The Bible and Music

In class on March 26, we discussed John Rutter. He was a conservative with very traditional views. He wrote many pieces with a nice, tuneful melody that always could be described as beautiful and pretty. John wrote very simplistic music, as that was the easiest to make sound light and airy. Strangely enough, although he wrote religious music, he was Agnostic. We learned that he just wanted to write beautiful pieces for others, like the Church he went to, etc. This led us to determine what the true meaning of spiritual is. We decided that it is the nonphysical value or belief in something. The idea of leadership is that you can lead someone to a certain belief even if you don’t believe in it yourself. Music can be physical (sheet music, iPods, CDs, record players, vinyls) or nonphysical (the actual notes we hear). It is transcendent, bringing us to a higher level of existence and reality. It is chemically, physically, and spiritually made. As long as you get involved in the subject for the time being, you can reach that higher level and feel better afterwards, you can create beautiful music if you’re invested.