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Today, Tuesday September 21, 2021, we talked about in class musicals, operas, oratorios, librettos, as well as our own depictions of the the Bible and stories within the Bible.  In talking about operas and oratorios we talked about how an opera has singing but the characters are acting as well, versus a musical in which… Continue reading Operas, Oratorios, and our Depiction of the Bible

Today, Thursday, September 16, 2021, in class we talked about how to create music with the help of technology and being able to use different apps, and free software to assist in the creation of music.  We talked about a multitude of different apps available to both android and apple users that can do a… Continue reading The Creation of Music

Today, Tuesday, September 14, 2021, in class we talked about the creation story in the Bible and how it contributes to musical creation and looked at different creations of music about the creation story in Genesis.  Also in the reading, we read about the creation of music and how originality plays into creating music, and… Continue reading Creation and Originality

On Thursday, September 9, 2021, we talked about in class taking a melody and adapting it to a text or taking a text and adapting a melody to it.  This was very interesting in trying to create music from a melody and some biblical text.  As this was something I had never really tried or… Continue reading From Melody to Music

Today, Tuesday, September 7, 2021, we talked a little about the Protestant Reformation and its impact on music, as well as mainly focusing on metrical Psalms.  We started out with the Protestant Reformation and some of the main points such as the justification by grace through faith, the scripture as the ultimate authority, and its… Continue reading Metrical Psalms and Protestant Reformation

This Thursday, September 1, we talked about chanting and what chanting is, and how it sounds.  As well as how pitch can play a role in chanting and determining what certain words can mean based on pitch.  We started off class thinking about some old songs we personally knew and in some cases realizing some… Continue reading Chanting and Pitch.

In class on Tuesday, August 31, we talked about ancient music and the Bible, as well as, covering some concepts of music in general, what forms music, and how we see that in the Bible.  It was very interesting to listen and learn and start to think about the bible from another perspective and focus… Continue reading Ancient Music and the Bible