one of the songs that I was most surprised by when I found out it was a biblical reference is the song “gangsters paradise” I never realized that the reference it had in the opening lines about walking through the valley of death was a reference to the bible.  psalms 23:4 is the verse that… Continue reading interesting things on the scavenger hunt that I found.

the psalms is packed full of different biblical verses that are used a lot for music and some verses seem to be records of music. these verses are the earliest references to music being in biblical tradition. even though this old music in the texts can’t really be used in music anymore verbatim since we… Continue reading Psalms

in the chapter of ruth, we find one of the few places we can find romance in the bible. this romance is between ruth and Boaz. even though the story is more focused on a widowed women’s vulnerability in the time that this chapter in the bible took place it does have hintings and romance… Continue reading song of songs

the overall song seems to change as it progresses from movement to movement. these movements refer to different parts of the bible.  the first movement seems to have the chaos of creation put into mind as things are coming in and out of existence as God builds the world. then the second movement arrives and… Continue reading John Rutter

tonality is what we use to break free of traditional music. since we tend to think of music and language the same way we tend to think that music works the same way. twelve-tone tonality helps us break three of these by making us have to make choices that do not follow what we would… Continue reading tonality

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.