MUSIC
(See also Dancing; Drums; Heavy Metal [Music]; Kingdom Songs; Opera; Orchestras; Rap Music; Rock Music; Singing; Songbooks; Songs)
(Note centered headings below: Musical Instruments; Quotations)
appreciation for—
Awake! articles on: g93 7/22 30; g93 11/22 30
Kingdom Melodies audiocassettes: w89 8/15 32
Sing Praises to Jehovah audiocassettes: w90 6/15 32; w88 1/15 32; w87 9/15 32
assemblies: w17.11 7; km 12/14 7; w10 12/15 24
avoiding unwholesome: w11 2/15 30-31; g 11/11 19; w10 5/15 32; yp2 255-256, 259-260; g 5/08 22; w00 6/1 27; w99 9/1 12; w97 7/15 16; w93 4/15 19-24; g93 6/8 3-11
babies’ sense of: g05 6/22 28
balanced view of: g99 10/8 9-10
benefits: ijwyp article 49
during surgery: g 5/08 22-23; g87 7/8 29
health: g 5/08 22-23
lessons for children: g04 4/22 28; g98 7/8 28-29
Bible times: it-2 451-452; w12 2/1 22; w09 12/1 26-30; w97 2/1 24-26; w93 4/15 19-20
dirges: it-1 627-628; nwt 1697
Jubal a “founder”: it-2 121
songs: it-2 994
Bible view: w24.10 30; w10 12/15 21-22; w09 12/1 30; w00 6/1 26-28; w98 10/1 22-23; g98 8/8 19; w97 2/1 24-28; w89 6/1 28-29
bird songs: g93 6/22 18-20; g91 5/22 15-19
broadening one’s tastes: yp2 258; g93 3/22 15
calypso (Trinidad): g 12/06 24-25
choosing: ijwyp article 49; g 8/11 6-9; g 11/11 19; w03 12/1 21-22; w00 6/1 27-28; ip-1 348-349; g96 11/22 23; g92 6/8 18; w89 6/1 28-29
aspects to examine: g 8/11 7-9; yp2 255-256, 259-260; g 5/08 22; g96 11/22 23; w93 4/15 24; g93 3/22 14-15; g93 6/8 8-11
guiding one’s children: g 8/11 9; g93 6/8 10; w92 10/15 16
interview with guitarist: g88 8/8 14-15
love songs: g89 6/22 12-14
Christendom: w97 2/1 26
Christian Scriptures: it-2 453, 667; w17.11 4; kr 178; w10 12/15 22; w97 2/1 26
classical:
effect on dolphins: g88 8/8 30
effect on hothouse produce: g88 11/22 30
used for calming waiting passengers: g99 5/8 29
concert halls:
room for simulating acoustics: g88 5/8 30
congregation singing: w17.11 3-7; w87 12/1 26-27; w86 10/15 22-24
history: mwb24.03 15; w97 2/1 26-27
conventions: w17.11 7; w16.07 13; km 4/15 5; km 12/14 7; w10 12/15 24
cows herded by: g93 3/22 28
danger of loud: g97 2/22 31; g96 8/8 28
addiction: g88 5/8 30
ear damage: g94 3/8 29; g90 6/22 30; g89 1/8 30; g89 10/22 29; g88 5/8 30
headphones: g02 5/22 19; g99 1/8 29
tinnitus: g96 9/22 26-27; g92 11/22 29
degrading music: g 8/12 4; w01 11/1 6; g99 10/8 3-4; g97 5/22 6; w94 5/15 17-18; w92 10/15 16
children exposed to: g01 6/8 28
radio station swears off broadcasting: g94 6/8 28
Witness deals with, at work: g02 12/8 31
discussion: it-2 451-454; g 8/11 3-9; g 5/08 22-23; g99 10/8 3-10; w86 10/15 21-23
divine name in:
Haydn oratorio: w96 4/1 14
song by Franz Schubert: g00 9/22 30; g99 12/22 25
works by Modest Mussorgsky: w07 9/1 32
effects: g99 10/8 3-8; w86 10/15 22
on driving: g89 1/22 29
on fetus: g92 1/22 15; g89 10/22 31; g87 8/8 30
on mentality of listener: wt 75; g93 2/22 25-27; g93 6/8 3-7; g89 10/22 10; g88 8/8 14-15; g86 4/8 11
on plants: g88 11/22 30
on shoppers: g98 12/8 29
sexual lyrics: g 5/07 11; g89 9/8 20-21
violent lyrics: g04 6/8 28-29
youths attribute murders to heavy metal and rap: g94 1/8 28
