E-texts of significant writings about the Arts

by Quakers past and present

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List of E-texts

To 1800

19th Century

20th Century

Author Index

Special section: Quakers and the Arts

historical survey by Frederick J. Nicholson (1968)

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To 1800

Humphrey Smith: To the Musicioners

Original version

Modernized version

Commentary by Edwin Alton and Douglas Gwyn

Solomon Eccles: A Musick-Lektor (on Larry Kuenning's Home Page)

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19th Century

John Greenleaf Whittier: The Brewing of Soma    (on Peter Sippel's Quaker Writings Home Page)

This poem is the source of the hymn "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind." It is actually a long diatribe against the religious use of hallucinogenic drugs and other intoxicants—such as music.

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20th Century

Vera Brittain: Why I Am Not a Friend (Excerpts)

Answer to a query from The Friend (1945)

Reflections on the above:

Katharine M. Wilson: The Artist in the Society of Friends (1965)

Esther Greenleaf Mürer: Quakerism and the Arts: And Now, the Good News (1994)

Kenneth Boulding: Quakerism and the Arts (1983)

Article from Friends Journal