In the Fall issue of Musical Offerings, two recent Cedarville alumni examine the relationship between music composition, religion, and poetry. Abigail Lilite explores the influence of W. H. Auden on composer Benjamin Britten and the nature of poetry within music composition in her article “The Gift He Gave Us”. In a second article “Deliver Us from Obscurity,” Lilite analyzes the work of another British composer, William Byrd, noting the influence of persecution and his Catholic faith in his music. Finally, Caden J. Lantz investigates the relationship between German poems and German Romantic musical compositions in “German Poetry in Musical Motion” analyzing the undertones of lyrical verse in such composers as Schubert and Liszt. Musical Offerings is an undergraduate journal of musicology published by the School of Arts of Humanities at Cedarville University. Musical Offerings publishes two issues a year under the editorial direction of Dr. Sandra Yang. The latest issue is available in print and online in DigitalCommons@Cedarville, the institutional repository of Cedarville University. DIGITAL COMMONS PUBLISHING CORNER Poetry and Composition: New Issue of Musical Offerings! For centuries, prior to the invention of printing in the Western world, the text of the Bible was preserved in manuscript form. From the hand-copied manuscripts of the post-New Testament and Medieval periods to the Bibles of the early Reformation period, the text of Scripture was preserved by God to assure that the words of God--His plan, principles, and purposes--would be accessible to man created in His image. The Centennial Library’s current Biblical Heritage Gallery exhibit “Preserved by Hand: The Bible from Manuscript to Gutenberg” presents examples of manuscript portions of the Bible from the 1st to the 15th centuries. You can explore this history from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the first printed Bible, either in-person at the library or online. Biblical Heritage Gallery Scan the QR code to visit the virtual exhibit
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