elements of music: g99 10/8 5-6
experiences:
aspiring orchestra conductor: w12 10/15 4-5
career secondary: w00 6/1 28
careers given up: lff lesson 46; w19.03 32; w06 8/1 28-29; w90 8/15 17; g90 8/8 22-25; w86 8/1 22-23
combining professional and Christian obligations: g88 8/8 15
concert pianist and atheist accepts truth: g 11/13 10-11
concert violinist: w07 10/1 7
couple surprised at anonymity of Kingdom Melodies: w91 2/1 13
death-metal musician: w12 4/1 14-15
fans of heavy metal: w11 8/1 21-22; g 8/11 7
jazz musicians: yb98 101-102
Kingdom Melodies on school sound system: w88 9/1 32
lead singer in rock band: w13 4/1 6, 8-9
rap leads to youth’s removal from the congregation: g93 11/22 30
remembers music heard before birth: g89 10/22 31
rock musicians accept truth: ijwcl article 3; yb88 59
substance abuse overcome: w09 2/1 28-29
thrash-metal musician: w10 5/1 27-28
gift from Jehovah: g 8/11 3; g 5/08 22-23; w86 10/15 21-22
how hits are made: g 8/11 4-6
idolizing performers: yp 220-221; g88 8/8 14-15; g87 1/8 21-22
Internet: g 8/11 3
Israel (ancient): w24.10 30; it-2 451; g 3/11 14-16; w10 12/15 20-22; w09 12/1 26-27; w97 2/1 25-26; w87 12/1 25-26; w86 10/15 22
Alamoth: it-1 69, 1039; nwt 1692
Asaph and descendants: it-1 185-186
dirges (shiggayohn): it-2 446-447; w00 6/1 27
Gittith: it-1 962; it-2 680; nwt 1699; w06 6/15 17
Higgaion: it-1 1107; nwt 1700
Jeduthun: it-1 1263-1264
Levites: it-2 666-667; w10 12/15 21-22; g 5/08 23; w00 6/1 26
Mahalath: it-2 295; nwt 1703-1704
Muth-labben: it-2 454; nwt 1705
quality: it-2 453-454
selah: it-2 891; nwt 1711; w06 5/15 18
Sheminith: it-1 69, 1039; it-2 922; nwt 1711
singing: it-2 452-454; w17.11 4; kr 178; w09 12/1 29-30; w01 11/15 15-16; w94 5/1 10-11
temple: it-2 451-454, 1130; w10 12/15 21-22; w09 12/1 29; w97 2/1 25-26
jazz:
Buddhist services: g93 10/22 28; g86 3/8 30-31
view represented by: g87 3/8 12
karaoke: g94 7/8 29
keeping music in its place: yp2 253-262; g93 3/22 13-15
key to good music: w89 6/1 29
Kingdom Melodies (audio recordings):
appreciation for: w89 8/15 32
encouragement to enjoy: km 5/04 1; w89 6/1 29
revision of Nos. 1-3: km 12/88 8
Latin music: g98 8/8 18-19
life stories:
A Jazz Drummer Finds True Happiness: g88 7/22 24-27
A Musician Chooses Real Harmony: g88 8/8 12-15
I Found ‘One in a Million’: g89 2/22 12-16
It Is Written That I Will See Him: g05 11/22 30; g04 12/22 10-14
Jehovah Always Rewards His Loyal Ones: w00 9/1 26-30
Music, Drugs, and Drink Were My Life: g97 1/8 11-15
My Love for Music, Life, and the Bible: g 8/07 19-23
Now I Play a Different Tune: g87 1/22 26-27
Something Better Than Fame: g05 6/8 30; g04 8/22 19-23
The Truth Has Set Me Free: g92 5/22 24-27
Why I Gave Up a Lucrative Career: g 6/10 24-26
love songs: g89 6/22 12-14; g89 11/22 30
Memorial:
not while passing emblems: km 3/86 3
“musical” pipes catch rats: g87 11/22 30
musician’s syndrome: g98 12/22 17; g89 1/8 29
music videos: g03 2/22 19-21; g03 3/22 11-13; g03 10/22 30; g93 2/22 26-27; g92 11/8 6
aftereffects: g05 4/8 7-8; g97 8/22 29
occultism:
claim that compositions were dictated by dead masters: g86 8/22 3-4
opera: g94 7/8 24-27
