As regards producing a book of Bahá'í songs, your
understanding that there is no cultural expression which could be called Bahá'í
at this time (distinctive music, literature, art, architecture, etc., being the
flower of the civilization and not coming at the beginning of a new
Revelation), is correct. However, that does not mean that we haven't Bahá'í
songs, in other words, songs written by Bahá'ís on Bahá'í subjects. There is no
objection to getting out a compilation of these… - Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 21
September 1957 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual
Assembly of the United States; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. III,
Service in Baha’i Temples)
