tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43191973662677471142024-03-23T10:44:21.469-07:00TRADITIONAL CATHOLICMy World of "Gregorian Chant, Sacred Choral Music, Classical Music, Early Rennaissance Music, Traditional Catholic Apologetics, and anything and everything connected with Beethoven, Mozart, Palestrina, Tomas Luis De Victoria, Gounod, and any Noteworthy Composer".DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-71513297110824874782007-06-27T16:35:00.000-07:002007-06-28T14:08:36.907-07:00The Visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich on Pentecost Sunday as well as on the Feast of the VisitationFriends in Christ,<br /><br />I have not been well lately, hence there have been no posts since the First Week of May.<br /><br />Here is some awesome belated stuff which is not only interesting but "SPIRITUAL" too and Enriching on the Visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich on Pentescost Sunday and on the Feast of the Visitation respectively. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.jesus-passion.com/Pentecost.pdf">http://www.jesus-passion.com/Pentecost.pdf</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.jesus-passion.com/Visitation_visions_emmerich.pdf">http://www.jesus-passion.com/Visitation_visions_emmerich.pdf</a><br /><br />Have a Blessed Day.<br /><br />Note: I will be making a couple of belated posts in the coming days.DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-38964875613307737052007-05-05T20:33:00.000-07:002007-05-05T20:36:23.579-07:00THE MONTH OF MAY IS DEDICATED TO OUR LADYDear Friends in Christ,<br /><br />As the Month of May, is dedicated to "The Blessed Virgin Mary" i came across these awesome links and felt they were too good to be missed.<br /><br />Check them out.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jesus-passion.com/The_Virgin_Mary.htm">http://www.jesus-passion.com/The_Virgin_Mary.htm</a><br /><br />Also, Check out:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jesus-passion.com/">http://www.jesus-passion.com/</a>DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-72505590345580942382007-04-29T17:14:00.000-07:002007-05-04T20:36:53.284-07:00Awesome and Inspiring Homilies on "Good Shepherd Sunday"Hullo Friends in Christ,<br /><br />Here are some awesome Homilies for your perusal which have been preached over the years by Holy Priests on "GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY".<br /><br /><a href="http://www.goccn.org/diocese/spcl/RefArcC2/East4C.asp">http://www.goccn.org/diocese/spcl/RefArcC2/East4C.asp</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.homiliesalive.com/English%20Archives/4th%20Sunday%20of%20Easter%20%20A.htm">http://www.homiliesalive.com/English%20Archives/4th%20Sunday%20of%20Easter%20%20A.htm</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.homiliesalive.com/English%20Archives/4th%20Sunday%20of%20Easter%20-%20B.htm">http://www.homiliesalive.com/English%20Archives/4th%20Sunday%20of%20Easter%20-%20B.htm</a><br /><br /><a href="http://desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2001/Alti050601.htm">http://desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2001/Alti050601.htm</a><br /><br /><a href="http://desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2002/Alti042102.htm">http://desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2002/Alti042102.htm</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2004/Alti050204.htm">http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2004/Alti050204.htm</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2005/Alti041705.htm">http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2005/Alti041705.htm</a><br /><br />Have a Blessed SundayDOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-17099139366090039242007-04-28T17:26:00.000-07:002007-04-28T17:32:20.062-07:00Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort 1673 - 1716Dear Friends in Christ,<br /><br />Today we celebrate "The Feast Day" of Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort who is well known for his "Marian Writings" specially "True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Among Other Catholic Classics".<br /><br />Check out:<br /><br />1) <a href="http://www.jesus-passion.com/saint_louismarie_grignion_de_mo.htm">http://www.jesus-passion.com/saint_louismarie_grignion_de_mo.htm</a><br /><br />2) <a href="http://www.jesus-passion.com/TrueDevotion.htm">http://www.jesus-passion.com/TrueDevotion.htm</a><br /><br />Note: Specially, Check out (Part One, Chapter 2, #88.) from the above Book.