Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 331 g
ISBN: 978-3-030-55611-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
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 unique insight into the current global CCS genre, and into its possible futures.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Chapter 1 Contemporary Congregational Songs Genre Formation and Scrutiny
Introduction
Key Questions and Findings
The Formation of a Genre
Perspectives on CCS History
Selected Scholarship
Why Music Semiology? (Texts, Writers, Audience)
YouTube – the Primary Text
Chapter 2 Contemporary Congregational Songs
What’s in a Name?
Praise and Worship Theology
Contemporary for whom?
Defining congregational
Songs or Music?
Are the most sung songs representative of the genre?
Songs Under Analysis
Chapter 3 The Contemporary Congregational Song Industry (Poietic Analysis Pt 1)
Introduction
Where Do They Come From?
Authenticity, Originality, and the Singer-Songwriter
The Production Milieu
Industry Insights
Chapter 4 So the Songwriters Say (Poietic Analysis Pt 2)
Who’s who?
Writing for the People
Performance or Participation?
Predicting Success
Conclusion
Chapter 5 The Old and New Guard – Ways of Thinking for Contemporary Congregational Songs Writers (Poietic Analysis Pt 3)
Bridging Old and New
Theological Considerations
Co-writing
Roles and Writing
Poietic conclusion
Chapter 6 How Christians Feel About the Songs they Sing – Individually (Esthesic Analysis Pt 1)
Methods and Background
To Sing or Not to Sing
The Individual’s Perspective and their Voice
Why Christians Connect with Certain Songs
Chapter 7 How Christians Feel About the Songs they Sing – Corporately (Esthesic Analysis Pt 2)
Australia’s National Church Life Surveys
What Gathered Worshipers Really Think
The Other NCLS Survey and What it Reveals
The Big Picture of Local Churches’ Musical Worship
Synthesizing the Individual and Corporate
Chapter 8 Just Another Pop Song? The Music (Trace Analysis Pt 1)
Introduction
Memorable Melodies
Melodic Expectations
Catchy
Banal Harmony
The Band
Tempos and Time Signatures
Structure
Chapter 9 Just Another Pop Song? The Lyrics (Trace Analysis Pt 2)
Introduction
Counting Lyrics
Addressing God
Theology and Poetry
CCS Categories
Focus of current CCS
Chapter 10 Some Individual Examples – Australia (Trace Analysis Pt 3)
The Problem with Analysing a Genre
Cornerstone
Mighty To Save
Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)
What A Beautiful Name
Chapter 11 Some Individual Examples – UK and USA (Trace Analysis Pt 4)
10,000 Reasons
How Great Is Our God
In Christ Alone
Revelation Song
Trace Analysis Conclusion
Chapter 12 The Current and Future Contemporary Congregational Songs Genre
Meaning-making in CCS
Conflicting Messages
Ambivalence or Appropriation
The Evolving Genre
The Functional Genre
Where to From Here?
