By Ian Wilson … There have been many hymn writers in the history of the Christian Church, but few have been as influential on church music as Reginald Heber. Heber was born on April 21st, 1783, to a wealthy and educated family, who were able to afford to give Reginald a good education. He was something of a child prodigy, translating Latin classics to English at only seven years old.
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By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Fronting for decaying videotapes / And clocks that will never again chime the time / Through tinny mechanical syncopation / A drum set reposes without percussion
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By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … A river flows out into all that is / And with it your music across the universe / To sing the happy beginnings of all things / To celebrate the holiness of being
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By Amanda Pizzolatto … Many, many years ago, on the island of Ha’apehe, lived a man, his wife, and their only child, Elwika. Elwika’s father had a very successful pineapple farm and could not wait until Elwika was old enough to pass it on along to him. However, Elwika had other dreams,
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At a young age, Johann Sebastian was tragically orphaned, and was thereafter cared for by his older brother, Johann Christoph. The elder Bach was an accomplished keyboard player, and taught his little brother to play the organ; an instrument the younger Bach would play throughout his life.
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By Cordelia Fitzgerald … Music, as many people much more educated than I can expound upon, has profound effects on the emotions, making it the perfect accessory, or even main conduit of information, in film. This role of music as communicator is not limited to musicals, but is rather spread throughout every genre, to their great benefit.
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A deep, slow stream of tones, of modes, of chants / Where time and all eternity flow as one / Through voices and dreamlike echoings / Among the Altars of the earth and sky
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There is music around the house today: /
The old refrigerator hums a tune from Frozen /
Handel might envy the washer’s Water Music /
And the off-center dryer waltzes Blue Danube
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