Religious Music

The Sound Of Joan Of Arc

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Joan of Arc, UC Berkeley, Multimedia Performance, Voices of Light, Baltimore Symphony, Zellerbach Hall, Uc Choral Ensemble, Video, Avant-Garde Film, Cal Performances, Maria Falconetti, Carl Dreyer, Religious Music, Richard Einhorn, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Criterion Collection, Arts News

In a rare and masterful combination of old avant-garde film and contemporary classical music, "Voices of Light" will provide a new, sensual experience...

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A Space For Grace: Catching Song With Bobby McFerrin

Krista Tippett | Posted 08.17.2011

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Krista Tippett

He tilts his head upward, with a thoughtful smile, and says he was fascinated by the monastic rhythm of life that brought one, compulsively and predictably, back to an awareness of the presence of God.

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Sacred Music Traditions Of The World (VIDEOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sacred Music, Buddhist Chant, World Religions, Sacred Steel, International Festival of Sacred Music, Ravi Shankar, Christian Music, Hindu Devotional Music, Shye Ben Tzur, Jewish Music, Indian Classical Music, Religious Music, Slidepollajax, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Music and Religion, Religion News

There is something -- well, everything, really -- about that spiritual experience that is ineffable and eternally elusive. It's no wonder, then, that ...

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Praying Through Music: The History Of Sacred Notation

Lorenzo Candelaria | Posted 06.17.2011

Read More: Religion and Music, Sacred Music, St. Augustine, Sulfage Scale, Catholic Church, Music History, Musicology, Music, Benedict XVI, Lady GaGa, Sound of Music, Religious Music, Church Music, Classical Music, Music and Religion, Religion News
Lorenzo Candelaria

The Catholic Church first truly cultivated the art of music as we know it. In the service of praising God, it fostered a number of innovations that inform the ways we create and transmit music even today.

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Joan Baez: Blessed be the Barefoot Madonna and Her 50 Years of Peacemaking

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Quakerism, Newport Folk Festival, Americana, Folk, War, Day After Tomorrow, Steve Earle, Peacemakers, Tom Waits, Peace, Spirit of Freedom Award, Spirituality, Americana Music, Joan Baez, Religious Music, Faith, Video, Entertainment News
Cathleen Falsani

As long as she's been singing, Baez has been singing for peace.

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