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  • Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
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MUSIC

(See also Entertainment; Singing; Songs)

a form of communication: w74 302

Africa: g71 3/22 11; g60 1/22 15; g60 4/8 18; g59 7/8 13-15; w53 590; g46 9/8 14

Alamoth: ad 49

Armstrong, Louis: g77 7/22 12-13

avant-garde: g75 4/8 31

balanced view: g85 8/8 17; g79 2/8 23-24

Beethoven, Ludwig van: w83 1/15 6; g79 2/8 23; g74 8/8 24

Bible view: w84 3/15 23; g79 1/22 7-8; yy 124-125, 128-132

Biblical instruments: ad 1191-1192; w60 489-492; g46 2/27 22

birdcalls in: g69 6/22 11

calypso: g60 7/8 13-15

career in:

musician’s advice to youths: g85 8/8 17

China:

1,800-year-old melody: g85 1/22 30

chorals: ad 1193; w60 492; g60 1/22 15; g48 3/8 13-15; g46 2/27 27

Christmas: w83 12/15 3-7; g69 12/22 5-8

church programs: g67 8/8 8-11

classical: w84 3/15 22; w83 1/15 4-7; yy 130

decline of: g73 3/8 30; g71 9/8 30; g70 11/8 30

life story of William Mullane: g85 8/8 14-17

use in rescue of beluga whales: g85 6/22 29

comment by inventor of transistor: g80 5/8 30

composers: g63 6/22 3

composing: g74 8/8 24-26

conductor breaks arm: w72 547

congregation singing: w84 3/15 23; w75 29-31

musical accompaniment for: km 11/76 8

conventions: km 5/80 3; w77 343-344

countermelody: g79 2/8 21

country: g75 8/22 30

life story of Woody Wooddell: g83 10/22 24-27

obscene lyrics: g75 8/22 30

danger in some: w83 1/15 4-10; w83 7/15 29; w83 10/15 10-15

David: g77 7/8 27; w60 490; w52 574; g46 2/27 22; ki 129, 132; w38 268

decline in quality: g72 7/22 31; g71 5/22 12

definition: g79 2/8 20-21

destruction of recordings of debased: w83 1/15 10

dirges: w73 746; ad 450-451

disco: w80 8/1 23; g80 6/22 16; w79 4/1 24-26; g79 3/22 4-7; g79 5/22 29; g79 8/22 12; g79 12/22 22

discussion: w84 3/15 20-23; w83 1/15 3-10; w83 10/15 10-15; g82 8/8 23-25; g79 2/8 20-24; g77 11/8 10-12; yy 127-132; w74 301-304; ad 1191-1193; g69 10/22 25-26

dissonance: g72 5/22 20-21

divine name in: g71 3/22 10; g67 11/22 8

drums: g60 4/8 17-20; g59 7/8 13-15

effect on—

animals: g84 8/8 31; g71 12/22 29; g68 12/22 29

childbirth: g75 7/8 30

driver: g80 1/22 29

fetus: g84 5/22 29; g83 8/8 29; g82 8/22 29

hearing by loud: g83 1/22 30; g82 8/22 29; g81 11/8 31; g80 3/22 29; g80 8/22 30; w79 10/1 15; g79 7/8 29; g74 3/22 31

human body by loud: g81 6/22 20

musicians of loud: g75 4/8 31

people: w80 4/1 7; w77 375; lp 89-90; yy 127-129; w74 262; w74 301-304; w72 569; w71 403-404; g70 7/22 30; g69 10/22 24-26; w68 216, 430; g61 5/8 21; g61 5/22 22; g60 4/8 20; g57 4/8 9-10; g57 7/8 21-22; g46 8/22 8; g46 9/8 12-13

sales in supermarkets: g83 6/8 31

use of headphones: g83 4/8 30

electronic: g72 5/22 22

elements of: g74 8/8 25-26; g46 2/27 22-28

experiences:

career rejected: g74 2/8 24-26; g73 2/8 15; g69 11/22 17-18

Kingdom song: w75 31

folk music: g71 3/22 9-12; g71 9/8 19-20

for Creation Drama: yb74 96-97

for funeral services: g79 8/8 8, 10

for weddings: w84 4/15 21; w52 320, 359

from nature: g77 11/8 11-12

gift from Jehovah: w84 3/15 21, 23; w84 4/15 31; lp 89-90

Gittith: ad 661

Handel: g74 8/8 24

harmony: g79 2/8 21

Hawaii: g73 6/8 12-14

high fidelity: g60 10/22 16-19; g58 3/8 18-19; g57 7/8 21-24

history of: g69 10/22 25

hymn blasphemes God: g69 4/22 31

immorality featured by some: w83 1/15 9-10; w83 10/15 13-14

improvisation: g74 8/8 24-26

India: g74 8/8 24

instrumental: w77 343

instruments: g78 2/22 24-26; g78 4/8 20-21; g73 6/8 13-14; ad 406, 588, 1087, 1191-1192, 1314, 1513, 1557, 1573, 1618, 1693; g71 9/8 19; g69 10/22 26; g68 6/22 23; g66 7/22 26; g65 1/22 13-16; g61 2/22 19

appreciation for: w83 9/1 32; w83 12/1 32

bamboo: g78 2/22 24-26; g78 4/8 20

development: w83 1/15 3-4

piano: g79 8/8 20-23; g77 8/8 13-16

ukulele: g80 3/22 22-24

violin: g84 3/22 30; g80 6/22 29-30; g78 9/8 24-26; g71 2/22 20-23

Israel (ancient): w77 343; g77 7/8 27; w75 30; w73 746; ad 1191-1193; w70 220-221

