In this exclusive website feature, the Holy Spirit Traditional Choir will provide internet
links to many of the musical works that are discussed in the weekly bulletin Choir
Notes.
Every attempt is made to give the best possible examples of notable Catholic music from all historical periods, as well as sensitive and beautiful interpretations.
We hope that this will help open the great treasury of the Church’s music for you.
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Sacred Music & History
Posted:
6/13/2015
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Dr. Donald Grout, author of A History of Western Music, notes that the period from 1450 to 1550 is often called “the age of the Netherlanders.” That term does not designate a nationality, but simply a region comprising more or less modern Belgium, northeastern France, and the southern part of...
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Sacred Music & History
Posted:
6/10/2015
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In 1477, the political landscape of northern Europe changed abruptly with the death of the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold (or Reckless), shown in the thumbnail in an appropriately martial pose by Rubens. After an unsuccessful campaign against the French and the Swiss, Charles and his army were utterly...
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Sacred Music & History
Posted:
5/12/2015
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Many of the best-known Marian hymns and antiphons were originally composed as Gregorian chant, but have also inspired great composers down to the present day.
The Magnificat or Canticle of Mary is one of the most ancient Christian hymns. Taken directly from the text of Luke 1:46-55, Mary’s response...
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Sacred Music & History
Posted:
4/14/2015
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Johannes Ockeghem (ca. 1410-1497 – wearing glasses in the contemporary portrait in the thumbnail) was the greatest composer of the period between Guillaume Dufay and Josquin des Prez. Johannes Tinctoris, the Flemish music theorist and author of the first musical dictionary, called Ockeghem the first among all the most excellent...
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