Tag: Gospel

  • Nation & World

    How music powers protest

    The struggle for racial justice has always had a soundtrack. Charrise Barron explores its evolution from gospel to hip-hop.

    5 minutes
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  • Nation & World

    Giving Harvard a little more groove

    Harvard’s newest assistant professor of music brings years of experience as a composer, pianist, choir director, and minister.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Papyrus fragment put to test

    A wide range of scientific testing indicates that a papyrus fragment containing the words “Jesus said to them, my wife” is an ancient document, dating between the sixth to ninth centuries C.E. Its contents may originally have been composed as early as the second to fourth centuries.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Marsalis: ‘Meet Me at the Crossroad’

    Wynton Marsalis continues his two-year lecture series at Harvard with an exploration of root styles of American music in Sanders Theatre on Feb. 6.

    3 minutes