Multum Non Multa in Music Class
With a balanced concoction of understanding and fun, I think these students will be set up for a lifelong love of great music.
February 11, 2026
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With a balanced concoction of understanding and fun, I think these students will be set up for a lifelong love of great music.
Music has the power to affect emotions, but one who has learned the inner workings of music can take charge over this power in music and use it to impact his emotions in a pure and good way.
After praying the words “God is with us, and we with God— / Our vict’ry cannot fail,” King Adolphus rode out with his men…
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart…
When we discuss music in a mathematical context, we need to understand that historically, what people meant by “music” was not fundamentally what we usually mean.
The Four Seasons was published in 1725 as a set of concerti that included a series of poems with specific imagery for each season.
Kuhnau’s “The Combat Between David and Goliath” is rich in text painting and theological insight.
Little indeed are the hopes of ever equalling, much less of excelling so vast a Proficient in his own way…
Why should the Church ever sound like the world? People don’t need more of the world; they need Jesus. Instead, the Church should sound unlike the world.
Buxtehude’s Abendmusiken exemplified a godly and selfless endeavor to edify the neighbors nearest to him, caring far more about his music and his people than how much he would be compensated or how far his fame might spread, or even whether the music would last.