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A musicologist who knows nothing of the Moravian Church or of its theology and life in the 18th and 19th centuries can analyze and certainly appreciate Moravian music. However, the more one knows of the Moravian Church, its life and worship, the more adequate and helpful is the appreciation and understanding of the music.
The seal of the Moravian Church featuring the Agnus Dei in stained glass at the Rights Chapel of Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Before finally settling in Pennsylvania, and later founding another settlement in North Carolina, the Moravians initially made an attempt at settlement in Georgia for their mission work. [6]
A History of the Moravian Church; Hutton, J. E. A History of the Moravian Missions (1922) Jarvis, Dale Gilbert. "The Moravian Dead Houses of Labrador, Canada", Communal Societies 21 (2001): 61–77. Langton; Edward. History of the Moravian Church: The Story of the First International Protestant Church (1956)
Christian Ignatius Latrobe (12 February 1758 – 6 May 1836) was an English clergyman of the Moravian Church, as well as an artist, musician and composer.He created a large number of works for, and most famously edited, a Selection of Sacred Music in six volumes between 1806 and 1826, introducing the sacred music of Haydn, Mozart and Pergolesi and other European continental composers who were ...
A History of the Moravian Church at New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y. 1962: Clarence E. Clewell: Two Hundred Years of History of the Moravian Church at Schoeneck 1961: Henry L. Williams: Our Moravian Hymnal and How We Got It 1960: Edwin W. Kortz: The Liturgical Development of the American Moravian Church 1960: John Fliegel
The oldest existing American Moravian art music is a set of seven solos and three duets Dencke composed for the Single Brethren's observance in 1765. It was performed in both Nazareth and Bethlehem, whose diaries use the term Vest Psalm when referring to it. [9] Jeremiah Dencke was a Moravian [10] [11] and one of the first American composers. [12]
David Moritz Michael (October 21, 1751 – February 26, 1827) was a composer. David Moritz Michael was born in Kumhausen in 1751 and was educated in Germany. He became a member of the Moravian Church when he was thirty years old.
Christian Gregor (January 1, 1723 – November 6, 1801) was a Moravian composer and bishop.. Gregor was born to a peasant family living in the Silesian village of Dirsdorf, near Peilau and became a member of the Moravian Church when he was seventeen. [1]