Dr Martin Clarke is a part-time lecturer at Durham University, UK.

'This necessarily brief review cannot do justice to the consistent quality and wide ranging variety of learning displayed in this book. It is something of a milestone in our understanding of Victorian religious music.' Nicholas Temperley, North American British Music Studies Association '... the standard is consistently high... a rewarding collection of essays on an important subject...' British Institute of Organ Studies 'Music and Theology in Nineteenth-Century Britain is a fascinating [...] foray into notions of Victorian spirituality and musicianship. Topics are diverse and thought-provoking... [the book has] immense value... Recommended.' Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians '... the book is strongly coherent - not merely in its six essays devoted to different aspects of British hymnody, but also in its exploration of the myriad ways that music and religion interact. ... The topic is a protean one and this book points the way forward for future scholars to explore this fundamental subject.' Notes 'Clarke's diverse collection should include something for anyone with an interest in either Victorian theology or music.' Anglican and Episcopal History 'These [eleven] essays cover a gamut of Victorian religious experience and, by doing so, call attention to the diversity of attitudes to faith and their musical treatment in the Victorian age.’ Victorian Studies

• Introduction, Martin V. Clarke; Chapter 1 The Theology of the Victorian Hymn Tune, Ian Bradley; Chapter 2 'Meet and Right it is to Sing': Nineteenth-Century Hymnals and the Reasons for Singing, Martin V. Clarke; Chapter 3 Sacred Sound for a Holy Space: Dogma, Worship and Music at Solemn Mass during the Victorian Era, 1829-1903, T.E. Muir; Chapter 4 'Thy Love ... Hath Broken Every Barrier Down': The Rhetoric of Intimacy in Nineteenth-Century British and American Women's Hymns, C. Michael Hawn, June Hadden Hobbs; Chapter 5 Christianity, Civilization and Music: Nineteenth-Century British Missionaries and the Control of Malagasy Hymnology, Charles Edward McGuire; Chapter 6 'Sing a Sankey': The Rise of Gospel Hymnody in Great Britain, Mel R. Wilhoit; Chapter 7 'Singin' in the Reign': Voice, Faith and the Welsh Revival of 1904-1905, James Deaville, Katherine Stopa; Chapter 8 Beyond the Psalms: The Metamorphosis of the Anthem Text during the Nineteenth Century, Peter Horton; Chapter 9 From Elijah (1846) to The Kingdom (1906): Music and Scripture Interacting in the Nineteenth-Century English Oratorio, David Brown; Chapter 10, Jeremy S. Begbie; Chapter 11 'Spiritual' Selection: Joseph Goddard and the Music Theology of Evolution, Bennett Zon;

Dr Martin Clarke is a part-time lecturer at Durham University, UK.

'This necessarily brief review cannot do justice to the consistent quality and wide ranging variety of learning displayed in this book. It is something of a milestone in our understanding of Victorian religious music.' Nicholas Temperley, North American British Music Studies Association '... the standard is consistently high... a rewarding collection of essays on an important subject...' British Institute of Organ Studies 'Music and Theology in Nineteenth-Century Britain is a fascinating [...] foray into notions of Victorian spirituality and musicianship. Topics are diverse and thought-provoking... [the book has] immense value... Recommended.' Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians '... the book is strongly coherent - not merely in its six essays devoted to different aspects of British hymnody, but also in its exploration of the myriad ways that music and religion interact. ... The topic is a protean one and this book points the way forward for future scholars to explore this fundamental subject.' Notes 'Clarke's diverse collection should include something for anyone with an interest in either Victorian theology or music.' Anglican and Episcopal History 'These [eleven] essays cover a gamut of Victorian religious experience and, by doing so, call attention to the diversity of attitudes to faith and their musical treatment in the Victorian age.’ Victorian Studies

