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Bach and Part are the two composers who make music not just of man but of the glory of God Himself. IYKYK.
by scop 1y ago
Bach and Part are the two composers who make music not just of man but of the glory of God Himself. IYKYK.
- lo_zamoyski 1y agoNot a fan of Pärt myself, but Zelenka is a good one to pair with Bach (they were contemporaries and knew each other, holding each other in high esteem).
- qwertox 1y agoYou mean "god", right?
- kaonwarb 1y agoThese two composers certainly meant God.
- tern 1y ago"God" is capitalized for the same reason "Earth" or "the Universe" is capitalized. What precisely is meant may differ, but it's rich even for a materialist to argue that the name for the personification of the ground of being shouldn't be capitalized (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptions_of_God https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptions_of_God)
- smallerize 1y agoIn 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Pärt a member of the Pontifical Council for Culture.
- tern 1y agoCarnatic, Qawwali and many more central Asian musics as well, i.e. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pran_Nath_(musician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pran_Nath_(musician) to pick a particularly influential person to the Western canon