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Vermeer Music Manuscript, Karen Demol
Vermeer Music Manuscript, Karen Demol
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Information about the gift of a page from a16th century illustrated music manuscript which was given to Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, and housed in the John and Louise Hulst Library.
Praise Him With Organs: A History Of The Casavant Organ At Dordt College, Joan Ringerwole
Praise Him With Organs: A History Of The Casavant Organ At Dordt College, Joan Ringerwole
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Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, is home to a magnificent three-manual tracker-action organ built by Casavant Frères in 1979. For some thirty-five years, this organ has served the college and its students, campus and area communities, and guest artists well. This illustrated history of the organ describes the selection, installation, and specifications of the instrument. It also includes the comments of a variety of guest organists and details the recently-instituted Joan Ringerwole Organ Recital Series.
Augustine’S De Musica In The 21st Century Music Classroom, John Macinnis
Augustine’S De Musica In The 21st Century Music Classroom, John Macinnis
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Augustine’s De musica is all that remains of his ambitious plan to write a cycle of works describing each of the liberal arts in terms of Christian faith and is actually unfinished; whereas the six books extant today primarily examine rhythm, Augustine intended to write about melody also. The sixth book of De musica was better known in late Antiquity and the Middle Ages than the first five, and it takes up philosophical questions of aesthetics related to the proportionate ordering discernable throughout creation. After a brief introduction summarizing De musica’s content and its importance in subsequent Christian writings, my …
Dordt Sings! 50 Classic Hymns, Karen Demol, Jonathan De Groot
Dordt Sings! 50 Classic Hymns, Karen Demol, Jonathan De Groot
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The purpose of the 50 Classic Songs for Worship at Dordt is to present a core of classic hymns which we believe every Dordt student should know.