Music and Jerusalem

As I was browsing the Internet looking for anything related to music and Jerusalem, I came across two particularly interesting articles. The first one is an NPR article on a musician named Jordi Savall who performed a history of Jerusalem through music in New York on Monday night. Although it's not a concept I have specifically entertained before, I think it is amazing that history can be conveyed through various means. Just as we have studied the history of Jerusalem through words for the past few weeks, Jordi Savall shows the history of the Holy city through music which incorporates musical traditions from the many different religious and ethnic groups that have made up the city's population. This article is also particularly interesting because it references Karen Armstrong's use of sacred geography and quotes her as looking forward to Jordi Savall's concert. Here is the link to the article: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126390261&ft=1&f=1039
The site also has a link to the music itself.

The second article I found is not as directly connected to the class material. It is actually a poem by William Blake titled "Jerusalem." What I find particularly interesting about this poem is its connection to Britain. After talking to Professor Tamari, we see that Britain has played a prominent role in the region and the ensuing conflict, or at least in fueling the conflict. As such, in this light, the poem is very ironic. Here is a link to the poem and a short analysis of the poem right under it:
http://www.progressiveliving.org/william_blake_poetry_jerusalem.htm
It is also interesting to note that this poem has been set to music. The one piece I found was I believe a hymn, but I think the poem has also been set to other pieces of music.