{"id":85312,"date":"2021-01-02T05:33:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T10:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=85312"},"modified":"2021-01-02T05:50:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T10:50:53","slug":"psalm-150-music-and-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2021\/01\/psalm-150-music-and-the-bible.html","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 150 (Music and the Bible)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>I will be testing out parts of a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2020\/05\/biblical-music-textbook.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">open textbook I am writing on the Bible and music<\/a>\u00a0when I teach my class on that subject in a few weeks. I am rather worried, as well as hopeful, with respect to how the fact that not all students will be present physically on all occasions may impact things like listening and singing.<\/p>\n<p>I mentioned the book project to my Sunday school class, and now I will also be exploring this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2020\/10\/more-bible-and-music.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">topic<\/a> with them over the coming weeks. I invited them to take the lead and suggest music\/texts and immediately one that was mentioned was Cesar Franck\u2019s setting of Psalm 150. Here is an audio recording on SoundCloud:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/88999080&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"utchambersingers\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/utchambersingers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">utchambersingers<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Psalm 150, Cesar Franck\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/utchambersingers\/psalm-150-cesar-franck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Psalm 150, Cesar Franck<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Here it is in video form, one with the score and the other in which you can see the performers:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"C\u00e9sar Franck - PSAUME 150 (score)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1-vftWZUZxE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Psalm 150 - Cesar Franck - Dr. Carole Ann Maxwell, conductor; Galen Tate, organ\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dTW13pvL1mc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Franck served as a church organist during his life, and composed this work as a commission by the\u00a0Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles (National Institute of Blind Young People) when they dedicated a new organ. It is interesting, among all the settings of this Psalm, to think about this one as connected with music being part of the lives of those who could hear but not see. In addition to all the ways this Psalm is so fitting for musical exploration, with its brevity combined with a wide-ranging list of mentions of musical instruments, it is a striking choice for highlighting that which is ultimately unseen for us all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-scene.com\/2015\/01\/04\/hemlines-cesar-franck\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mark De Voto<\/a> suggests that Franck\u2019s sacred music is long overdue to be revisited and carefully studied, as well as performed more often.\u00a0You can read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carus-verlag.com\/en\/music-scores-and-recordings\/cesar-franck-psalm-150.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Franck\u2019s setting of Psalm 150 on the publisher\u2019s website<\/a>. The score is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/imslp.org\/wiki\/Psaume_150_(Franck%2C_C%C3%A9sar)\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">IMSLP<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpdl.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Psaume_150_(C%C3%A9sar_Franck)\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CPDL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This blog post provides several other examples of Psalm 150 set to music in a variety of periods of the European and eventually also American tradition of sacred music and art music, before sharing some other Psalm and music-related things that have come to my attention since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2020\/12\/lyres-on-coins.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">last time I blogged about the Bible and music<\/a>. Let me move next to <a href=\"https:\/\/imslp.org\/wiki\/Psalm_150_(Lewandowski%2C_Louis)\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Louis Lewandowski\u2019s famous setting<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Haleluyah! (Psalm 150) Lewis Lewandowski\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5DCdFIn72vg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I first heard that in the very powerful a capella rendition by the Zemel Choir, whose vinyl LP I owned:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Zemel Choir - Hallelujah\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vbaxhLPuvUE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here is Howard Hanson\u2019s setting of Psalm 150:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/229749562&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"utchambersingers\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/utchambersingers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">utchambersingers<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"The 150th Psalm Howard Hanson\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/utchambersingers\/the-150th-psalm-howard-hanson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">The 150th Psalm Howard Hanson<\/a><\/div>\n<p>My