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By Andrew Wilson-Dickson |
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My favorite passage in "The Story of Christian Music" is a quote from Salvation Army founder William Booth: "Music is to the soul what wind is to the ship, blowing her onwards in the direction in which she is steered... Not allowed to sing that tune or this tune? Indeed! Secular music, do you say? Belongs to the devil, does it? Well, if it did, I would plunder him of it... Every note and every strain and every harmony is divine and belongs to us." |
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| It neatly sums up how essential music is to evangelism and how Christian music has been, and should be, as diverse as the cultures and the eras in which believers live -- all to the dismay of legalists who cling to their hymn books as the definitive representation of Christian music. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The author, Andrew Wilson-Dickson, ably presents what can be an overwhelming wealth of information in a succinct telling of Christian music's wide range "from Gregorian Chant to Black Gospel" as well as "all the major traditions of music in worship." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whether you're pursuing music as a ministry within your church or as an artist signed to a record company, "The Story of Christian Music" is a handy and essential research tool to have in your library. Like a rearview mirror, it's good to see where you've been every now and then as you drive on to a destination for which you are being led. And it's both comforting and inspiring to know that we do not labor in solitude. We're all part of a rich fabric spanning the globe and the ages. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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~Richard P. Dieguez |
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