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CCM and Church Music (with John Ahern)

Alastair's Adversaria

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How Does the Song of the Church Elevate Its Word Character?

i would be curious to see some of the ways that we can integrate that insight into our understanding of the church's song. One of the most important respects in which word and music interact with each other is at the level of what we might describe as musical form. So if you have a text, and let's say tatit's a biblical and you want to sing that biblical text, that as a text of poetry constrains how the music will materialize. i feel it'll turn out that approaching mary's magnifica is an almost impossible task.

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