Remember (if it was ever pointed out), perfection in this case means simply completeness. God is complete (perfect) in Himself, people are incomplete (imperfect). According to Church theology, at least. Maybe we are just especially aware of our incompleteness these days. Or we simply prefer music that describes ourselves as a society.
What’s that say about waltzes?
Hmm…
As for the actual content of Dan's original email, I got nothing.
~Conor
Subject: Re: Time signatures ¢¢ and cc
Date: September 26, 2014 at 8:27:53 AM CDT
On Fri, 26 Sep 2014, Simon Albrecht wrote:
Now the interpretation and history of the various time signatures derived in some way from mensural notation is a complex issue, as is the disambiguation of c and cut c.
One of the things I remember from my music Theory and History classes is that C had not much to do with the letter "C" but was in fact half of a circle. The Circle O was used when there were 3 beats in a measure, the Tempus Perfectum, 3 being the Holy number: God, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In contrast the "human" 4/4 time was "Imperfectum" - just the half of a circle, making it look like the letter "C".
Listening to the Radio and Spotify, where 99% of the music is in 4/4 time, I am afraid God is not in a winning mood these days ;-)
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MT
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