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Music, Dance and Religion by Maximillian Laroche
Laroche discusses music and how when we listen to music we are focused on the sounds, tones, accents, rhytms and harmonies rather than the words and the language. When we listen to music, especially of a foreign language, we listen to a kind of music rather than the words or lyrics. Speaking is as much a part of singing as interpreting a piece of music is; the interpretation that people have of music just adds to the sound of one's voice. Language is spoken and sang, the music is interpreted. There is a dialogue between the singer and the interpreter or the listener of the music. If the message is translated universally then the song is extremely powerful and the singer has a clear dialogue with the listener. The third party is sacred. Laroche also goes into talking about how when there is music there is rhythm there is dance. "Religion is the ideal communication because it allows integration in dialogue between the speaker, the listener and the absent third party." The music encodes a message and the meaning of the music is decoded by the listener or that dancer and interpreted into thoughts or moves. Whatever you feel from the music is the message and the most sacred (religious) part is becoming fully involved in the dialogue that is taking place.