Music has flourished in the Mormon church since its beginning. Michael Hicks examines the direction that music's growth has taken since 1830. He looks closely at topics including the denomination's first official hymnals; the views of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young on singing; the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; and the changing attitudes of church officialdom and laity toward popular and non-Western music styles.
ISBN: | 9780252071478 |
Publication date: | 25th August 2003 |
Author: | Michael Hicks |
Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 243 pages |
Series: | Music in American Life |
Genres: |
Denominations of American origin |