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Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring

I have written about Bach and now I want to share with you one of my favorite compositions by him: Jesu joy of man's desiring.

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Martin Luther was quite a lover of music; He wrote: "Next to Theology I give to music the highest place and the highest honor. Next to the word of God, only music deserves to be extolled as the mistress and governess of the feelings of the human heart. We know that the devil's music is distasteful and insufferable.

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Bach, my favorite composer from the Baroque era

By Christianna Hellwig with 0 Comments

Born in 1685, Johann Sebastian Bach is arguably the most famous composer from the Baroque era. Some of his admirers and copiers were Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, and Mendelssohn, and I certainly admire him; his music is so complex yet so simple, so powerful yet so gentle, uplifting and majestically beautiful. I have listened to Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann,

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Striken smitten and afflicted

By Christianna Hellwig with 1 Comments

Here is a song I just learned, by Thomas Kelly. Absolutely stunning in it's simplicity.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs4gP5HNVJsIf you cannot get to the video by clicking on the link, just copy and past the link into your URL bar, and you will be able to see it that way!

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Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring

Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring

Luther on music

Luther on music

Bach, my favorite composer from the Baroque era

Bach, my favorite composer from the Baroque era

Striken smitten and afflicted

Striken smitten and afflicted