Your take on Classical

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Notes4God

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Most of it is more spiritual than 99% of today's so called Christian music which is marketed and distributed by secular companies. Check out Valentina Lisista on YouTube.
 

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Bach definitely....look up Christopher Parkening!! He’s a born again Christian who plays classical guitar..he’s among the best alive today...he teaches master classes at Pepperdine U. ..
 

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Classical, in its purest form is a thing of beauty, much like a beautiful painting or fantastic sunset. I believe it is a distant reflection of God’s beauty, order, and design. All people are naturally drawn to things like beautiful sunsets because they reflect that beauty and design. Nobody has to tell us that such things are beautiful.
 

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Classical music is adiaphora*, particularly so if it does not include lyrics or words (though it often is even when it does, have a libretto, that is).

We still need to be aware of/be sensitive to how our freedom affects others, particularly those who are new/immature believers, and the unsaved .. e.g. 1 Corinthians 8 (esp., v8-9). So, if we know that someone is bothered by the title of the wordless 5th Movement of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath", for instance, then we should wait to exercise the freedom that we have in Christ to listen to it for the sake of our weaker brother/sister.

God bless you!!

~Deuteronomy



*(I believe that "adiaphora" was first used as a theological term by the Lutheran Reformers. In Lutheran thought, adiaphora are defined as practices of the church that are neither commanded nor forbidden in Scripture (perhaps the Lutherans had "beer" in mind :)). In contemporary terms, adiaphora are those things not clearly addressed by Scripture that Christians may freely practice or believe (or not) with a clear conscience before God. ~Excerpted, in part, from Grenz, S., Guretzki, D., & Nordling, C. F. (1999). Pocket dictionary of theological terms (p. 7). InterVarsity Press.)
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Classical, in its purest form is a thing of beauty, much like a beautiful painting or fantastic sunset. I believe it is a distant reflection of God’s beauty, order, and design. All people are naturally drawn to things like beautiful sunsets because they reflect that beauty and design. Nobody has to tell us that such things are beautiful.
Very well-said, couldn't agree more. Classical music is a thing of beauty; they don't do it like that anymore.
 

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I know a fair few people that don't listen to secular music. Or when someone is trying to spend time in worship it's always cliche christian music. I'm not against stuff like that. I don't like the "sameness" but have been pleasantly surprised with new artists and new creativity there that's solid.

Anyway, what's your take on classical? It's music. There are no words. No way to slip an "our god reigns" in there or "Jesus paid it all"...and I know some that don't listen because they feel like it's secular.

I feel like a lot of classical composers back in the day (think bach) were mindful of the creator and it was sort of a testament/tribute of praise to his majesty.


There are some composers who drew inspiration from "the pit" but these are a small minority.



I will expand a bit if discussion occurs. I'm sort of on the fence about it myself. I go on a musical journey when I listen to late night classical. NOTHING paints vivid pictures in my mind like that. There will occasionally be a mainstream (or semi-mainstream) song I can "breathe" to but it's rare.
by course, we all possess free choice but whoever only listens to Christian music, my goodness, you are missing out on life. it's almost ridiculous to do that. classical music is tops. so much to say about it. those melodies are priceless, beautiful, placid eternal compositions. just listen to :by the beautiful blue danube", "symphony #5" & "flight of the bumblebee"! sitting quietly gazing at nature listening to classical tunes is spiritually refreshing!
 

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Fauré's Pavane... i can (and have) listened to it over and over. it's lovely.
 

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by course, we all possess free choice but whoever only listens to Christian music, my goodness, you are missing out on life. it's almost ridiculous to do that.
This is probably true for some people. Some are allergic to certain styles of music, so if they restrict themselves to Christian music in only the style they enjoy, they can have a very limited music collection.

Me, I have only Christian music, but I have everything from rap and heavy metal to southern gospel and banjo bluegrass. I have way too much music, and a lot of music yet to discover, and I will always have a lot of music yet to discover.

So yeah, no, I'm not too good to listen to secular music. I just don't have time for it.