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Re: orion-list Hymns / Music




According to Henry Parker:
> 
> Mr. Sigrid Peterson,......Great information. I hope to obtain a recording

It's Dr., or Ms.

> of the event and anything else that goes along with the music of the
> Hymns. 

> And as the DSS state, members of the Community recited or chanted(sung)
> Hymns of their own work: original" words and music" as BMI calls it. Do
> you think they sang or chanted individual Hymns  during their daily work
> routines, much the same way as modern musicians must sing and learn new
> material on their non-musical day jobs? 

See the 1st century CE author Philo of Judaeus, also called Philo of
Alexandria, in the piece De Vita Contemplativa, which is about a sectarian
lifestyle which includes music.

>    Thanks and Peace,  Henry Parker  
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All the best,
Sigrid Peterson  UPenn  petersig@ccat.sas.upenn.edu

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