friend Del Case has also written a piece for flute based on Psalm 150:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PsalmSeason: Psalm 150 with Delvyn Case, Composer and Elizabeth Ostling flutist\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tFJSTb13YsE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That piece is just one of many contributions that is part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifyc.org\/interfaithamerica\/psalmseason\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">PsalmSeason<\/a> project sponsored by the Interfaith Youth Core. Indeed, there is a lot right at the top of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifyc.org\/interfaithamerica\/psalmseason\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">PsalmSeason website<\/a> that is related to Psalm 150. Here are some others\u2026<\/p>\n<p>By Anton Bruckner (see the <a href=\"https:\/\/americansymphony.org\/concert-notes\/psalm-150-1892\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">notes on Bruckner\u2019s setting by Christopher Gibbs<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Psalm 150 | Anton Bruckner\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nmx0yRQhe78?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>By John Rutter:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Psalm 150 - John Rutter, Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l-pxiduwAJE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>By Michael John Trotta:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Psalm 150 - Michael John Trotta\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/StGLy9YKcTY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>By Charles Villiers Stanford:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Psalm 150 CV Stanford\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RuSikJRHpkc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>See also in relation to \u201cclassical\u201d or art music:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VlAvHdLkJH\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelistenersclub.com\/2019\/10\/11\/joyful-sounds-of-praise-five-musical-settings-of-psalm-150\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Joyful Sounds of Praise: Five Musical Settings of Psalm 150<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cJoyful Sounds of Praise: Five Musical Settings of Psalm 150\u201d \u2014 The Listeners' Club\" src=\"https:\/\/thelistenersclub.com\/2019\/10\/11\/joyful-sounds-of-praise-five-musical-settings-of-psalm-150\/embed\/#?secret=6fT488hbK6#?secret=VlAvHdLkJH\" data-secret=\"VlAvHdLkJH\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here are some very different styles of music with the words of Psalm 150:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir - Psalm 150 (Live Performance Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LICDBT9LF_Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VaShawn Mitchell - Psalm 150\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RpVQNJMidBA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AMAZING Israeli band performing PSALM 150 in HEBREW!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U_lt6RqHRFU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here is another Israeli rendition in Hebrew (albeit with cowboy hats):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jeremy Gimpel - Kol HaNeshama, Psalm 150  (Official Music Video) - \u05d2'\u05e8\u05de\u05d9 \u05d2\u05d9\u05de\u05e4\u05dc - \u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05e0\u05e9\u05de\u05d4\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gN-3AaatbI4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It is interesting to reflect on which most closely conveys the mood we think the original Psalm in its ancient context was supposed to have for diverse listeners and singers today. What do you think?<\/p>\n<p>Having asked that question, let me share this attempt by Suzanne Haik-Vantoura to interpret the cantillation marks in the Hebrew text from a millennium ago in this Psalm:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"La Musique de la Bible Rev\u00e9l\u00e9e -Salmo 150- Alleluia! - Suzanne Ha\u00efk Vantoura ***Madaba\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kf4fbX7Z9cU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The cantillation marks will get some attention early in my book. They\u2019re a fascinating topic and I\u2019d love to have the time to really dig into that in a focused way.<\/p>\n<p>What would you write about Psalm 150 in a textbook on the Bible and music? Given that there are 149 other Psalms, even if the course were just on the Psalms, in a class that met three times a week every week for a whole year (which mine obviously does not) it would just barely be possible to dedicate a day to every Psalm. Obviously even a whole day on this Psalm could not do justice to the music shared in this blog post thus far, and these are by no means the only settings. Yet this Psalm, in its role as conclusion to the book in its Masoretic Text form of the Hebrew Bible (the <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/psalms\/150-6.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Septuagint adds Psalm 151<\/a>) and with its listing of instruments, it seems a good one to spend some time on. Yet there are also so many things one inevitably cannot hope to do justice to. The reference to \u201ceverything that has breath\/spirit\u201d is particularly striking to me. What is the relationship between every breathing thing and every kind of instrument? The question when it comes to the book and the course it is for is less what to say and more what to leave out.