performing for friends: g93 4/22 14-16
personal stereos with earphones: g02 5/22 19; g99 1/8 29; g99 5/22 28
piracy:
electronic “notching” to prevent: g87 11/22 30
rap: w97 7/15 16; w93 4/15 21-22; g93 2/8 16-17; g93 2/22 26-27; g93 6/8 4-7; g93 7/22 30; g92 11/8 6
rhapsody: w97 2/1 26
rock:
alternative rock: g97 9/8 30; g96 11/22 21-23
appeal: g93 2/8 15-16
comments by former rock musician: w89 6/1 29
concerts: g99 10/8 8; g96 3/22 28; g96 8/8 30; g95 12/22 17-19
deafness from loud: g96 8/8 28; g89 1/8 30; g89 10/22 29
death metal: g93 1/22 30; g93 3/8 30; g92 7/8 31
desensitizing effect of hard rock: g90 1/8 28
“earthquake” created by fans: g90 9/8 28
evidence of addiction to: g87 10/22 30
group Sly and the Family Stone: g89 2/22 12-13
heavy metal: w97 7/15 16; g94 9/22 6-8; w93 4/15 22-24; g93 2/22 26; g93 6/8 3-7; g92 11/8 6; w89 9/15 30; g89 10/22 10; w88 9/1 6; g87 1/8 29
letter and reply on Awake! article: g91 11/22 30
sex: g92 1/22 5; g91 3/8 31
sexual appeal: w89 6/1 28
sexual lyrics: g89 6/22 13-14; g86 4/8 11
thrash metal: w93 4/15 22-23
Woodstock festival: g89 2/22 12-13
Satanism in: w95 1/1 8; w89 9/15 30; g89 10/22 10; w88 9/1 6
social gatherings: w06 3/1 21; w06 10/15 24
stores use music to dissuade youths from loitering: g91 3/8 29
techno: g97 12/22 26
troubadours: g98 2/8 18-21
unique to mankind: g99 10/8 5; w86 10/15 21
Watchtower Society:
choruses: yb11 19-20
compact discs: km 1/98 6; km 4/98 7; km 1/97 6; km 4/97 7; km 12/97 4; km 10/96 7; km 12/96 7; km 4/95 7
music anonymous: w91 2/1 13
orchestra: yb11 19-20; g89 1/8 24-27; g89 7/8 30
weddings and receptions: ijwfq article 62; km 11/08 3; w06 10/15 26-27; w00 5/1 21-22; w86 10/15 22
women in orchestras: w87 8/15 4
Musical Instruments
alpenhorn (Switzerland): g 1/12 14-15
anklong (Indonesia): g 4/13 12
bagpipe: g02 12/8 23-25
Bible instruments: it-2 452; w12 2/1 22-24; w09 12/1 26, 28
bagpipe: it-1 242
cymbal: it-1 563; w12 2/1 24; g 3/11 15
flute: it-1 842; w12 2/1 24
harp: it-1 1039; g 3/11 15
horn: it-1 1143; w12 2/1 23; g 3/11 16
lute: it-2 284; w12 2/1 23
percussion instruments: w12 2/1 24
pipe: it-2 643-644
sistrum: it-2 975-976; w12 2/1 24; g 3/11 14-15
stringed instruments: it-1 1039; it-2 1040; w12 2/1 23; g 3/11 15-16
tambourine: it-2 1064; w12 2/1 24; g 3/11 14-15
trumpet: it-2 1130; w12 2/1 23-24; g 3/11 15-16; g94 8/22 16-17
wind instruments: w12 2/1 23-24
zither: it-2 1237
carillon (Australia): g96 6/22 24-25
didgeridoo (Aboriginal instrument): g97 4/22 24-25; g94 2/22 17
grass bands (Solomon Islands): g02 1/8 26-27
guitar: g91 5/8 14-17
keyboard instruments: g03 6/22 30; g02 11/8 18-21
komuz (Kyrgyzstan): g16.4 13
learning to play: g91 9/8 20-22
organ: g02 11/8 19-20
bamboo organ: g94 10/22 26-27
piano: g04 7/8 20-23; g02 11/8 20-21
pipe orchestras: g 8/07 20-21
suling (Indonesia): g 4/13 13
synthesizers: g02 11/8 20-21; g89 10/8 13-15
trumpet: g94 8/22 16-18
violin:
plastic, of Stradivarius quality: g91 9/8 28-29
tree for bows endangered: g03 10/8 29
Quotations
the music teaches that you don’t have to listen to parents, that you should live the way you want: w94 5/15 18