Foreword by Martin E. Marty
1. The problem. Is Saul among the prophets?
Some presuppositions
2. The Old Testament. Sing to the Lord
The axis of Old Testament criticism
Law and gospel
The principle of restraint
3. The New Testament. The ethic of grace
Standards
4. The law and the musician
5. Beauty
6. Romanticism
7. Romantic church music
8. J.S. Bach. The archetypal Bach
Bach and pietism
Bach and the romantics
Latter-day Bach
Post romantic Bach
9. The body
10. Methods of criticism. A typical controversy
11. Good and bad music
12. Good and bad music making. Sentimentality
Amen
The organist and the organ
Alternatives to the organ
13. Practical matters. The choir and its director
More decisions for the organist
The organist and the congregation
Unison, harmony, and pitch
Modulation, interlude, and varied harmony
The choirmaster
14. Musicians, music, and church order