Tag: music

Arts & Culture

O Come, All Ye (Un)Faithful

The author highly encourages readers to listen to the two referenced songs prior to reading the rest of the article. “O Come, All Ye Faithful” is a classic Christmas hymn which was penned in 1743 by John Francis Wade, a Catholic who fled England due to persecution. Though originally written […]

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Music and the Brain

Music possesses the power to play with one’s emotions. It relaxes, excites, grieves, delights, and even angers, but it can also benefit a person beyond facilitating changes in mood. In 1993, the scientific journal Nature published a study titled “Music and spatial task performance,” sparking a wave of enthusiasm directed […]

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Hymnody And Its Enduring Beauty

Amazing grace! how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me! These opening lines are sure to bring John Newton’s familiar hymn to many people’s minds. Arguably, they are to the Christian music genre as the first eight notes of Beethoven’s 5th are to the classical music genre. Hymns […]