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• Winner of 2016 International Book Awards.
• Winner of Best Book Awards, Religion: General 2017

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This volume by Long and Sawyer presents annotated descriptions of classical (oratorios, operas, sonatas) and non-classical (musicals, hymns, spirituals, pop, rock music) music...In this first publication to annotate descriptions of vocal and instrumental pieces with Biblical associations, the compilers paid special attention to works by women composers...The dictionary, arranged alphabetically by title or first line, uses German, Latin, French, Italian, or Hebrew titles. Entries include title, date, composer, and a description to help readers locate music that references specific texts or topics...The chronology presents key events, works, and publications, while the glossary lists basic terms and some world-music terminology. The 'Index of Biblical Names and Subjects' and 'Index to Biblical References' (including the Apocrypha) prove quite useful...Choir directors and vocal students will appreciate the descriptions presented. Summing Up: Recommended. Students at all levels; professionals/practitioners; general readers. CHOICE There is a small but growing number of recent books on the connection between religion and music...The veteran biblical scholar John Sawyer and the Irish musicologist Siobha'n Dowling Long have now added to this literature with their very helpful new dictionary...This is a dictionary to browse and enjoy. Its index of biblical references, for example, allows the reader to compare the ways that particular texts have been interpreted in different compositions. As befits a dictionary its entries are in alphabetical order so it is sometimes also rewarding to look at adjacent entries on a common theme but from very different historical eras. The two authors' style of writing is accessible with technical terms explained carefully. This is emphatically a book written for a wide readership...[T]his dictionary will sit in a prominent position on my shelves waiting to be consulted again and again. Theology

There is a small but growing number of recent books on the connection between religion and music...The veteran biblical scholar John Sawyer and the Irish musicologist Siobha'n Dowling Long have now added to this literature with their very helpful new dictionary...This is a dictionary to browse and enjoy. Its index of biblical references, for example, allows the reader to compare the ways that particular texts have been interpreted in different compositions. As befits a dictionary its entries are in alphabetical order so it is sometimes also rewarding to look at adjacent entries on a common theme but from very different historical eras. The two authors' style of writing is accessible with technical terms explained carefully. This is emphatically a book written for a wide readership...[T]his dictionary will sit in a prominent position on my shelves waiting to be consulted again and again. Theology

This volume by Long and Sawyer presents annotated descriptions of classical (oratorios, operas, sonatas) and non-classical (musicals, hymns, spirituals, pop, rock music) music. . . .In this first publication to annotate descriptions of vocal and instrumental pieces with Biblical associations, the compilers paid special attention to works by women composers. . . .The dictionary, arranged alphabetically by title or first line, uses German, Latin, French, Italian, or Hebrew titles. Entries include title, date, composer, and a description to help readers locate music that references specific texts or topics. . . .The chronology presents key events, works, and publications, while the glossary lists basic terms and some world-music terminology. The `Index of Biblical Names and Subjects' and `Index to Biblical References' (including the Apocrypha) prove quite useful. . . .Choir directors and vocal students will appreciate the descriptions presented. Summing Up: Recommended. Students at all levels; professionals/practitioners; general readers. * CHOICE * There is a small but growing number of recent books on the connection between religion and music. . . .The veteran biblical scholar John Sawyer and the Irish musicologist Siobha'n Dowling Long have now added to this literature with their very helpful new dictionary. . . .This is a dictionary to browse and enjoy. Its index of biblical references, for example, allows the reader to compare the ways that particular texts have been interpreted in different compositions. As befits a dictionary its entries are in alphabetical order so it is sometimes also rewarding to look at adjacent entries on a common theme but from very different historical eras. The two authors' style of writing is accessible with technical terms explained carefully. This is emphatically a book written for a wide readership. . . .[T]his dictionary will sit in a prominent position on my shelves waiting to be consulted again and again. * Theology * The Bible in Music: A Dictionary of Songs, Works and More is a handy reference work for both library and desk research and good for any musicologist involved in working with faith communities. * s * The volume is so rich and offers so much that is of tremendous value - especially to a professor who is teaching on the intersection of the Bible and music - that I can recommend it as not merely worthwhile but essential to anyone interested in this subject area. * Review of Biblical Literature *

This volume by Long and Sawyer presents annotated descriptions of classical (oratorios, operas, sonatas) and non-classical (musicals, hymns, spirituals, pop, rock music) music...In this first publication to annotate descriptions of vocal and instrumental pieces with Biblical associations, the compilers paid special attention to works by women composers...The dictionary, arranged alphabetically by title or first line, uses German, Latin, French, Italian, or Hebrew titles. Entries include title, date, composer, and a description to help readers locate music that references specific texts or topics...The chronology presents key events, works, and publications, while the glossary lists basic terms and some world-music terminology. The 'Index of Biblical Names and Subjects' and 'Index to Biblical References' (including the Apocrypha) prove quite useful...Choir directors and vocal students will appreciate the descriptions presented. Summing Up: Recommended. Students at all levels; professionals/practitioners; general readers. CHOICE There is a small but growing number of recent books on the connection between religion and music...The veteran biblical scholar John Sawyer and the Irish musicologist Siobha'n Dowling Long have now added to this literature with their very helpful new dictionary...This is a dictionary to browse and enjoy. Its index of biblical references, for example, allows the reader to compare the ways that particular texts have been interpreted in different compositions. As befits a dictionary its entries are in alphabetical order so it is sometimes also rewarding to look at adjacent entries on a common theme but from very different historical eras. The two authors' style of writing is accessible with technical terms explained carefully. This is emphatically a book written for a wide readership...[T]his dictionary will sit in a prominent position on my shelves waiting to be consulted again and again. Theology The Bible in Music: A Dictionary of Songs, Works and More is a handy reference work for both library and desk research and good for any musicologist involved in working with faith communities. Reference Reviews

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Siobhán Dowling Long is an Irish musicologist and musician, known primarily for her work on the reception of the Bible in music. A contributor to scholarly journals and edited collections she is the author of The Sacrifice of Isaac: The Reception of a Biblical Story in Music (2013). She lectures in University College Cork, and lives close to Blarney Castle with her husband Fiachra, son Cillian and daughter Bláthnaid. John F.A. Sawyer is a Scottish biblical scholar, best known for his pioneering works on reception history including The Fifth Gospel: Isaiah in the History of Christianity (1996) and A Concise Dictionary of the Bible and its Reception (2009). He is also editor of the Blackwell Handbook of the Bible and Culture (2006) and co-editor of the Blackwell Bible Commentary Series. He is now retired and lives with his wife Jean on the North East Coast of England within easy reach of New College Edinburgh where he is an Honorary Fellow.

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