Theology in Music

A blog considering theology as illustrated by Western Art Music

Religious experience

  • Heard but not grasped

    Beside the death-bed of his brother, one of England’s foremost composers made a second attempt at setting some words of poet Adelaide Procter. Arthur Sullivan’s setting of The Lost Chord became one of the most famous parlour ballads of its time and afterwards; a version of it was one of the very first recordings of… Read more