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Sovereign, Christian Johnson
Sovereign, Christian Johnson
West Chester University Master’s Theses
Sovereign is a musical retelling of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, the last book of the Bible. This Scripture describes the end times, the temptations of Satan and his followers, the destruction of the world, the pouring out of God’s wrath on unbelievers and the presence of God’s grace within this wrath, the second coming of Jesus Christ, the battle of Armageddon, and the eternal kingdom to come. The musical work is directly inspired by the text and attempts to represent the events that are foretold.
The first movement, “Whoever Has Ears,” depicts chapters 1-4 of the book of Revelation, …