TY - BOOK AU - Jones,Paul S. TI - Singing and making music: issues in church music today SN - 0875526179 AV - ML3001 .J66 2006 U1 - 264/.2 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Phillipsburg, N.J. PB - P & R Pub. KW - Music in churches KW - Church music N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. 1. Corporate worship. Sermon in song : sacred music as proclamation -- Sacred music as prayer -- Applause : for whom are you clapping? -- A biblical case for instruments in worship -- King David's praise team -- Leading in worship as accompanist -- Authenticity in corporate worship music -- Service music : what's it all about? -- Pt. 2. Hymnody and psalmody. Trinitarian hymnody -- Hymns in your church -- What Psalm ascriptions tell us -- Writing hymns -- Song in the Bible -- Biblical hymns of James Montgomery Boice -- Why every Christian should sing -- Pt. 3. Issues. Choir for hire : should church musicians be paid? -- What does a biblical music director look like? -- Teaching children music at church -- Music in the small church : where do we go from here? -- So you want a better organ -- Luther and bar song : the truth please! -- Misconceptions about church music -- What happened to hymns? -- Musical ignorance versus musical arrogance -- Pt. 4. Composers and composition. J.S. Bach and musical hermeneutics. Bach, the evangelical composer/preacher ; Lessons from Bach -- Heinrich Schütz : a hermeneutical composer -- Felix Mendelssohn's Psalm settings -- Evidence of Igor Stravinsky's faith : the Symphony of Psalms -- The anatomy of a hymn tune -- Criteria for good church music -- Conclusion: Three principles that would change church music today ER -