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Part 1 The birth of Christian music: music in the Old Testament; music in the Synagogue; music in the Early Church; the beginning of the Middle Ages; the monastic tradition; music of the spheres - medieval world-view; music for the liturgy; from the ear to the page; Gregorian chant to polyphony; Wycliffe's challenge to the Church. Part 2 Renaissance and Reformation: Luther and the Reformation; the Swiss reformers - the Calvinist tradition; the Reformation in England; the Catholic Reformation; the power of music. Part 3 The flowering of Christian music: the development of oratorio; the music of the Lutheran Church; Heinrich Schutz; J.S. Bach; English church music - Commonwealth and Restoration; the glory of the chapel royal; the birth of the English hymn; Part 4 The path divides: the Oxford movement; the decline of the Lutheran hymn; the Romantic Movement; revival; the 19th century - formality and feelings. Part 5 The glorious liturgy: the Orthodox Churches; the Greek Orthodox Church; the Russian Orthodox Church; music of the Coptic and Ethiopian Churches; Christianity East and West - worlds apart?. Part 6 The African genius: the influence of Western music; the independent Churches. Part 7 Music in North America: Christianity comes to the New World; Moravians and Shakers; Africans in America; North and South; gospel music - white and black; the United States and the European tradition; the Charismatic Movement. Part 8 Music in 20th-century Europe: Roman Catholic music in Europe this century; the Bible in the concert hall; Vatican II and the liturgy; Lutheran musical revival; music in Britain; the popular stream.