Author: jcromwell

What is an allusion? This was one of the questions today. One example of the wrong example of an allusion would be “God” or “Lord”, these are not allusions to the Bible. Maybe something talking about resurrection instead of Jesus can allude to the Bible. We talked about Narnia for example and how the Lion… Continue reading Allusions and examples

This discussion was so fun and insightful. I learned of so many new songs with biblical references. We discussed how sometimes as we listen to music we bypass the words and just go with the flow not realizing any words were listening to. We also talked about how much influence the Bible has on pop… Continue reading Scavenger Hunt

The scavenger hunt was one of my favorites so far in this class. I really enjoyed looking for biblical allusions in music. I tried to stay in the R&B/Rap genre because that’s what I listen to most. I think I found some pretty good examples. My favorite example that I found would be Forbidden Fruit… Continue reading Scavenger Hunt — My Experience

As someone who has grown up in a black baptist church, I am very familiar with spirituals. We still use many to this day. To think that spirituals would still be so prominent in black churches today is amazing. These spirituals bring some type of connection with our ancestors and the trauma and hell they… Continue reading Spirituals (10/21)

Today in class we talked about Magnificat. The activity of everyone trying to change the sound of the first two lines in Magnificat was actually really fun and interesting. I think it was fun because we weren’t told to sing, just switch up the sound a little bit. It was nice hearing all the different… Continue reading Magnificat

Today in class we looked at many examples of the story of Jesus in films and music. I noticed that each film presented him a little differently than the other. Some examples of some differences I have seen would be (1) the crosses — in one film they were much taller and also only had… Continue reading The Story of Jesus in Music and Film

I was actually very fascinated today by the many different apps that you can use on devices including phones and desktops. After class, I went and just played around with a bunch of them. I have to say Sampulator was my favorite. Did you know you could use your keyboard to work it? You don’t… Continue reading Using Technology to create music

Is the Bible easy to understand? Depending on the version you read, in my opinion. I find that the NKJV( New King James Version) is pretty easy to understand. But there are so many different versions that can make it hard to understand. When we were reading today I couldn’t understand any of the wording… Continue reading The Bible and its understanding

Talking about chanting made more sense to me than it did when I was reading about it. I understood more the difference between chanting vs singing. I feel like chanting can have musical aspects but not all chanting is musical. For example, we talked about how what we chant at BU games can be considered… Continue reading Chanting in the Church