Gordon J. Giles - List of
Publications:
Papers and Sermons
“Listenaires”
- Thoughts on a Database, British Journal of Aesthetics, Vol
30.2, April 1990.
Is 4'33" a
Piece of Music?, 22nd Research Conference of the Royal Musical
Association, London, December 1988. (Abstract in R.M.A, Journal, Vol 115.1, 1990)
Music and Sensation, 23rd Research
Conference of the Royal Musical Association, Birmingham, December,
1989. (Abstract in R.M.A, Journal, Vol 115.2, 1990)
Music and Authenticity,
24th
Research Conference of the Royal Musical Association, Oxford, December, 1990.
Music and Personal
Association - Why Pop Music may not be Art, Philosophy Now, 1., April 1991.
The Authentic
Performance of Musical Works of Art -
Royal Musical Association Northern Chapter Meeting, Durham, May 9th 1992.
‘The Real God’ -
(review article) - Philosophy Now, 12, June 1995, pp.35-39.
Jesus, Music and
Personal Association,
83rd Annual Conference
of the Modern Churchpeople’s Union, Hoddesdon, July 1995.
Lottery or Lootery - Is the National Lottery Immoral?, Philosophy Now, 14, Winter 1995/6.
"Veiled in Chocolate", Sermon published in The Fifth
Times Book of Best Sermons, Cassell, London,
1999.
"Birth and Death at Christmas", Sermon published in The
Sixth Times Book of Best Sermons, Continuum, London,
2000.
A Christian on the
Internet, BRF New Daylight Magazine, January 2000, pp. 6-9.
A Recipe for
Authenticity, Philosophy Now, 28., August
2000.
Performing Theology
Authentically, in Astley, J., Hone, T., Savage M., eds. Creative Chords: Studies in Music, Theology and
Christian Formation, Gracewing, Leominster, 2000.
"Looking at Bach in Time", Sermon published in the Journal of the Association of
Anglican Musicians (USA), October 2000.
"The Ambience of a Global God", Sermon published in Dome,
London, 2001.
The Sunday
Lectionary, in Bradshaw, Paul, ed., Companion to Common Worship, Volume 1,
Alcuin/SPCK, London, 2001, Chapter 9.
Holy Communion, with Simon
Kershaw, in Bradshaw, Paul, ed., Companion to Common Worship, Volume 1, Alcuin/SPCK,
London, 2001, Chapter 6.
“The Twelve Days Of Christmas”, Church Times, December 19, 2003.
“Jesu Lover of my Soul”. Church Music Quarterly, RSCM, Easter
2004 and thereafter a quarterly contribution.
Four-monthly Contributions to Quiet
Spaces, BRF, Oxford
The Funeral Service, in Bradshaw, Paul,
ed., Companion to Common Worship, Volume 2, Alcuin/SPCK, 2006.
Daily Reading Notes for New
Daylight, BRF, from 2004
Also a series of articles on the history of music in worship for Deo, a Christian
Music quarterly. Series of six
articles, running from March 1995:
1) The Origins of
Christian Music; 2)
From Polyphony to Bach; 3)
Bach and Handel; 4) From
Purcell to Hymnody; 5) Victorian
Music; 6) Religious Music Today
Books:
The Music of Praise,
The
Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF), Oxford,
September 2002, (with CD), also published by Hendrickson in the USA, 2004
The Harmony of
Heaven, Musical Meditations for Lent and Easter, The Bible Reading
Fellowship (BRF), Oxford, 2003.
O Come Emanuel, BRF), Oxford, 2005. Also published by Paraclete in the USA, 2006
O Clap Your Hands, Paraclete Press, Brewster MA, and SPCK London. April/May
2008
Forthcoming
Books:
Fasting and Feasting, The Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF), Oxford, Autumn 2008
Book Reviews:
Fubini, Enrico, A History of Music Aesthetics, British
Journal of Aesthetics, Vol 32.3, p.269.
Phillips, D.Z., From Fantasy
to Faith, British Journal of
Aesthetics, Vol 32.3, p.285.
Pattison, George, Art,
Modernity and Faith,
British
Journal of Aesthetics, Vol 32.4, p.370.
Berleant, Arnold, Art and Engagement, British Journal of Aesthetics,
Vol 33.4, pp.387-9.
Berleant, Arnold, The Aesthetics of
Environment, British Journal of
Aesthetics, Vol 34.3, pp.291-2.
Miller, Mara, The Garden as
an Art, British
Journal of Aesthetics, Vol. 35.1, pp.77-9.
“The Evolution of Evolution”, Ely Ensign, March 1995.
Belting, Hans, Likeness and
Presence: A History of the Image before the Era of Art, British
Journal of Aesthetics, Vol. 36.1, pp.87-88.
Disbrey, Claire, Innovation and
Tradition in Religion, British Journal of Aesthetics, Vol. 36.2,
pp.201-202.
Prickett, Stephen, Origins of
Narrative, British Journal of Aesthetics, Vol. 37.4, pp.421-423.
Gleizes, Albert, Art and Religion,
Art and Culture, Art and Science, British Journal of Aesthetics, Vol.
42.1, pp.99-101.
Hepburn, Ronald W., The
Reach of the Aesthetic, Ashgate, Aldershot, 2001,
British Journal of Aesthetics. Vol. 43.1,
pp.84-86.
Walker, Keith, Images or
Idols?: The place of sacred art in churches today,
Theology, July 1997, p.314-5.
Saints in Worship’ - A Music Study Course for Churches, DEO, Winter 1995.
Poetry:
"Dona Nobis Pacem",
in God's Wonderful World, Triumph
House, Peterborough, 1996, p.116.
Recordings (singing, or flute playing):
Master Tallis’ Testament, Queens’ College Choir, York Ambisonics,
1991.
The Queens’ Service,
Queens’
College Choir, Stentor, 1994.
O Lord Hear my
Prayer - The Songs of Taizé, Kingsway, 1994.
My Soul is at Rest -
The Songs of Taizé, Volume Two Kingsway, 1995.
Carl Rütti - Songs of Love, Cambridge Voices, 1995.
- Verena, Oratorio, Cambridge
Voices, 1996.
Dave Dickerson - On
the wings of the wind, 1994.
The Music of Praise,
The
Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF), September 2002 (as producer)