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Let a Woman Conduct: Gender Dynamics in Church Choral Ministries within the Baptist Churches of Southwestern Nigeria

open access: yesAfrican Musicology Online
The paper addresses women's participation in church choral ministries, focusing on women as conductors. Despite the growing recognition of women leaders, women's involvement in music ministries is often challenged by gender- and tradition-based barriers.
Oluseun Sunday Odusanya   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Reverb of Divine Revelation: Theological Poetics in John of the Cross

open access: yesModern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the theological poetics of John of the Cross, investigating both the conditions under which contemplative experience gives rise to speech and the theological status of that speech within John's account of divine revelation.
Michael C. Costas
wiley   +1 more source

Issues raised by contemporary theories of language for the language of worship: their impact on liturgy in the church of England 1955 - 1995 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
This thesis examines the development of liturgy in the Church of England from the inception of its Liturgical Commission m 1955 until the present day.
Fletcher, Jeremy James
core  

Gendered Harmony and Unsung Collections: Two Debussy Rabbit Holes

open access: yesMusic Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This review article on Mark McFarland's The Musical Relationship between Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky (2024) offers a critical reading of this recent text and treats its content as a springboard for the exploration of two issues untapped in existing musicological discourse.
Rajan Lal
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Repetition and Expertise on Liking and Complexity in Contemporary Music [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Aesthetic perception of music has been extensively researched in the last decades. Numerous studies suggest that listeners find a piece of music more or less pleasant according to its complexity.
Vallati, Mauro, Velardo, Valerio
core   +3 more sources

To Be Seen and Heard: Toward a Child Liberation Theology Framework for Contemporary Praise and Worship Practice

open access: yesReligions
“If there is no space in our faith communities where children can participate in theological work, how can children create a theology that will liberate them?” R.L. Stollar asks in his book, The Kingdom of Children: A Liberation Theology (2023).
Kelsey Kramer McGinnis
doaj   +1 more source

Chopin's Craft of Musical Form: Making Romantic Music with Classical Theme Types and Galant Schemata

open access: yesMusic Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Frédéric Chopin adhered to traditional practices in musical form to a far greater extent than hitherto acknowledged. He took certain standard formal paths with remarkable consistency throughout his compositional career and across almost all his favoured genres.
Matthew Riley
wiley   +1 more source

What makes worship so contemporary?

open access: yes, 2002
Author and worship expert, Ruth, plays examples of music from different types of worship services, discusses four strands of contemporary worship, and talks about cultural distinction in orders of worship.
Ruth, Lester
core  

Bret/BRAT

open access: yes
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Nicholas Smart
wiley   +1 more source

Remembering Independence, Debating the Nation: Ghana's National Days

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Ghana, Independence Day is the most important national day and has been annually observed since the attainment of independence in 1957. Additional national days that various military governments introduced to commemorate their ascension to power have been rather short‐lived. Other holidays like Republic Day or Founder's Day have been longer
Carola Lentz
wiley   +1 more source

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