The Heart of the Matter: Church Music as Praise, Prayer, Proclamation, Story and Gift

by Paul Westermeyer

Publisher:

GIA Publications

, 2001

Overview

Paul Westermeyer here puts into print five lectures delivered at a church music conference in 2000. These lectures are about church music and its relation to the assembly of the church gathered around font, word, and table before the Trinity. He treats church music as praise, prayer, proclamation, story, and gift of God. Westermeyer bypasses our preoccupation with the how of musicmaking to focus on the “what” of it all: The Heart of the Matter.

Contents

• Chapter 1: Church Music as Praise
• Chapter 2: Church Music as Prayer
• Chapter 3: Church Music as Proclamation
• Chapter 4: Church Music as Story
• Chapter 5: Church Music as Gift of God

Product Details

• Title: The Heart of the Matter: Church Music as Praise, Prayer, Proclamation, Story, and Gift
• Author: Paul Westermeyer
• Publisher: GIA Publications
• Print Publication Date: 2001
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 56
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Church music; Worship
• ISBNs: 1579991513, 9781579991517
• Resource ID: LLS:HRTMTRMSC
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-11-21T19:25:27Z

About Paul Westermeyer

Paul Westermeyer is professor emeritus of church music at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is an ordained Lutheran pastor with a PhD from the University of Chicago and an MSM from the Union Theological Seminary’s School of Sacred Music. He teaches, directs music, and administers a master of sacred music degree program with St. Olaf College. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including The Church Musician and With Tongues of Fire.