<br /><br />Have a Blessed DayDOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-8036747218818801942007-04-27T18:09:00.000-07:002007-04-27T18:20:35.150-07:00JESUS APPEARS TO THE HOLY APOSTLES AT THE SEA OF GALILEE FROM THE VISIONS OF BLESSED ANNE CATHERINE EMMERICH (Third Sunday of Easter)Dear Friends in Christ,<br /><br />Although, this Post is somewhat late in coming -- It is worthwhile to read and awesome.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jesus-passion.com/jesus_appears_to_disciples_at_se.htm">http://www.jesus-passion.com/jesus_appears_to_disciples_at_se.htm</a><br /><br />Also, Check out:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jesus-passion.com/DOLOROUS_PASSION_OF_OUR_LORD_JESUS_CHRIST.htm">http://www.jesus-passion.com/DOLOROUS_PASSION_OF_OUR_LORD_JESUS_CHRIST.htm</a><br /><br />Have a Blessed Week- End and Enjoy these "Spiritual Riches".DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-51460210568104339132007-04-16T16:28:00.000-07:002007-04-16T16:31:49.470-07:00Homilies on Divine Mercy SundayDear Friends in Christ,<br /><br />Greetings again.<br /><br />Since, there were a lot of links yesterday, i decided to create a separate post today for "Homilies preached on Divine Mercy Sunday".<br /><br />These are all "Awesome Homilies preached on Divine Mercy Sunday by various Holy Priests over the last 5 Years or more".<br /><br />A) Part-1<br /><br />1) <a href="http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2001/Alti042201.htm">http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2001/Alti042201.htm</a><br /><br />2) <a href="http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2002/Alti040702.htm">http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2002/Alti040702.htm</a><br /><br />3) <a href="http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2003/Alti042703.htm">http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2003/Alti042703.htm</a><br /><br />4) <a href="http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2004/Alti041804.htm">http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2004/Alti041804.htm</a><br /><br />5) <a href="http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2005/Alti040305.htm">http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2005/Alti040305.htm</a><br /><br />Numbers 4 and 5 are "Awesome Homilies on Divine Mercy" in my opinion and need to be read at last twice to grasp the full meaning of this Feast Day.<br /><br />B) Part-2<br /><br />1) <a href="http://www.goccn.org/diocese/spcl/RefArcB2/2EastB.asp">http://www.goccn.org/diocese/spcl/RefArcB2/2EastB.asp</a><br /><br />2) <a href="http://web2.airmail.net/carlsch/MaterDei/Homilies/homily030427.html">http://web2.airmail.net/carlsch/MaterDei/Homilies/homily030427.html</a><br /><br />Have a Blessed Day and Enjoy.DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-56081758373093699202007-04-15T16:15:00.000-07:002007-04-15T17:20:03.058-07:00DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY 2007Dear Friends in Christ,<br /><br />Today was and is a "Glorious Day" in all ways specially for those who are devoted to the "Divine Mercy" as a 'Way of Life' and practice this devotion along with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and 3.00 Prayer in their Day to Day Lives.<br /><br />I strongly believe that this is not just some "Secondary Devotion" but an integral aspect of Catholic Christian Living.<br /><br />Here are some awesome Links on Divine Mercy from different parts of the World.<br /><br />1) "A World Ablaze With Divine Mercy"<br /><br />Devotions Abound, Thanks Largely To the Laity<br /><br />BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN from The National Catholic Register<br /><br />April 15-21, 2007 Issue Posted 4/10/07 at 8:00 AM<br /><br /><a href="http://ncregister.com/site/article/2233">http://ncregister.com/site/article/2233</a><br /><br />2) July 10,2006<br /><br />"Divine Mercy devotion grows in Semarang Archdiocese in Indonesia"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theindiancatholic.com/newsread.asp?nid=2273">http://www.theindiancatholic.com/newsread.asp?nid=2273</a><br /><br />3) April 25,2006<br /><br />"Divine Mercy is no ‘secondary devotion’ but an integral dimension of Christian faith, prayer, says Pope"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiancatholic.in/newsread.asp?nid=1511">http://www.indiancatholic.in/newsread.asp?nid=1511</a><br /><br />4) May 2,2006<br /><br />"No Source of Hope Other Than Divine Mercy"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiancatholic.in/newsread.asp?nid=1585">http://www.indiancatholic.in/newsread.asp?nid=1585</a><br /><br />5) "Pope Benedict On Divine Mercy"<br /><br />“God’s passionate love for his people — for humanity — is at the same time a forgiving love.