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From:  Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
Date:  Tue Nov 20, 2001  6:48 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] looking for song


On Tue, 20 Nov 2001 sopran@a... wrote:

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> In a message dated 11/20/01 10:35:19 AM, dalila@R... writes:
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> << The trouble is, these all *are* religious..>>
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> The request was for music that is not "sacred."
>
> I think that there is a degree of difference, though subtle, between "sacred"
> music and "religious" music. In other words, merely mentioning Jesus does not
> make a song sacred. Of course, you're free to disagree!


I think you have a point. "Jesus Christ, Superstar", for example, mentions
Jesus but is not a song many folks would think of as sacred or even
religious, and many would consider *ir*religious. ON the other hand, I
cannot imagine a Christmas carol that celebrates the birth of Jesus as
being anything but *sacred* - The whole point of celebrating his birth vs.
that of any other prophet or rabbi is that he is considered far more than
either by so many. And it is this that makes Christmas carols more than
just religious songs. Jesus is considered divine by CHristians, and so any
song celebrating his birth, ministry, death, or resurrection is a sacred
song.

Karen Mercedes
http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html

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