<\/p>\n<p>Also related to music and (at least in some tangential way) the Bible, here are some other things that have come to my attention:<\/p>\n<p>Not first numerically but fitting for a new year, here is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourclassical.org\/programs\/composers-datebook\/episodes\/2021\/01\/01\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bach\u2019s Cantata 190 which features text from a Psalm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meafar.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/psalms-1.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Psalm 1<\/a> (why the Book of Psalms doesn\u2019t begin on the tonic)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"YmSin5ePu2\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidbcapes.com\/2020\/12\/26\/poetry-and-metaphor-in-psalm-1\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Poetry and Metaphor in Psalm\u00a01<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cPoetry and Metaphor in Psalm\u00a01\u201d \u2014 A Word in Edgewise\" src=\"https:\/\/davidbcapes.com\/2020\/12\/26\/poetry-and-metaphor-in-psalm-1\/embed\/#?secret=roRd5SalPb#?secret=YmSin5ePu2\" data-secret=\"YmSin5ePu2\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetorah.com\/article\/psalm-2-is-the-messiah-the-son-of-god\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Psalm 2: Is the Messiah the Son of God?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meafar.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/the-today-of-psalm-2.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Today of Psalm 2<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GaftQ1oUdv\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalscholarship.wordpress.com\/2020\/12\/10\/commentary-on-psalm-38\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Commentary on Psalm\u00a038<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cCommentary on Psalm\u00a038\u201d \u2014 Biblical Scholarship\" src=\"https:\/\/biblicalscholarship.wordpress.com\/2020\/12\/10\/commentary-on-psalm-38\/embed\/#?secret=sQQoFR7vnU#?secret=GaftQ1oUdv\" data-secret=\"GaftQ1oUdv\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"iDyqFZWZRl\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalscholarship.wordpress.com\/2020\/12\/24\/commentary-on-psalm-39\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Commentary on Psalm\u00a039<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cCommentary on Psalm\u00a039\u201d \u2014 Biblical Scholarship\" src=\"https:\/\/biblicalscholarship.wordpress.com\/2020\/12\/24\/commentary-on-psalm-39\/embed\/#?secret=07nGxvypS0#?secret=iDyqFZWZRl\" data-secret=\"iDyqFZWZRl\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meafar.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/psalms-51.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Psalm 51<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meafar.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/psalms-100.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Psalm 100<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meafar.blogspot.com\/2021\/01\/the-discipline-of-reading-psalms.html?m=1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Discipline of Reading the Psalms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s another Psalm:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Louise Barnett and the Zemel Choir Singing Psalm 121\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k77H7nyTLkA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This last symphony by Alfred Schnittke, completed by others, has added as a final farewell to the composer a movement with a vocal part with the words of the Nunc Dimmitis. That final part is by Alexander Raskatov:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8Y5Rl_A5toE<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealmagazine.org\/second-life-masterpiece\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Second Life of a Masterpiece (by Messiaen)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ancientworldonline.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/articles-on-ancient-near-eastern-music.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Articles on Ancient Near Eastern Music<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because Christmas is a musical time there were a lot of blog posts related to Christmas music:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobcornwall.com\/2020\/12\/a-time-to-give-praise-to-god-sermon-for.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A Time to Give Praise to God<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"n5TARIFVox\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/alleluiamusicandthechristianlife\/2020\/12\/18\/the-carol-of-the-bells-a-theological-reading\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Carol of the Bells: A Theological Reading<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThe Carol of the Bells: A Theological Reading\u201d \u2014 Alleluia! Music and the Christian Life\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/alleluiamusicandthechristianlife\/2020\/12\/18\/the-carol-of-the-bells-a-theological-reading\/embed\/#?secret=STo4AoeP0h#?secret=n5TARIFVox\" data-secret=\"n5TARIFVox\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/internetmonk.com\/archive\/94888<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/niedergall.com\/serendipity-for-singing-not-sinning\/?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=serendipity-for-singing-not-sinning<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/landofllostcontent.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/gaudete-christmas-music-from-clifton.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gaudete!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will be testing out parts of a new open textbook I am writing on the Bible and music\u00a0when I teach my class on that subject in a few weeks. 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