Profound Music Lends
Itself to Being Worthwhile Music—part 1
Let
us consider some of the aspects of well-written music that make it worthwhile
music. First, there is the word
“profound” that we will define as music that searches into the deep and subtle areas
of truth and beauty. Truth and beauty
are included in the definition of profound although the study of aesthetics of
music generally does not deal directly with truth. However, the Christian must
include truth with beauty because aesthetic beauty often reveals truth to the
viewer or auditor. Also, profound music composed without words will require
deep thought and knowledge of its formal properties in order for the auditor to
be able to unlock its information that makes it understandable.
If
the listener believes that the trombonist he is watching is swallowing the
slide as he plays, that person is not knowledgeable enough of instrumental
music to make decisions about the
profundity of the performer’s playing.
With the popularity of “dumbing down” church music, profundity in music
is not often high on the priority list of many church musicians. Furthermore, evaluating the profoundness of a
selection of sacred music is not the popular music praxis of many very
knowledgeable Christian musicians who are worship leaders.
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