Tongues of Angels and Men: Reflections on Church Singing
Tongues of Angels and Men: Reflections on Church Singing, by Hexaemeron Board President Mary Lowell, offers a commentary on the goal of church music. “In church singing, Beauty is incarnate in the form of an icon for the ear, that is, a vivifying manifestation of heaven that enters the heart through the earthbound ear. Similar to work in graphic art to produce sacred imagery that inspires prayer, the singers act as aural iconographers who offer the text as prayer.” Read more.
Tongues of Angels and Men: Reflections on Church Singing, by Hexaemeron Board President Mary Lowell, offers a commentary on the goal of church music. “In church singing, Beauty is incarnate in the form of an icon for the ear, that is, a vivifying manifestation of heaven that enters the heart through the earthbound ear. Similar to work in graphic art to produce sacred imagery that inspires prayer, the singers act as aural iconographers who offer the text as prayer.”