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Secular Tunes, Sacred Lyrics
George Whitefield (1714-1770) receives little notice in history books for his hymns, there being much more to say about his incredible preaching career. ...
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The Devil Has Enough Music
The devil should not be allowed to keep all the best tunes for himself.
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Not All Composers Make Good Conductors
He wanted to conduct. His conducting style, however, was idiosyncratic. During soft passages he'd crouch extremely low. For loud sections, he'd ...
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Giving Back the Gift
People have often said, "You could have made it in the secular music world--why didn't you pursue that?" But I'm not interested. Something ...
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On Cranks Who Despise Music
I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Next after theology, I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor. ...
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The Gift of Music
Music is a glorious gift of God, very like to theology. I would not part with my little gifts of music for anything in the world. We ought to teach the ...
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Music and Marriage
My seven-year-old daughter wanted to take violin lessons, so I took her to a music store to rent an instrument. Hoping she would understand the importance ...
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No More Fugues
The idea that one would build a chair or write a fugue for the sake of making the best chair or music one can is foreign to our culture, even our religious ...
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God Was Listening
For 37 years I've taught piano, rewarding my students not only for mastery but effort. Points are earned for memory work, amount of practice, written ...
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Learning the Second Verse
Our children's church, which I directed, was putting on a play for Christmas. As I began planning the music, I asked one of my daughters and another little ...
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