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The Songs We Sing: A Textual Analysis of Popular Congregational Songs of the 20th and 21st Century
Ecclesial Practices, 2019Contemporary worship songs have been the subject of criticism over their lyrical quality. Objective assessment of the veracity of the criticisms has been difficult to achieve. This research seeks to address this issue by performing a textual analysis of the most popular hymns of the 19th and 20th centuries and contemporary popular worship songs and ...
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Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture, 2021
Abstract Contemporary congregational songs (ccs) are a global genre of Christian worship, driven presently from Western production centres. Streaming media platforms, in particular YouTube, have become essential vehicles for disseminating these songs globally, as well as a way for fans to contribute to the popularity of songs through views, likes ...
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Abstract Contemporary congregational songs (ccs) are a global genre of Christian worship, driven presently from Western production centres. Streaming media platforms, in particular YouTube, have become essential vehicles for disseminating these songs globally, as well as a way for fans to contribute to the popularity of songs through views, likes ...
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The Contemporary Congregational Song Industry (Poietic Analysis Pt 1)
2020This chapter is the first part of the poietic analysis looking at the contemporary congregational song (CCS) industry in relation to the 32 most sung CCS. It breaks down the national origins of the songs as well as the local contexts in which they are birthed.
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Congregational song and musical ‘accommodation’ in a South African Lutheran parish
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Congregational song, based on Reformed-Calvinistic principles
2022That congregational song is not only a vital aspect of worship, but also one whose standards must be in keeping with the other main aspects of worship, should now be clear. The principles of Excellence, Suitability and Humility, when simultaneously applied, form a solid Reformed-Calvinistic basis on which to ground an evaluation of the music involved ...
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Service Music and Congregational Song
Abstract This chapter examines selected historical examples in the practice of music in the Anglican tradition to develop some priorities and principles for those who choose service music and congregational song for Anglican worship. The grounding of these priorities in Anglican tradition provides a basis for navigating the multiple ...openaire +1 more source
Landscapes and Soundscapes: How Place Shapes Christian Congregational Song
2014Following the Second Vatican Counsel (1962–1965), Christian congregational song began to take root in cultures beyond the Western world, especially in Latin America, Asia and Africa. After centuries of song moving from the northern continents to the rest of the world, especially through the modern missionary movement of the eighteenth through the ...
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On Hillsong’s continued reign over the Australian contemporary congregational song genre
Perfect Beat, 2017Australia’s popular music charts are not dominated by Australian music. However, in the popular music subgenre, contemporary congregational songs, a single Australian producer has a disproportionately high chart presence compared to international producers: Hillsong Music. This article offers an exploration of and explanation for this anomaly.
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Congregational Song as Liturgical Ordo and Proper: The Case of English-Language Hymns and Hymnals
Studia Liturgica, 1998Hymns are for us Dissenters what the liturgy is for the Anglican. They are the framework, the setting, the conventional, the traditional part of divine service as we use it. They are, to adopt the language of the liturgiologists, the Dissenting Use. That is why we understand and love them as no one else does.
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Consensus, 2016