rec.arts.theatre.musicals

fmomoon wrote:

> "Steve Newport" wrote in message
> news:22740-46DDF59B-452@storefull-3152.bay. ...
>
>>fmomoon@ (fmomoon)
>>I teach religious music....historically. If a parent wants to call me on
>>it I remind them that no music survives from certain periods of history
>>except music written for the church. Heck, no one else knew how to write
>>it down but the monks! Does that parent want me to disregard big chunks
>>of history because the music originated in church?
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>>And that's how I feel about history, period. It can't be taught with
>>pieces missing. And there has to be some knowledge of religions in order
>>to understand historical connections. The avoidance of religion because
>>somebody might get left out or offended sounds like a recipe for--
>>dumber.
>>
>>O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O
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>>O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O
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>
> As long as non-Christian religions *are* included on that history, and I
> think sometimes they are, I don't have a problem with it.
I once read a dictionary that listed Judaism as a PAGAN faith.
I bet some folks had a fit over that one.

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