For the longest time, monophony was the it thing in Western music. It was all about melody, and the simple rise and fall of a single sound of music. Polyphony came about from endless musical experiments done by composers, theorists, mathematicians, philosophers, thousands of years later, and music was never really the same after that.…
Category: MUSIC THROUGH THE BIBLE
The Hallelujah Chorus is one of the most famous choruses of all time, titled after one of the most commonly used lyrics of all sacred music, a lyric that supersedes language and even religious denomination. The word ‘hallelujah’ is an intriguing one. Though it is a Hebrew word that means ‘praise the Lord,’ it is…