John the Baptist

===In music===
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* [[Guido D'Arezzo]] (991/992 – after 1033) an Italian Benedictine monk founded the standard music stave based on a hymn to Saint John the Baptist. The hymn that begins with [[Ut Queant Laxis]] uses the first syllable for each line – Ut (later changed to Do), Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si. The teaching is also known as the [[solmization]] syllable.
* ''[[This Is the Record of John]]'', by [[England|English]] [[Tudor Period|Tudor]] composer [[Orlando Gibbons]] is a well-known part-setting of the [[Gospel of John]] for solo voice, choir and [[pipe organ|organ]] or [[viol]] accompaniment.
* The reformer [[Martin Luther]] wrote a [[hymn]] based on biblical accounts about the Baptist, "{{lang|de|[[Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam]]}}" (1541), based for a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for the [[Nativity of St John the Baptist|feast day on 24 June]], {{lang|de|[[Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7|''Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam'', BWV 7]] |italic=unset}} (1724).
* {{Interlanguage link|S. Giovanni Battista|scores|3=S. Giovanni Battista, G.3.3 (Stradella, Alessandro)|lt=''S. Giovanni Battista''}} (St. John the Baptist) is a 1676 [[oratorio]] by [[Alessandro Stradella]].
* The well-known Advent hymn ''On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's cry'' was written by [[Charles Coffin (writer)|Charles Coffin]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charles Coffin {{!}} Hymnary.org|url=https://hymnary.org/person/Coffin_C|access-date=23 July 2020|website=hymnary.org|language=en|archive-date=2 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802190022/https://hymnary.org/person/Coffin_C|url-status=live}}</ref>
* John the Baptist (Jokanaan), Baritone, is a character in the opera [[Salome (opera)|Salome]] by [[Richard Strauss]], premiered 1905 in Dresden. The text is from [[Oscar Wilde|Oscar Wilde's]] French play, translated into German by [[Hedwig Lachmann]].<ref>''The Victor Book of the Opera'', Simon and Schuster, New York, 1968.</ref>
* In popular music, [[Bob Dylan]] dedicates four lines to John the Baptist in "[[Tombstone Blues]]", the second track of his 1965 album ''[[Highway 61 Revisited]]''. He sings: "John the Baptist after torturing a thief/Looks up at his hero the Commander-in-Chief/Saying, "Tell me great hero, but please make it brief/Is there a hole for me to get sick in?".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/tombstone-blues/|title=Tombstone Blues {{!}} The Official Bob Dylan Site|website=www.bobdylan.com|access-date=12 July 2019|archive-date=12 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712221213/http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/tombstone-blues/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The song "John the Baptist (Holy John)" by [[Al Kooper]] on his 1971 album ''[[New York City (You're a Woman)]]'' is about John the Baptist. In the same year the song was also recorded by [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]] for their album ''[[Blood, Sweat & Tears 4]]''.
* The 1972 album ''[[Dreaming with Alice]]'' by [[Mark Fry]] features several verses spread throughout the album retelling the story of the beheading of John the Baptist.
* In his song "Everyman Needs a Companion", the closing track to his album ''[[Fear Fun]]'', [[Josh Tillman|Father John Misty]] sings about the friendship between John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth: "John the Baptist took Jesus Christ/Down to the river on a Friday night/They talked about Mary like a couple of boys/With nothing to lose/Too scared to try."<ref>{{Citation|title=Father John Misty – Every Man Needs a Companion|url=https://genius.com/Father-john-misty-every-man-needs-a-companion-lyrics|language=en|access-date=12 July 2019|archive-date=12 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712221216/https://genius.com/Father-john-misty-every-man-needs-a-companion-lyrics|url-status=live}}</ref>
* John the Baptist is referenced in the music of American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Om (band)|Om]] in their 2009 song "Meditation Is the Practice of Death".<ref>{{Citation|title=Om (Band) (Ft. Lorraine Rath) – Meditation is the Practice of Death|url=https://genius.com/Om-band-meditation-is-the-practice-of-death-lyrics|language=en|access-date=19 July 2020|archive-date=19 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719175108/https://genius.com/Om-band-meditation-is-the-practice-of-death-lyrics|url-status=live}}</ref> As well as this, John the Baptist is depicted on the cover art of Om's 2012 album, ''[[Advaitic Songs]]''.