Does
anyone but churches approach music from a prescriptive standpoint? Could you imagine playing “Three Blind Mice”
for a university piano entrance audition? How far would you get? Why do they consider it necessary to play
something like a Beethoven piano sonata?
Why does a university prescribe what music is proper, suitable, and
appropriate for an entrance exam? The
reason is that they believe in all of the above as well as profundity in
music. Most university piano professors
actually believe that Beethoven’s sonatas are more profound than “Three Blind
Mice”. So, when it comes to wise choices
for undergraduate or graduate study they prescribe which music is proper etc.
for every student to perform. Why? It is because public universities believe
that Music Matters. They certainly
believe in making wise choices and “Three Blind Mice” is simply not the
appropriate music for undergraduate or graduate study.
To
these professors music is most definitely an art form with standards of
correctness. Why shouldn’t Christian
musicians have equally high expectations for church music? Where did church musicians get the philosophy
that there is no profundity in church music, no absolutes, and no standards of
correctness or appropriateness? Whether
educating or edifying, there are absolutes in music. Therefore it is possible to make wise and
unwise choices of both.
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