Author: gabinatalizio

This past Sunday in my church, Traders Point, our preacher, Aaron, brought up an interesting fact about pianos and when they were used in churches. Our discussion was about not letting unnecessary disputes cause divisions within the church and how it is more important to just bring everyone together. This leads him to mention how… Continue reading The Arrival of Pianos Into Churches

The story of the binding of Isaac is a more sentimental story that is told in the Bible. What I learned from our textbook is that it isn’t as often people explore distressing and troubling times in the Bible through music, with the story of Isaac being one of the few. The interesting part of… Continue reading Untitled

In class on 11/2, we began our discussion of the inclusion of love throughout the Bible. Some of the poetic readings we went through in class left me mildly surprised. I can’t say I was fully expecting the inclusion of arousal through the words relating to the Bible, however, it just adds to my list… Continue reading Perspective of Biblical Love Through Music

Last Thursday, 10/28, in class we discussed the concept of including genealogy into music. The example of Abhram’s family lineage brought into music was a very interesting and attention capturing way of learning about specific genealogies. I wanted to recognize in this blog post how such an uninteresting topic can be completely transformed by music. … Continue reading Genealogy & Rutter

The idea of music being restricted initially came as a surprise to me. Granted, I don’t have the experience of creating music, however, I always thought music had always been free to the producer. The idea of Schoenberg discovering freedom when it comes to music must have been exhilarating and promising to what the future… Continue reading Schoenberg’s Twelve Tones

Today’s class was designated to share our discoveries on children’s songs and their specific connection to the Bible. While coming up with the song I decided to share with the class, I had another song I considered sharing but decided against it. The song “Jesus Loves Me” is arguably a song nearly every child raised… Continue reading Additional Children’s Song & Biblical References

Earlier in the week, on 10/5, we discussed in-class certain commercials that resonated with us. My initial answer to this question was the Extra gum commercial. If you can’t think of what commercial I mean, the commercial captures the love story between a young couple and how their relationship was planted and thus grew through… Continue reading Musical impact on commercials

I will be the first to admit that music is one of the first things I turn to when I feel a little emotional. Like many people I know, I have a playlist designated to music that helps prolong any specific emotion, specifically to mention perhaps a more saddened emotion. This might not be the… Continue reading Lyrics or Dissonance?

Being able to portray a significant Biblical moment through film production, such as the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, must be carefully executed. One thing about film is that it offers more possibility for a greater level of diversity of audience members. What I mean by that is, people who may not be actively engaged in… Continue reading Untitled

Jesus’ crucifixion to me, is the most important event that was told in the Bible. In class two students mentioned that His crucifixion means sacrifice and salvation to them, and I fully agree. The idea that after Jesus was crucified on the cross, every child of God’s sins will be forgiven and will be given… Continue reading Behind the Crucifixion