SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_music_in_the_biblical_period ... for answers to your questions. Mainly, it has to do with mind control and indoctrination of the "innocent" and the gullible. And it can be profitable, too! Do you think that Michelangelo would have painted the frescoes on the ceiling, collectively known as the Sistine Ceiling, for free? Be sure to note in the articles non-Western music that "emerged from a blind, materialistic atheism" but is not deaf to beauty and eternity. M. Thank god that boys were (and should still be) cloistered away from the malevolent influence of females. Choir music was often just another activity to pass the time and ensure that "the message" got through to the boys... |