Author: jprocise

I thought that an interesting concept from class today was the idea that in certain time periods, a musical creation can be groundbreaking for its era. Today classical music seems very familiar and old to us, but at one point in time, this style was perhaps “hip” and boundary breaking. The idea that music “goes… Continue reading Evolution of Music

The conversation we had in class this week revolving around children’s songs based on the Bible revealed two key themes to me that are relatively consistent throughout many of these children’s songs. First, these songs tend to have lyrics that are very repetitive. Most of the time the context in which these songs are played… Continue reading Children’s Bible Songs

I have found the discussion on how Creation relates to music interesting. In class and in our text, it is discussed how when God created the Earth in the Bible, it was “formless and void;” he essentially created it out of nothing, because He is God. In this sense, the creation of music relates to… Continue reading Creation as it Relates to Music

Yesterday in class, we watched two different videos, which contained the same foundations from Genesis and the story of God’s creation. However, both musical pieces provided a different perspective on the text from Genesis through how they sound and how they are presented. In one sense, creation is portrayed as smooth and wondrous, while in… Continue reading How Music Impacts Perception of a Text

As we discussed in class yesterday, the language used in worship songs and hymns from the Psalms in previous centuries is very different than the language we are accustomed to in the twenty first century. Words such as “thy, thou, doth,” and “dost” are not part of typical language usage today. However, the language used… Continue reading The Evolution of Language in Worship Music