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Marc, that’s all well and good about Messiaen, but for the source of contemporary Christian music in America, you need to check out Godspell, currently in revival on Broadway. At least that’s what Mark...
View ArticleKaskowitz, “God Bless America”
In July, Oxford University Press will publish God Bless America: The Surprising History of an Iconic Song by Sheryl Kaskowitz (Harvard). The publisher’s description follows. “God Bless America” is a...
View ArticleThe Play of Daniel
James Ruff as Daniel in the Trinity Production (NYT) Earlier this month, I had a chance to see the Gotham Early Music Scene’s production of The Play of Daniel, a medieval Christmas pageant, performed...
View ArticleOn Bach’s B minor Mass
Here’s a fun article on J.S. Bach’s magnificent Mass in B minor, one of the magisterial and final pinnacles of his oeuvre, and yet in some ways puzzling. What, after all, was a faithful Lutheran doing...
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