• Introduction, Martin V. Clarke; Chapter 1 The Theology of the Victorian Hymn Tune, Ian Bradley; Chapter 2 'Meet and Right it is to Sing': Nineteenth-Century Hymnals and the Reasons for Singing, Martin V. Clarke; Chapter 3 Sacred Sound for a Holy Space: Dogma, Worship and Music at Solemn Mass during the Victorian Era, 1829-1903, T.E. Muir; Chapter 4 'Thy Love ... Hath Broken Every Barrier Down': The Rhetoric of Intimacy in Nineteenth-Century British and American Women's Hymns, C. Michael Hawn, June Hadden Hobbs; Chapter 5 Christianity, Civilization and Music: Nineteenth-Century British Missionaries and the Control of Malagasy Hymnology, Charles Edward McGuire; Chapter 6 'Sing a Sankey': The Rise of Gospel Hymnody in Great Britain, Mel R. Wilhoit; Chapter 7 'Singin' in the Reign': Voice, Faith and the Welsh Revival of 1904-1905, James Deaville, Katherine Stopa; Chapter 8 Beyond the Psalms: The Metamorphosis of the Anthem Text during the Nineteenth Century, Peter Horton; Chapter 9 From Elijah (1846) to The Kingdom (1906): Music and Scripture Interacting in the Nineteenth-Century English Oratorio, David Brown; Chapter 10, Jeremy S. Begbie; Chapter 11 'Spiritual' Selection: Joseph Goddard and the Music Theology of Evolution, Bennett Zon;

Dr Martin Clarke is a part-time lecturer at Durham University, UK.

'This necessarily brief review cannot do justice to the consistent quality and wide ranging variety of learning displayed in this book. It is something of a milestone in our understanding of Victorian religious music.' Nicholas Temperley, North American British Music Studies Association '... the standard is consistently high... a rewarding collection of essays on an important subject...' British Institute of Organ Studies 'Music and Theology in Nineteenth-Century Britain is a fascinating [...] foray into notions of Victorian spirituality and musicianship. Topics are diverse and thought-provoking... [the book has] immense value... Recommended.' Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians '... the book is strongly coherent - not merely in its six essays devoted to different aspects of British hymnody, but also in its exploration of the myriad ways that music and religion interact. ... The topic is a protean one and this book points the way forward for future scholars to explore this fundamental subject.' Notes 'Clarke's diverse collection should include something for anyone with an interest in either Victorian theology or music.' Anglican and Episcopal History 'These [eleven] essays cover a gamut of Victorian religious experience and, by doing so, call attention to the diversity of attitudes to faith and their musical treatment in the Victorian age.’ Victorian Studies

• Introduction, Martin V. Clarke; Chapter 1 The Theology of the Victorian Hymn Tune, Ian Bradley; Chapter 2 'Meet and Right it is to Sing': Nineteenth-Century Hymnals and the Reasons for Singing, Martin V. Clarke; Chapter 3 Sacred Sound for a Holy Space: Dogma, Worship and Music at Solemn Mass during the Victorian Era, 1829-1903, T.E. Muir; Chapter 4 'Thy Love ... Hath Broken Every Barrier Down': The Rhetoric of Intimacy in Nineteenth-Century British and American Women's Hymns, C. Michael Hawn, June Hadden Hobbs; Chapter 5 Christianity, Civilization and Music: Nineteenth-Century British Missionaries and the Control of Malagasy Hymnology, Charles Edward McGuire; Chapter 6 'Sing a Sankey': The Rise of Gospel Hymnody in Great Britain, Mel R. Wilhoit; Chapter 7 'Singin' in the Reign': Voice, Faith and the Welsh Revival of 1904-1905, James Deaville, Katherine Stopa; Chapter 8 Beyond the Psalms: The Metamorphosis of the Anthem Text during the Nineteenth Century, Peter Horton; Chapter 9 From Elijah (1846) to The Kingdom (1906): Music and Scripture Interacting in the Nineteenth-Century English Oratorio, David Brown; Chapter 10, Jeremy S. Begbie; Chapter 11 'Spiritual' Selection: Joseph Goddard and the Music Theology of Evolution, Bennett Zon;