<br /><br />BY The Editors of "The National Catholic Register"<br /><br />April 15-21, 2007 Issue Posted 4/10/07 at 8:00 AM<br /><br /><a href="http://ncregister.com/site/article/2222">http://ncregister.com/site/article/2222</a><br /><br />6) "Defending the Image of Divine Mercy"<br /><br />I have seen parishes transformed after beginning to venerate the Divine Mercy image on Mercy Sunday.<br /><br />BY Robert R. Allard<br /><br />April 15-21, 2007 Issue Posted 4/10/07 at 8:00 AM<br /><br /><a href="http://ncregister.com/site/article/2215/">http://ncregister.com/site/article/2215/</a><br /><br />7) "Personal Testimony of Father Ronald P. Pytel<br />Regarding Healing of Heart Disease Through The intercession of Saint Faustina Kowalska"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.divinemercyshrine.com/FatherPytel.html">http://www.divinemercyshrine.com/FatherPytel.html</a><br /><br />8)"Official Site of the Basilica- Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Poland"<br /><br />(It is a work in Progress in English and some other Languages)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.milosierdzie.pl/adoracja/index_en.php">http://www.milosierdzie.pl/adoracja/index_en.php</a><br /><br />9) "Read The Divine Mercy Diary Online"<br /><br /><a href="http://our.homewithgod.com/divinemercy/">http://our.homewithgod.com/divinemercy/</a><br /><br />Have a Blessed Day and Pray for me to "Jesus,The Fountain of Divine Mercy" from whose Divine Heart Blood and Water flowed for all Mankind.DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-8782401532098194822007-04-12T14:51:00.000-07:002007-04-12T15:34:43.822-07:00Belated Easter Greetings 2007Dear Friends in Christ,<br /><br />A Belated Easter to all of you.<br /><br />This Sunday, the "Second Sunday of Easter" we celebrate throughout the World "Divine Mercy Sunday". More later on Divine Mercy Sunday in the next few days. <br /><br />A) Here are some awesome links on "Easter Sunday".<br /><br />1) <a href="http://www.catholictradition.org/Easter/easter.htm">http://www.catholictradition.org/Easter/easter.htm</a><br /><br />2) "Awesome Homilies by A Holy Priest on "Easter Sunday" over the past 5 years"<br /><br />a) <a href="http://desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2001/Alti041501.htm">http://desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2001/Alti041501.htm</a><br /><br />b) <a href="http://desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2002/Alti033102.htm">http://desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2002/Alti033102.htm</a><br /><br />c) <a href="http://desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2003/Alti042003.htm">http://desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2003/Alti042003.htm</a><br /><br />d) <a href="http://desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2004/Alti041104.htm">http://desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2004/Alti041104.htm</a><br /><br />e) <a href="http://desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2005/Alti032705.htm">http://desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2005/Alti032705.htm</a><br /><br />3) Listen to the "Most Beautifully Sung Mass for "Easter Sunday" composed by an awesome Renaissance Composer -- "Josquin Des Prez"<br /><br />"EASTER SUNDAY MASS"<br /><br /><a href="http://kparker.org/MP3/Renaissance/Josquin/Josquin%20des%20Prez%20-%20Easter%20Mass.mp3">http://kparker.org/MP3/Renaissance/Josquin/Josquin%20des%20Prez%20-%20Easter%20Mass.mp3</a><br /><br />Have a Blessed Day and Enjoy.DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-32388396670829201312007-02-27T15:36:00.000-08:002007-02-27T15:39:29.233-08:00An Awesome Directory and much, much, more on the Passion of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus ChristDear Friends in Christ,<br /><br />Check out this awesome "Directory on the Passion" of Our Lord Jesus Christ.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.catholictradition.org/Passion/passion.htm#BOOKS">http://www.catholictradition.org/Passion/passion.htm#BOOKS</a><br /><br />A Blessed Day to all who read this Post.DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-27254809518523786092007-02-26T13:42:00.000-08:002007-02-26T13:51:41.301-08:00An Awesome Catholic Classic for LentDear Friends in Christ,<br /><br />I felt truly inspired to post this "Catholic Classic" which will help us understand the immense sufferings of Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Saviour during this Holy Season of Lent.<br /><br />Check it out.<br /><br />I strongly believe that "The Graphics" at this Site are not just awesome but wonderful and soul stirring more importantly.