When people find out I am pagan, I get asked similar questions. I point out that it isn’t the message, it is the incredible techniques composers used to tell their story. To borrow from my own user name: it is the magic these composers create that I love. Performing sacred music doesn’t make me want to become Christian any more than singing about nymphs, birds, and other nature inspired subjects we find in the Renaissance make me want to become one of those! It’s auditory art. It deserves to be heard and to remind us of how those songs played such an impact that we see their echos on our modern music today.
When people find out I am pagan, I get asked similar questions. I point out that it isn’t the message, it is the incredible techniques composers used to tell their story. To borrow from my own user name: it is the magic these composers create that I love. Performing sacred music doesn’t make me want to become Christian any more than singing about nymphs, birds, and other nature inspired subjects we find in the Renaissance make me want to become one of those! It’s auditory art. It deserves to be heard and to remind us of how those songs played such an impact that we see their echos on our modern music today.