Italy:

deportment of orchestras: g76 1/22 30

Japan: g78 4/8 20-21

jazz: g74 8/8 26; g72 5/22 21; g57 4/8 9-12; g46 8/22 8; g46 9/8 14-16

Vatican radio: g75 8/8 29

jukeboxes: g62 8/8 30

Kingdom Melodies (cassettes):

appreciation for: w84 10/15 32; w82 11/15 32

Kingdom song recordings appreciated: w84 10/15 32; w83 9/1 32; w83 12/1 32; w72 405; g69 7/8 16

Lesotho buses: g71 7/22 26

life stories:

“A Recording Artist Finds Something Far Better”: g78 5/8 16-20

“Country Music’s in My Blood”: g83 10/22 24-27

“I Lived for Music”: g85 8/8 14-17

“Keeping My Music in Its Place”: g80 10/8 25-28

“Music Ruled My Life”: w83 1/15 28-30

“My Guitar, My Music and My God”: g84 12/8 16-20

“Rock Stardom Was Not Enough”: g85 9/22 19-22

trombone player: g77 7/22 9-14

listening to: g79 2/8 22-24; g72 11/22 10-11

longevity of many orchestra conductors: g81 7/22 12

lullabies: g80 1/22 30; g80 4/8 10

Mahalath: ad 1095

Mahler, Gustav: w83 1/15 6-7

man hears music in head because of false teeth: g80 8/8 30

miktam: ad 1155

modern: g72 5/22 20-23

Menuhin’s (Yehudi) comment on: w80 4/1 7

music lessons for very young children: g80 2/22 25-28

mystery behind music: w84 3/15 20-21

national anthems: w75 614; og 8-9; w74 62-63; w64 379-381; g63 8/8 19; g63 12/22 16-19; w62 701-702; g62 3/22 15; w60 127-128; g38 2/9 19; w32 20

Nehiloth: ad 1218

occultism in: w83 7/15 29; w83 10/15 15

opposition to use in worship: g77 7/8 28

Oriental music: g66 7/22 26

overtones: g79 2/8 22

Peru: g72 3/8 20-23

phonograph records: g69 12/8 24-26; g66 11/22 21-23

“pop porn” (popular pornographic music): w80 3/1 29

popular songs: w83 1/15 7-10, 29; g82 8/8 23-25; w71 403-404; g62 12/22 31; g61 1/22 6; g60 7/8 15; g46 9/8 12-13

power of: w83 1/15 4-7; w83 10/15 10, 15

pre-Flood: qm 126; qm55 126; g46 2/27 22

Presley, Elvis: g82 8/8 24

Protestant reformers’ attitude toward, in church: g77 7/8 27-28

radio broadcasting: g70 3/22 21-23

ragtime: g46 9/8 13-14

reflects despair: w75 57

rock: g79 5/22 29; yy 130-132; w75 390; w75 504; g75 6/8 30; g75 7/22 29; g75 10/22 31; w74 262; w74 303-304; g74 6/22 14; g73 2/8 15; w72 567-569; g72 4/8 30; g72 5/22 21-23; w71 403-404; g71 2/8 30; g71 3/22 12; g71 11/8 30; g71 12/22 29; g70 2/22 31; g70 4/8 29-30; g70 11/22 30; g69 2/22 7; g69 11/8 9-12

Cincinnati disaster: g80 3/8 31

comment by inventor of transistor: g80 5/8 30

drug involvement of rock groups: w83 1/15 8-9, 29

effect on muscles: g78 4/8 30

former rock star’s life story: g78 5/8 16-20

heavy metal: g85 11/22 19

Huard, Bruce (life story): g85 9/22 19-22

Led Zeppelin: g77 11/8 29

Lerner’s (Alan Jay) comment on: g80 2/22 29

letter regarding: g83 12/22 28

punk rock: g85 11/22 19; g79 8/22 30; w77 488; g77 9/22 29; g77 11/8 10, 29

riots at performances: g84 3/8 30; g80 11/8 29; g78 4/8 29

rock fans vandalize hotel: g82 1/22 30

sexual lyrics: g85 9/22 30; g82 6/22 31

something inherently violent about rock (quote): w80 4/1 7

spiritism of rock groups: w83 1/15 8-9, 29; g81 2/22 29

tax on songs that encourage drug use: g81 2/8 30

school music: sj 29; w64 536-537

Schubert, Franz: g79 2/8 23

lyric entitled “The Almightiness,” with music by Franz Schubert: na 11; w80 2/1 16

Selah: ad 1467

selectivity: w83 10/15 10-15; yy 127-132; w74 303-304

Sheminith: ad 1487

Singing Bamboos: g78 2/22 24-26

song: ad 1526

festival: g71 5/22 11-12

steel bands: g60 4/8 17-20

stereophonic sound: g60 10/22 16-19; g58 3/8 17-19

symphony orchestras: g65 1/22 12-16; g60 10/22 16; g46 7/31 23-24

tape recordings: g63 11/22 17-20; g49 6/8 13-16

pirated: g71 1/22 29

theme and variations: g70 3/22 17

United Nations:

concert on its anniversary: g72 3/8 5

use in Christian worship: g77 7/8 27-28

use in religion: g74 11/8 30; g73 1/8 29; g72 10/8 29; w71 403; w71 643-644; g71 3/8 29; g70 8/22 30; w66 313-316; g66 6/8 30; g66 7/8 30; w65 349; g64 11/8 21-23; w60 489-492; g60 4/8 18; g59 7/8 14; w53 359; g48 3/8 13-15; g46 2/27 26-27

videos: g85 11/22 19; g84 5/22 18-20

Williams, Hank: g79 2/8 23

youths:

danger of following example of pop stars: w83 10/15 14; g82 8/8 24-25

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