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.catholictradition.org/Passion/foot-cross.htm">http://www.catholictradition.org/Passion/foot-cross.htm</a>DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-36905249625316984752007-02-25T14:12:00.000-08:002007-02-25T14:25:26.076-08:00LENT 2007Dear Friends in Christ,<br /><br />We are in The Awesome Season of Lent.<br /><br />Today, was the First Sunday of Lent.<br /><br />I felt inspired as a "Catholic Blogger" to post these Links for your Spiritual Enrichment in this Holy Season.<br /><br />A. From: <a href="http://www.jesus-passion.com">http://www.jesus-passion.com</a><br /><br />OBJECTIVES FOR LENT:<br /><br />1) To confess and turn away from all sin in our lives through Penance/Confession and Prayer.<br /><br />2) To increase our love for God by attending Mass and receiving the Body of Christ.<br /><br />3) To increase our love for our neighbor by forgiving our neighbor their faults and by doing good works to help our neighbor and the community. This Lent ask God to give you the Grace to forgive those who have offended you the most.<br /><br />4) To mortify the desires of the flesh through fasting and abstinence.<br /><br />[ Lent is the period of 40 days including weekdays and Saturdays from Ash Wednesday, February 21st through Easter Saturday, April 7th.]<br /><br />B) Prayers and Meditations for Lent:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jesus-passion.com/magnificent_prayers_of_saint_bridget.htm">http://www.jesus-passion.com/magnificent_prayers_of_saint_bridget.htm</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.jesus-passion.com/stations_of_the_cross.htm">http://www.jesus-passion.com/stations_of_the_cross.htm</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.jesus-passion.com/SEVEN_SORROWS_OF_MARY.htm">http://www.jesus-passion.com/SEVEN_SORROWS_OF_MARY.htm</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.jesus-passion.com/DOLOROUS_PASSION_OF_OUR_LORD_JESUS_CHRIST.htm">http://www.jesus-passion.com/DOLOROUS_PASSION_OF_OUR_LORD_JESUS_CHRIST.htm</a><br /><br />C) "An Awesome Directory on Lent"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.catholictradition.org/Passion/lent.htm">http://www.catholictradition.org/Passion/lent.htm</a><br /><br />Note: This Blog will be continuously updated during the Holy Season of Lent Till Easter Sunday.DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-13213402511102399782007-02-25T13:58:00.000-08:002007-02-25T15:13:13.889-08:00Awesome and Excellent Classical Music Blogs (Part 2)Dear Friends,<br /><br />Here are some more Classical Music Blogs which are truly out of this world.<br /><br />My Apologies for my absence for quite some time.<br /><br />Here they are.<br /><br /><a href="http://operascherzo.blogspot.com/">http://operascherzo.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://musicoclasico.blogspot.com/">http://musicoclasico.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://carlosb1975.blogspot.com/">http://carlosb1975.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://estanochebarralibre.blogspot.com/">http://estanochebarralibre.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />Note: I particularly recommend checking out the Posts of the Blogger at "Opera Scherzo" on a daily or on a weekly basis. <br /><br />He is upbeat, positive, and always on the money with regard to his posts.<br /><br />His Blog I must say is also "fabulous" along with the other Blogs that i have already mentioned in an earlier post as well as in this post. <br /><br />If I do come across any more excellent Classical Music Blogs, I will post them in Part 3 of this ongoing series.<br /><br />Although, some of these Blogs are in Spanish -- i personally love them and have had no problems whatsoever in understanding their posts.DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-70708947483846493862007-01-28T14:23:00.000-08:002007-02-25T13:57:26.443-08:00Awesome and Excellent Classical Music MP3 Blogs (PART 1)Check out these interesting and excellent "Classical Music MP3 blogs" whenever you can.<br /><br />1) <a href="http://xmusicaeternax.blogspot.com/">http://xmusicaeternax.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />2) <a href="http://bruckovskyopuscero.blogspot.com/">http://bruckovskyopuscero.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />3) <a href="http://leroisamuse.blogspot.com/">http://leroisamuse.