by Kevin Bauder | Mar 22, 2018 | Central Blog, Culture, Hymnody, Music, Resources
If you didn’t know, yesterday was J. S. Bach’s birthday. I didn’t grow up listening to classical music–my clearest childhood recollections are of Tennessee Ernie Ford and Mahalia Jackson. Later on I became a fan of Elton John and of Emerson,...
by Kevin Bauder | Sep 8, 2017 | Conservatism, Culture, Music
Robert Reilly recounts a bit of recent musical history, including the contributions of Henryk Górecki, Arvo Pärt, and John Tavener.
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 7, 2017 | Church Services, Music, Poetry, Worship
I know that plenty of fundamentalists don’t like Mark Dever (though many do). And I know that plenty of fundamentalists don’t like Keith Getty (though many do). But one of the elementary rules in the life of the mind is that you don’t have to agree...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 1, 2017 | Hymnody, Music, Worship
So says Jonathan Aigner at Ponder Anew. The essay includes a long string of Twitter exchanges. And it’s worth reading. It’s a poor argument, and a lousy excuse for using any disposable ditty available to entertain people in Jesus’ trademarked...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 31, 2017 | J. R. R. Tolkien, Music, Poetry
All twenty-something verses of “Far Over Misty Mountains Cold,” sung to Howard Shore’s music by Clamavi De Profundis. Hat tip to middlingpoet.
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 10, 2017 | America, Christianity, Church Services, Music, Politics, Worship
“Make America Great Again” is now a CCLI licensed Christian worship song. See Jonathan Aigner at Ponder Anew.
