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Giles Gordon (1940–2003)

Author of Scotland from the Air

53+ Works 614 Members 5 Reviews 1 Favorited

About the Author

Gordon Giles is a trained musician and the Vicar of St. Mary Magdalene in North London. He holds Master's degrees in Philosophy and Theology from Cambridge University. He is also the author of the popular Advent devotional O Come Emmanuel: A Musical Tour of Daily Readings for Advent and Christmas.

Series

Works by Giles Gordon

Scotland from the Air (1984) 90 copies
The Minerva Book of Short Stories 1 (1988) — Editor — 64 copies
Scottish Ghost Stories (1996) 50 copies
Mysteries: A Classic Collection (1994) — Introduction — 34 copies
Best Short Stories 1991 (1991) — Editor — 15 copies
Best Short Stories 1989 (1989) 14 copies
English Short Stories (1988) 13 copies
Shakespeare Stories (1982) — Editor — 13 copies
Best Short Stories 1992 (1992) — Editor — 13 copies
Modern Short Stories 2: 1940-1980 (1982) — Editor — 12 copies
Best Short Stories 1993 (1994) 10 copies
The Minerva Book of Short Stories 3 (1991) — Editor — 10 copies
Prevailing Spirits (1976) 8 copies
Best Short Stories 1994 (1994) — Editor — 6 copies
Best Short Stories 1995 (1995) — Editor — 6 copies
Best Short Stories 1990 (1992) 5 copies
Best Short Stories 1990 (1990) 3 copies
Best Short Stories 1987 (1987) — Editor — 3 copies
Best Short Stories 1986 (1986) — Editor — 3 copies
Umbrella Man (1971) 3 copies
About a Marriage (1972) 3 copies
Factions (1974) — Editor; Contributor — 2 copies
Farewell, Fond Dreams (1975) 2 copies
Girl with Red Hair (1974) 2 copies
The Minerva Book of Short Stories 5 (1993) — Editor — 1 copy
Comings and Goings (2015) 1 copy

Associated Works

The New Nature of the Catastrophe (1993) — Contributor — 123 copies
New Worlds: An Anthology (1983) — Contributor — 108 copies
The New SF (1969) — Contributor — 63 copies
Best SF Stories from New Worlds 5 (1969) — Contributor — 56 copies
New Worlds 6 (1973) — Contributor — 51 copies
New Worlds 9 (1975) — Contributor — 33 copies
Mind in Chains (1970) — Contributor — 14 copies
The After Midnight Ghost Book (1980) — Contributor — 14 copies
Modern Scottish Short Stories (1982) — Editor, some editions — 7 copies
When Churchyards Yawn (1963) — Contributor — 6 copies
Ghosts in Country Houses (1981) — Contributor — 5 copies
Young Winter's Tales 1 (1970) — Contributor — 1 copy
季刊NW-SF 1976年 08月 第12号 — Contributor — 1 copy
S-Fマガジン 1972年09月号 (通巻163号) (1972) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Subtitled "A Musical Tour of Sacred Choral Works," this 150-page book discusses 30 religious choral works by 30 different composers, and is accompanied by a CD where the works are performed by the Gloriae Dei Cantores choir.

For each work, author Gordon Giles, a musician and vicar in the Church of England, provides the text (and a translation for those not in English - most are in Latin, some in German, Russian, and Old Church Slavonic), its source, and the name of the music's composer.  He follows this with some explanation about the text and its source(s), some background on the composer, and historical context and liturgical uses of the piece.  Each three-to-four-page discussion ends with a paragraph or two on the spiritual meaning of the piece, followed by a brief prayer.

In the first two pages of the book, Giles explains that the book can be used for personal or small group devotion (with suggestions on how to do so), or for a four-session group study course (with more detail on that at the end of the book).  There's also a 20-page introduction about music in worship.

Many of the pieces involved polyphony (multiple melodies, sometimes as many as eight), which can be hard to follow in another language.  I did like various parts of the sung Mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benidictus, Agnus Dei), easily recognizing the Latin from my childhood.
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