We call her hymn the "Magnificat," and we Christians have been singing it as a regular part of worship since about the year 500. ... Idle's text is the refreshing exception.

Keith and Kristyn Getty’s “Magnificat” (2011) adapts the text of Mary’s song, preserving her point of view in an ethereal, strophic song without a refrain, ...

The human impulse to skip to good stuff helps explain why composers through the centuries have been drawn to Song of Songs, that portion of the Bible which lingers on pomegranates and lips. Also ...

He composed "Magnificat" in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Carswell said. "It's a beautiful five-movement setting of the Song of Mary text with the choir, orchestra and soprano ...

So while Magnificat is not normally a Lenten text, my meditation on it this year is teaching me that perhaps it should be. Originally posted at Onehandclapping. Julie Clawson. Julie Clawson is the ...