Worship Feast Taize Songbook: Songs from the Taize Community [Paperback]

Abingdon Press (Author), B. Shell (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2004 | Series: Worship Feast

SERVE A NEW MIXED MENU
OF WORSHIP

Worship Feast Taize Songbook:
A Unique Menu of Songs in the Taize Tradition


Serve a multi-sensory worship experience to your youth, mixing a cornucopia of ancient contemplative rituals with modern elements.

Engage them with a mix of group participation, silent meditation, and sacred symbolism. Move them with a recipe of ancient chants and contemporary Christian rock.

The Worship Feast Taize Songbook was specifically designed as a companion piece for use with Worship Feast: Complete Services in the Spirit of Taize.
 
The songbook includes 15 popular and easy-to-sing Taize songs that will lead youth and youth workers to a deeper prayer experience.

Melody lines and simple chords for guitars or keyboards make this a very approachable and easy-to-use resource, even if you are new to Taize music.

With the Worship Feast Taize Songbook, anyone can offer an authentic Taize experience to their youth. Nowhere else will you find this collection of 15 Taize favorites. You will want a songbook for everyone in your group.

Worship Feast Taize resources provide tools for youth and youth workers who want to experience worship services in the unique tradition of Taizé, but don't know how to get started.

Christians all over the world are catching on to the ancient monastic Taize style worship. Worship services in the spirit of Taize are contemplative in nature and include meditations, repetitive singing, Scripture readings, prayers, and extended periods of silence.
 
In other Worship Feast resources, you can find a mix of monastic-style meditation rituals, along with modern visuals on slides, formal ceremonies, candles, oil lamps & incense, medieval chants mixed with a hip-hop beat, ambient music with contemplative silence, and unison group recital readings.

Worship Feast was especially designed for youth workers and pastors who want to reach young people in their worship services by taking the sacred traditions of the worshiping church and blending them with current experiences.

Serve your youth a worship menu that leaves them inspired…and full.

Worship Feast Taize Services with Split Track CD: 20 Complete Services in the Spirit of Taize sold separately ISBN # 9780687741915

 

Product Details

• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Abingdon Press (August 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0687739322
• ISBN-13: 978-0687739325
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.1 x 6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,081 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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  • #82 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Music

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Peaceful services February 21, 2005

By FrKurt Messick HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback

Taize style music is very popular among college-age worshippers today, and our Centre for University Ministry regularly offers Taize services. The hallmarks of Taize services are simplicity, peaceful spirituality, and music based upon the chant styles of the Taize monastery in France. Founded in the aftermath of the second World War, Taize is dedicated to peace and ecumenical action.

Taize music is both simple and sophisticated. Brother Roger, founder of Taize, seeks to add a prayerful element to music, and a musical element to prayer, believing firmly in the old dictum, 'those who sing, pray twice'.

The songs in this collection include melody lines for singers and chords for guitar or keyboard accompaniment. There is a CD that is available separately that will enhance the experience for groups, as well as serve as a guide for those who want to practice or sing on their own.

While many Taize chant tunes are adaptable to be sung in multiple parts, this book only has the primary melody line, without harmonic parts included. What is included, however, is alternate translations for many of the tunes. Some are presented in French, some in Spanish, and some in Latin. The Latin is not due to Catholic influence as much as it a shared language among many people's linguistic heritage while no longer being anyone's first language.

This small book is a rich expression, wonderfully presented.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars worship feast taize songbook February 18, 2011

By bonnie

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

i was unable to look inside these books, and when i got them i discovered that they only have a melody line, no parts included in the songs. i had purchased them for choir use and am unable to use them. i tried to do the return thing with amazon, got no response from amazon, which was disappointing.
if this is reviewed, i would certainly like to return these books and would appreciate a message from amazon since i thought you stood behind the products sold.
i think it is misleading to have to buy music without an ability to look at one page of what is actually inside the book. it is a pain to have to try to return a product, as i have stated.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice but small January 11, 2007

By K. Gustafson

Format:Paperback

Nice songs from Taize, but the book is very small. I thought there would be more songs.