Vox populi education. With increasing public familiarity with the term, several radio and television programs have been named "vox pop" in allusion to this practice. The Latin phrase (), 'The voice of the people [is] the voice of God', is an old proverb. An early reference to the expression is in a letter from Alcuin to Charlemagne in 798. The full quotation from Alcuin reads: English translation: This passage indicates that already by the end of the eighth century the phrase had become an aphorism of political common wisdom. Writing in the early 12th century, William of Malmesbury refers to the saying
Vox Lumiere Vox Lumiere Vox Lumiere is a Los Angeles-based theater/concert production and company. Vox Lumiere's shows combine the playing of a silent film with the live performance of original songs, dance and music. Vox Lumiere has combined live performance with the following silent films: "Metropolis", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Peter Pan" and "The Phantom of the Opera". Vox Lumiere (“voices of light” in Latin and French) was founded in 2000 by composer Kevin Saunders Hayes. On April 30, 2000, Vox Lumiere debuted the music for its first production, "Vox Lumiere – Metropolis" at the sixth annual Avignon Film Festival in