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />Enjoy and have a great day.DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-77648040682966625892007-01-20T13:59:00.000-08:002007-01-20T14:06:52.830-08:00Feast of Classical Music Podcasts from GermanyCheck out these Classical Music Podcasts from Deutsche - Welle Television in Germany as well as from SR-Online (German Radio)<br /><br />1. Beethoven Fest Podcast from Deutsche Welle Television<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2128770,00.html">http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2128770,00.html</a><br /><br />2. Classical Masterpieces conducted by Kent Nagano<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,9698,00.html">http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,9698,00.html</a><br /><br />3. 4 of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos as a Free Download<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sr-online.de/sr2/80/585925.html" target="_blank">http://www.sr-online.de/sr2/80/585925.html</a>DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-69841717544650167152007-01-05T13:28:00.000-08:002007-01-05T13:51:03.985-08:00Check out these Awesome and Excellent "Classical Music Podcast Series" from the United StatesI thought I would draw your attention to these awesome "Classical Music Podcast Series" which are available free to download from.<br /><br />They are respectively:<br /><br />1. WGBH Classical Music Podcasts from WGBH Radio in Boston which is updated every week.<br /><br />2. Classical Music Podcast Series from the Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston also free to download to your IPOD or PC as the case may be.<br /><br />3. Classical Music on the Net from "The Carnegie Mellon University Orchestra".<br /><br />Here are the Links, if you wish to check them out.<br /><br />I am so happy that these "Classical Music Podcast Series" have been made available.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.podcastingnews.com/details/streams.wgbh.org/online/clas/clas_performance.xml/view.htm">http://www.podcastingnews.com/details/streams.wgbh.org/online/clas/clas_performance.xml/view.htm</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.gardnermuseum.org/music/podcast/theconcert.asp">http://www.gardnermuseum.org/music/podcast/theconcert.asp</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~auo/recordings.html">http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~auo/recordings.html</a><br /><br />P.S. -- This will be a feature of this Blog, to post Links to Awesome and Unique "Classical Music Podcast" Series from the United States as well as from Western Europe.<br /><br />I will also be featuring on this Blog "Free Recordings" of certain Composers who are being celebrated in Europe on ocassion of their birth or death anniversary as was the case in 2006 with the 250th birth Anniversary of Mozart and the 150th Death Anniversary of Robert Schumann another awesome Composer from the 19th Century.DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-35992114876110579192007-01-05T12:34:00.000-08:002007-01-05T12:41:02.846-08:00Belated Greetings for the New Year and Check out this Awesome Sacred Music Internet BroadcastBelated Greetings for the New Year 2007, to all my Blogger Catholic Friends and Supporters whereever they may be.<br /><br />This was recently brought to my attention that there is a "Unique and Awesome Catholic Internet Station" that is streaming "Sacred Classical Music" of various composers 24-7.<br /><br />I think this is really great that the works of various composers of "Orchestral Masses and Motets" like Beethoven, Mozart, Palestrina, Josquin Des Prez, and Tomas Luis De Victoria to mention a few are being streamed whether partially or completely for the listening pleasure of souls all over the world. <br /><br />Here are the Links if anyone is interested.<br /><br />You can access it either through <a href="http://www.choraltreasure.org">www.choraltreasure.org</a><br /><br />or via Live365 at <a href="http://www.live365.com/stations/vocideltesoro">www.live365.com/stations/vocideltesoro</a>DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-39031124605067700222006-12-29T14:10:00.000-08:002007-03-26T15:16:38.545-07:00Ave Verum Corpus -- An Awesome Composition by MozartToday, I will be focusing on a Motet which was composed by Mozart specially for "Corpus Christi Sunday".<br /><br />It is awesome, beautiful, inspiring, and soul stirring.<br /><br />Although, it is short -- It has an awesome perspective on "The Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist".<br /><br />Here are some Links which give a brief description on this beautiful Motet.