Song Quotes by Karl Barth

10 Song quotes by Karl Barth

Karl Barth approaches songs as more than sound, seeing them as vessels for deeper meaning. These ten concise thoughts reveal his contemplative blend of doctrine and music.

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God listens to Bach while the angels listen to Mozart.

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Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure.

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There will be no song on our lips if there be no anguish in our hearts.

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With an ear open to your musical dialectic, one can be young and become old, can work and rest, be content and…

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It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that…

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Mozart creates music from a mysterious center, and so knows the limits to the right and the left, above and below. He…

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Mozart's music always sounds unburdened, effortless, and light. This is why it unburdens, releases, and liberates us.

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Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure. I am sure, however, that en famille they play…

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“heaven and earth, nature and man, comedy and tragedy, … the Virgin Mary and the demons...Mozart simply contains and includes all this…

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Mozart's music is free of all exaggeration, of all sharp breaks and contradictions. The sun shines but does not blind, does not…

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I don’t believe in universalism, but I do believe in Jesus Christ, the reconciler of all

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In Jesus, God wills to be true God not only in the height but also in the depth - in the depth of human…

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The term 'laity' is one of the worst in the vocabulary of religion and ought to be banished from the Christian conversation.

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