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History & The Arts
OpenLearn Live: 13th January 2016
The godfather of emoji, pictograms and data visualisation; All of JS Bach; Bowie's lyric app; IM privacy and then more free learning through the day.
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TV, Radio & Events
OU on the BBC: Sacred Music - About the series
Simon Russell Beale takes a tour of globe tracing the origins of music designed to praise glory.
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OU on the BBC: Sacred Music - Bach and the Lutheran Legacy
How did the Protestant Reformation lead to the works of Bach?
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History & The Arts
Sacred music in a secular world
Richard Langham Smith muses on the interplay between sacred music and secular culture.
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Sacred music: Listen to the music
Listen to Richard Langham Smith, Head of the Music Department at The Open University, talk about Allegri's 'Miserere', Bach's 'Komm, Jesu, Komm' and the 'Agnus Dei' from Byrd's 'Mass for Four Voices', interspersed with extracts of the music.
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