tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574198575168538104.post37685078483501056..comments2024-02-27T14:15:43.978-06:00Comments on Modern Medievalism: Pontificalia III: the pontifical vestmentsThe Modern Medievalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238571174836044412noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574198575168538104.post-34348395444753842472017-11-29T00:30:46.396-06:002017-11-29T00:30:46.396-06:00If you want to hear a catholic cathedral choir in ...If you want to hear a catholic cathedral choir in the pre- reformation style, lolk at the fb page of St Mary's Cathedral Sydney. They are a living critique of the Italian post-mediaeval operatic style.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574198575168538104.post-7446436689313079982017-11-12T17:38:50.900-06:002017-11-12T17:38:50.900-06:00You ate not going to believe this. I was at the s...You ate not going to believe this. I was at the same Mass that Bp. Lopes entered the door of Our Lady of Walsingham here in Houston Tx. This was the Mass he received his cathedra (chair), and his Church (cathedral) in the Ordinariate Form, aka, AU.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574198575168538104.post-26366756924489640452017-10-01T04:42:17.284-05:002017-10-01T04:42:17.284-05:00Wow, only two weeks ago and I missed it! Story of...Wow, only two weeks ago and I missed it! Story of my life... As a veteran Clementine, I have great respect for Peter Richard Conte's work. Not only is his choir directing world-class, but his inspired service-playing is my ideal as an organist of lesser stature. I don't know anyone who can make a congregation sing the way he can.<br /><br />Applause too for remembering the composer Charles Tournemire in your blog! I understand that he was the first major composer whose concept of Gregorian chant was inspired by the ideals set forth by Solesmes. As with Cesar Franck, his beloved teacher and predecessor at S. Clothilde, Paris, his piety and devotion to the church put him at odds with his contemporaries and almost guaranteed that his worldly success would be limited, but under the surface his influence has been tremendous. Tournemire was reputed to be the finest improvisateur of his generation. The Canadian-American virtuoso Lynnwood Farnam came away from his playing at S. Clothilde one Sunday morning exclaiming, "It nearly tore me inside out, it was so thrilling." I believe that (at least by way of Pierre Cochereau, a later standard bearer) he set the tone more than anyone else for the tradition of organ improvisation that we can hear in France to this day. Olivier Messiaen acknowledged his debt, saying "Un jour on rendra justice a Tournemire." Perhaps that day is approaching. The book _Mystic Modern: The music, thought, and legacy of Charles Tournemire, expanding upon the papers delivered at an academic conference, appeared in 2014. Of course, his unique magnum opus "L'Orgue Mystique", steeped in the Gregorian proper repertoire throughout the year, is central in the topics discussed. (A French reader commenting on this book for Amazon expressed regret that his countrymen had allowed the Americans to beat them to the punch in producing such an overdue analysis and appreciation.) <br /><br />On another topic, I wonder whether you have researched Msgr. Bartolucci, eventually let go after a long tenure as choirmaster of the Sistine Chapel but finally honored by Pope Benedict with a cardinal's hat. Bartolucci had strong convictions as to the proper performance of chant and polyphony which were at odds not only with Solesmes, but with most authorities all over the world. During this time, the Sistine Chapel Choir was known as the Sistine Chapel Screamers. Yet he was revered not only by the musically sophisticated pope whose brother was Choirmaster of the Regensburger Domspatzen, but by many other conservative church musicians in Rome and Italy. I could never understand this when I naively assumed that musical work in the Vatican remained immune from the assaults that assailed us everywhere else in the world. But evidently it did not: Bartolucci was besieged by these forces as well, to the extent that he eventually resorted to taking his choir on tour primarily because it was the only way he could see to maintain their historic repertoire. So possibly he was honored at last for reasons unrelated to, and more fundamental than, his eccentric ideas about choral tone and performance practice. Liturgically Cardinal Bartolucci was a conservative through and through, declaring late in life that he had never celebrated mass using the Novus Ordo.Alogonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08280125629204498120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574198575168538104.post-84278770243190270782017-09-14T17:55:36.005-05:002017-09-14T17:55:36.005-05:00I hate to be this person, but there's actually...I hate to be this person, but there's actually no option for a Bishop to vest in the sacristy when celebrating Mass. The Ceremonial requires vesting in a chapel, or at the high altar if there is no suitable chapel. Just quickly looking through Stehle confirms that as well. It is definitely something that is common, but it isn't 'permitted' as such.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766459138852975580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574198575168538104.post-72237616566243354652017-09-14T10:44:10.824-05:002017-09-14T10:44:10.824-05:00Very informative!Very informative!Marco da Vinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092410765851812842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574198575168538104.post-18384446390337197522017-09-13T07:02:34.494-05:002017-09-13T07:02:34.494-05:00Thanks for this precious information i really appr...Thanks for this precious information i really appropriate it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.curiousvillage.com/online-shopping/6/kurta-pyjamas" rel="nofollow">Kurta Pyjama For Kids In India</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574198575168538104.post-26017961912007589912017-09-13T01:13:05.501-05:002017-09-13T01:13:05.501-05:00Loving this series so far. Thanks for it.Loving this series so far. 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