Simple Songs for Psalms

What is the significance of singing?

     The impulse to song is surely one of the most primitive and essential characteristics of the human form. Its origins, utterly mysterious, invoke contemplation of the imago dei, the image of God after which man was modeled. Singing is as fundamental to human nature as speech, passion, or consciousness of self.
     History records neither a society nor an era that is without song, song that can be communal or solitary, work or entertainment, improvisatory or highly crafted. Themes of the most intimate nature can be found cast in song even when they may not be spoken of directly. Song is not merely the joining of speech and music, though these components may, for some purposes, be considered separately. Combined, they can add up to far more than the sum of speech and music. As a step towards understanding this, let us consider some aspects of music and then of song in a little more detail:

          A. Music alone

 
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        Curator, Christian Quotation of the Day.
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Last updated: 3/6/11

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