Author: tnturner

the stories from the book of the exodus are where most spirituals are based on stories from this book in the bible. most of these songs were based on the story of Moses freeing the Israelites from slavery. though these songs there including stories from the book of exodus it was based on topics from… Continue reading exodus and spirituals

the idea of spirituals normally pertains to the time where African Americans were in slavery. theses spirituals came around due to plantation owners introducing their slaves to the Christian bible. the slaves quickly found the bible verses about how the god of the Israelites from the clutches of slavery in Egypt. the slaves then made… Continue reading spirituals

I was surprised by how many children’s songs include some sort of biblical references. I was most surprised by the song “this little light of mine” because even though it did not have a direct biblical reference it does pertain to several verses from the bible. like Matthew  5:14-16, John 8:12, and Ephesians 5:8. all… Continue reading reaction to the children songs used

the story would start with the journey up to a location of Jesus’s crucifixion. one would see Jesus struggling to carry his cross closer to the location where he is being brought to die while the distant outlines of the many crosses of those who died there before become more and more visible as Jesus… Continue reading how i would do the telling of the crucifixion of Jesus

when one makes theological music one’s own theology and the place where they live can heavily affect what someone creates. it can affect what texts we even try to put to music because we are more likely to make music that pertains to things or topics we find important to ourselves. or even the type… Continue reading how theological music we make can be affected by our own lives.

most people think that the work “the messiah” falls into the category oratorio however they are further from the truth than they think. since oratorio is defined as an opera without the costumes and acting. the messiah does not have characters in it at all which excuses it for the oratorio category.  this song followed… Continue reading thoughts on the “messiah” by G.F.Haendel

music can greatly affect how we see things that they are paired with. they can make thing pull harder on our heartstrings than if it was accompanied by silence. that is my songs in biblical movies like the prince of Egypt even though they never happened in the actual story they were based on can… Continue reading music in biblical movies

making music has become much easier as time goes on and technological advances increase. in ancient times there was not much in the way for making sure that a song came out the same way it was played originally since there was nothing in the way of sheet music to be used or anything to… Continue reading making music back then vs now.

all religious music trakes reference to bible verses in one way or another. either through referencing biblical symbols or by paraphrasing bible verses. this brings up the question of why people don’t use bible verses verbatim that often. the answer to that question is that using exact wording on a story that did not originally… Continue reading religious music creation and paraphrase’s

chanting is one of the earliest and most likely easiest ways to make music that could be passed down because of its simplicity. chanting did not focus on how the words were sung due to the lack of a shared musical system but more so on what was sung. the most that would be put… Continue reading chanting- why it was used.