Mormonism and Music(English, Paperback, Hicks Michael)

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Mormonism and Music(English, Paperback, Hicks Michael) is written by Hicks Michael and published by University of Illinois Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0252071476 (ISBN 10) and 9780252071478 (ISBN 13).

Music has flourished in the Mormon church since its beginning. Michael Hicks examines the direction that music's growth has taken since 1830. He looks closely at topics including the denomination's first official hymnals; the views of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young on singing; the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; and the changing attitudes of church officialdom and laity toward popular and non-Western music styles.