Date of Award
4-17-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Christian Studies
First Reader
Dr. Natilan Crutcher
Second Reader
Dr. Doug Nykolaishen
Third Reader
Dr. C. Marvin Pate
Abstract
Historically, artists in all spaces have gleaned inspiration from the text of the Bible in order to communicate meaningful stories. The book of Ecclesiastes is particularly rich in its images and themes, and it warrants profound creative contemplation. This project documents the process of crafting 1960s-style folk songs based on this often confounding and ever-beautiful text. This process included close, meditative listening to the works of great songwriters from the 1960s folk era such as Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen and culminated in the live recording of four folk songs, compiled in the demo-EP Under the Sun: Songs from Ecclesiastes. This project, in a small way, stretches the bounds of what "Biblical songwriting" can, and does, look like.
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Recommended Citation
Smith, Emma Kay, "Under the Sun: Songs from Ecclesiastes" (2024). Honors Theses. 921.
https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/honors_theses/921
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