The Bible and Music

In class on March 28, Rob Sailor (hopefully that is how you spell it, haha) and Nicholas Johnson came to our class to speak about these two central topics. The Eastern Orthodoxy had a view of salvation through the east and west. We also discussed atonement, along with soul healing. The SVOT speech brought up soul healing a lot. Universality and creation were two major topics in the Eastern Orthodoxy. This background that Rob described provided a really nice transition into what Nicholas Johnson taught us about Arvo Part. He was a major figure in b. 1935. Post modernism has 12 tones. The term credo refers to a biblical crisis. Arvo went through a 7 year silence in Austria and Germany. The Tintinnabuli had two voices, a divine voice and a human voice. It focused centrally on Orthodoxy, Christianity, and Secularism. There was a specific culture and rebellion of sorts, as well, because of the tension and disagreement between the east and the west. Arvo doesn’t try to convert anyone through music, he has it in hospice settings of sorts. In the 11th century, Christianity split between the east and the west. The west was guided by salvation by means of appeasement and acceptance. The east was guided by soul repair, and sin is a matter of soul sickness. The human soul and voice are the two most powerful instruments in the world, Part said. This was a very intriguing class for me on a personal level. I appreciate the fact that they took their time to explain this religious topic and figure to us.