition is a

Sing! grew out of Keith and Kristyn Getty's passion for congregational singing and has been shaped by their traveling, playing, listening, discussing, learning, and teaching all over the world. In

A compelling storyteller, the author explains how a deeper understanding of singing, teaching, music, and mortality has transformed her life for the better. Blending self-reflection and humor, her journal

Carl Schalk's vast experience as a teacher, author, musicologist, and composer makes him uniquely qualified to present this compact but insightful history of Christian hymnody in the Western Church. In it

Offering an overview of sacred singing in the Judeo-Christian tradition, this book includes Jewish cantorial music, Gregorian chant, choral traditions, post-Vatican II Catholic music, and contemporary

Welcoming singers of all backgrounds, this book explores the folk-song roots of spirituals and their transformation into choral and solo vocal concert repertoire. Featuring key composers and pioneers of the

Singing can be a healthy activity for people of every age and can be done through each season of life if the singer and singing teacher appropriately adjust expectations. This presents chapters on the

The ministry of choral music requires preparation of both heart and voice. This collection of devotionals for choir and choir directors features brief meditations based on texts given in the Revised Common