A global history

Richard Simpkin | Features | Music

Date posted: 1 May 2012

CHRISTIAN MUSIC
A global history
By Tim Dowley. Lion. 246 pages. £20.00
ISBN 978 0 745 953 243

The book aims to give a ‘comprehensive coverage of the history of worship music, from ancient times to the present day’.

This really is a very comprehensive history of Christian music, and very much a global history too!

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A global history

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