Students
of music history and music philosophy are aware that as far back as the
writings of Plato there is evidence that music philosophers often believed that
music had the propensity to influence moral character. This belief often led to the natural conclusion
that music’s influence on character would affect the listener’s behavior. Although psychology,
sociology, social anthropology and ethology are generally considered to be the
disciplines that study behavior, the study of the nature, value and meaning of
a Christian’s musicing should be added to that list.
I am concerned that if children grow up on dry processed cereal in
a box and boiled (or microwaved) hotdogs, they will consider processed cereal
and hotdogs to be the best foods. I am
convinced that if our children grow up listening to Psychology, sociology,
social anthropology, ethology,
they will be convinced that these styles are the best and perhaps the only
beautiful styles of music. A culture and
a community tends to follow the familiar and reject what they do not know and
understand. So, it is the responsibility
of the church and the Christian school to provide children with opportunities
to perform quality gospel music and the sacred classics. If the church fails in this area, the proceeding
generations of church goers will have a skewed understanding of the nature ,
value and meaning of sacred music and musicing.
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