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Divine Image
Composed by Jean Belmont Ford
Voicing: SATB a cappella Catalog number: AMP 0720 Price: $2.20
The Divine Image
To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
The great 18th century mystic and poet. William Blake, repeatedly railed against the specters of bigotry and prejudice, most especially in organized religions. The insertion of God names in this setting of Blake's The Divine Image is to affirm-by their placement next to each other-the kinship they share. By the mere change of a vowel or two, or a consonant here or there, Hungarians and Chinese (for example) are expressing the same need for the same universal guiding spirit: phonetically-in a clamor of voices-their God words might even sound identical. It is always good to remember Blake and others throughout the ages who have begged us all to acknowledge that no one person or group of people has the keys to God's truth; that acts of kindness, great or simple, to one another may make us as God-like as we could ever hope to be.
Guide to Origins and Pronunciations recording performed by Festival Choir of Madison |
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