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  2. John Koukouzeles - Wikipedia

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    John Koukouzeles Papadopoulos (Greek: Ιωάννης Κουκουζέλης Παπαδόπουλος, romanized: Ioannis Koukouzeles Papadopoulos) was a Byzantine composer, singer and reformer of Byzantine chant. [1] He was recognized as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church after his death.

  3. Marios Papadopoulos (musician) - Wikipedia

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    Marios Papadopoulos MBE (born 20 December 1954 in Limassol, Cyprus) is a Cypriot-born, British conductor and pianist. He is the founder and music director of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra , the Orchestra in Residence at the University of Oxford .

  4. Say Yes (Michelle Williams song) - Wikipedia

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    The song samples a popular Nigerian gospel tune originally titled "When Jesus Says Yes". [9] [24] Chris Payne and Colin Stutz of Billboard magazine described it as a modern dance and contemporary electronic dance reworking of that song. [6] [25] Stutz also found elements of an "upbeat swing" of West African gospel. [6]

  5. Tavares (group) - Wikipedia

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    Tavares (also known as The Tavares Brothers) is an American R&B and soul music group composed of five Cape Verdean-American brothers.Some were born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, [1] and Providence, Rhode Island, and they would move back and forth between the two cities throughout their childhood.

  6. Holy Week - Wikipedia

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    A Confraternity in Procession along Calle Génova, Seville by Alfred Dehodencq (1851). Holy Week in the liturgical year is the week immediately before Easter. The earliest allusion to the custom of marking this week as a whole with special observances is to be found in the Apostolical Constitutions (v. 18, 19), dating from the latter half of the 3rd century and 4th century.

  7. Protestant church music during and after the Reformation

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    During the Reformation, Luther did much to encourage the composition and publication of hymns, and wrote numerous worship songs in German. [21] In keeping with the normative principle, Luther popularized the use of songs inspired by Scripture, as opposed to Calvinist metered or even word-for-word recitations of the Psalms and other biblical ...

  8. Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar song) - Wikipedia

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    The song is sung by the spirit of Judas Iscariot, who had died by suicide earlier in the show.The song consists of a series of questions addressed to Jesus, such as why Jesus chose to come to Israel in 4 BC when it had no "mass communication" as opposed to modern times, whether Jesus had planned his own death, whether Jesus knew beforehand that his death would become famous, and whether ...

  9. Sacred jazz - Wikipedia

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    Ellington included "Come Sunday" and "Twenty-third Psalm" in "Black, Brown and Beige", which he recorded in 1958 with Mahalia Jackson. The societal changes of the 1960s included changes in attitudes toward the arts in both the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, which slowly became more open to the liturgical use of jazz. [ 1 ]