Music Really Doth Hath Charms
About this episode
Fr. Lawrence R. Farley discusses the dual nature of music, highlighting its potential to both soothe and incite savagery.
Not too long ago I wrote a blog piece entitled “Music Hath Charms” in which I argued for the softening and transformational nature of music (adding a plug for choir directors with the suggestion they were mostly all underpaid). One person who read the piece called my attention to some (shall we say) less edifying music and said, “What about this music?” I replied: “Good point.” My respondent was right: not all music hath charms to soothe the savage breast. Indeed, some music hath charms to incite a savage breast or even to create savagery in the human breast where it did not exist before. All music hath charms but sometimes the charms are harmful.
People in this episode
Host: Fr. Lawrence R. Farley
Topics covered
- music
- transformation
- edifying music
- savagery
- choir directors
Keywords
- music
- transformation
- choir
- savagery
- edifying
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Books & works: Music Hath Charms
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