Music and Scripture

1 credits · Divinity School

This course explores the different ways in which music can mediate and give expression to biblical texts. Each week we will focus on particular examples of musical settings of Scripture (or paraphrases of Scriptural texts), concentrating on the way in which distinctive musical devices are deployed to elicit a text's theological significance. Examples will range from Hildegard and Bach, through to Regina Spektor, U2, and Lecrae