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A matter of taste? - church and music
THE COVER OF the August 1996 Atlantic Monthly announced a Christian cultural revolution: "Giant `full-service' churches are winning millions of `customers' ......(Continue Reading) The rite of return: Pushkin's poetry, Tolstoy's novels, Stravinsky's music—Russia's golden age gave the people the spirit to endure the darkest moments
In 1962, Stravinsky accepted a Soviet invitation to visit the country of his birth. It was exactly 50 years since he had left Russia and there was a ......(Continue Reading)Three Mo' Tenors: trio makes history with a rhythmic blend of jazz, soul and classical music - music group members Victor Trent Cook, Thomas Young, Rodrick
THREE Mo' Tenors--Victor Trent Cook, Thomas Young and Rodrick Dixon--have taken the well-traveled act of tenors Luciano Pavarotti Placido Domingo and ......(Continue Reading)Te Deum: The Church and Music. - Review - book reviews
Te Deum: The Church and Music. By Paul Westermeyer. Fortress, 412 pp., $25.00. I've heard lots of moaning about the state of church music over the ......(Continue Reading)Freedom's song: Chris Moss celebrates the enduring tradition of Latin American protest song - music
When I arrived in Buenos Aires in 1991, much of the music being played on the radio was imported, middle-of-the-road rock. Radio stations were paid to play it, and it featured incessantly on many o...(Continue Reading)
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