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34:. His publications have included edited collections of primary sources, monographs on the history of American hymnody, and works on the hymnwriter Isaac Watts. He has also composed works for choirs, recorder, organ and piano. In 2010, he was named a Fellow of the
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in 2008. This book details the history of congregational singing in
Baptist churches, from the earliest American Baptist groups to the present day. It includes discussions of hymnwriters, hymnbooks, music styles, and doctrine. Reviewing the book for
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in 1970. His undergraduate studies encouraged his interest in hymnody and historical church music. He then did postgraduate study at
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in 1996. This includes excerpts from various writings, such as hymnbook prefaces, letters, diaries and theological works, from the second century to the 1960s. Charles Webb, in
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Music married Doris (née Fugate) in 1971; the couple had met while they were both students at
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David Music grew up sharing his parents' Christian faith, and he sang in the youth choir of the church his father pastored in
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Bradley, C. Randall (2021). "David W. Music: The Man and His
Contributions to Church Music". In Eatherton, Samuel J. (ed.).
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was stimulated during a conference he attended as a teenager, where he was inspired by the worship leader, Gene
Bartlett.
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described this as a "valuable resource" for "both the serious hymnological scholar and the interested 'person in the pew
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described this as an "excellent work" containing "a helpful, useful, and stimulating collection of source documents."
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Music, David W.; Eskew, Harry; Richardson, Paul A. (1994).
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