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SPIRIT SONG TEXT: VIRTUAL ONLINE VERSE BIBLE

The poet Jabez Van Cleef a/k/a Spirit Song Text writes epic poems based on religion and human rights. He reads these poems to create the spoken word recordings on this site. To enhance his voice recordings, he has arranged the lyrics with royalty-free sounds from various sources. His human rights work can be found at the artist page for PALIMPSEST. Click on the box:



SPIRIT SONG TEXT is affiliated with Harmonium Choral Society, an outstanding arts organization in Morris County, New Jersey. To hear recordings of Harmonium click on this box:



Experimental alternative music by Jabez L. Van Cleef is also recorded under the artist name THE CHURCH OF THE SENTIENT MACHINE. Click on this box to go see:



You can also hear the complete Spirit Song Text verse gospels on on iSound.com. Click on this box if you are interested:

Spirit Song Text on iSOUND.COM

The four sample tracks above are taken from the complete recorded verse gospels, which tell a spoken word story of Jesus in a form suitable for setting to music. The vision is to create an opportunity for people of faith to join together and sing the entire story at once.

The full texts to all four verse gospels are available for downloading from theworshipwell.org, a resource site of the Episcopal Church USA. You can access the files through this link:

Spirit Song Text on The Worship Well.org

Click to see the lyric for a song if you want to read it while you are listening.

Jabez offers free usage of these lyrics by other artists. If you are interested in using any of these texts as lyrics for your own music, please contact "jabez.vancleef@verizon.net"

Also hear Spirit Song Text on iSound, iTunes, MSN Music, Musicnet, Napster, rhapsody, eMusic, thespiritradio.net, download.com, soundclick, and other major download sites and services.

COPYRIGHT 1996-2006, Jabez L. Van Cleef, SPIRIT SONG TEXT



About the Text

The text of these works is adapted from the book Gospels In Verse, A Text Resource for Musicians and Composers, Volumes I & II (Xlibris Corporation, www.Xlibris.com). It has been changed to remove from the story all false and sinful condemnations of Jews which have historically contributed to the practice of eliminationist anti-semitism. The crucifixion of Jesus is shown as the assertion of Roman power, with the collusion of certain religious authorities, within the context of a cosmopolitan and polyglot community.

In all other ways I have attempted to create a text for singing that is congruent with holy scripture, as advised in Episcopal Book of Common Prayer (pg. 14). I welcome any suggestions to change the text in accordance with the above guidelines if a reader discovers the need for such alterations.

Send all inquiries to jabez.vancleef@verizon.net or visit http://www.spiritsongtext.com