<br /><br />1) A Brief Description on this Motet:<br /><br /><a href="http://members.macconnect.com/users/j/jimbob/classical/Mozart_K618.html#composition">http://members.macconnect.com/users/j/jimbob/classical/Mozart_K618.html#composition</a><br /><br />2) Ave Verum Corpus - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.aylesburychoral.org.uk/concerts/works/mozart_aveverum.htm">http://www.aylesburychoral.org.uk/concerts/works/mozart_aveverum.htm</a><br /><br />3) Listen to "Ave Verum Corpus" at the following Links:<br /><br />a) <a href="http://www.limburger-domsingknaben.de/mpeg-files/music/limburger-domsingknaben-Mozart4109.mp3">http://www.limburger-domsingknaben.de/mpeg-files/music/limburger-domsingknaben-Mozart4109.mp3</a><br /><br />b) <a href="http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2006/11/ave-verum-corpus-wa-mozart/">http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2006/11/ave-verum-corpus-wa-mozart/</a><br /><br /><br />Enjoy and Have a Blessed Week - End.DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-58490458429124802942006-12-24T13:48:00.000-08:002006-12-29T12:01:17.755-08:00A Blessed, Holy, Joyful, and Merry Christmas to one and allMerry Christmas to one and all.<br /><br />May the Infant King who was born in the manger at Bethlehem bless you all abundantly and your families too.<br /><br />Here are some interesting links to check out on "The Solemnity of Christmas".<br /><br />1. An Awesome Directory on Christmas (This Site is my favorite Catholic Site)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.catholictradition.org/Christmas/christmas.htm">http://www.catholictradition.org/Christmas/christmas.htm</a><br /><br />2. Awesome Homilies on Christmas Day by a Holy Priest<br /><br />a. <a href="http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2001/Alti122501.htm">http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2001/Alti122501.htm</a><br /><br />b. <a href="http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2002/Alti122502.htm">http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2002/Alti122502.htm</a><br /><br />c. <a href="http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2003/Alti122503.htm">http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2003/Alti122503.htm</a><br /><br />d. <a href="http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2004/Alti122504.htm">http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2004/Alti122504.htm</a><br /><br />e. <a href="http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2005/Alti122505.htm">http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2005/Alti122505.htm</a><br /><br />3. Listen to The Third Mass for the Nativity of Jesus Christ Chanted by the Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of Saint Martin Beuron, Bavaria in Germany (Gregorian Chant)<br /><br /><a href="http://kparker.org/MP3/Chant/Third%20Christmas%20Mass%20-%20Benedictine%20Abbey%20of%20St.%20Martin.mp3">http://kparker.org/MP3/Chant/Third%20Christmas%20Mass%20-%20Benedictine%20Abbey%20of%20St.%20Martin.mp3</a>DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-50974564010405144352006-12-18T13:43:00.000-08:002006-12-18T14:32:38.410-08:00The Rosary Sonatas of Heinrich Von BiberToday, I will be focusing or talking about the "Rosary Sonatas" also called the Mystery Sonatas of Heinrich Von Biber -- a Baroque Composer of the late 17th Century.<br /><br />He was renowned for his Sacred Compositions.<br /><br />Here is some information on Heinrich Von Biber from a couple of links.<br /><br />1) <a href="http://www.aam.co.uk/features/biberm.htm">http://www.aam.co.uk/features/biberm.htm</a><br /><br />"Biber Mystery Sonatas"<br /><br />by James Clements<br /><br />In 1676 Heinrich Biber wrote of his ‘faith in stringed instruments (fidem in fidibus)’, demonstrating his love of rhetoric, probably imbued in him by his Jesuit education. Of all Biber’s seven collections of music, however, the expression ‘faith in stringed instruments’ is most evident in the Mystery or Rosary Sonatas, which survive in a beautifully-written manuscript, compiled in the early 1670s, and now housed in the Bavarian State Library. The manuscript contains fifteen compositions for violin and bass, and a concluding Passacaglia for unaccompanied violin. In the absence of a title page, the various titles in use today derive from the fifteen engravings in the manuscript, one placed at the start of each of the first fifteen compositions depicting, in turn, the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary. Similarly, the Passacaglia is accompanied by a drawing of a Guardian Angel holding the hand of a child.<br /><br />The engravings were probably cut from a Rosary psalter, the name given to the hundreds of devotional books published by Rosary confraternities active in central Europe at this time. These books contained detailed instruction on praying the Rosary, and frequently included biblical quotations, meditations, prayers, and engravings depicting the mysteries. Such books were produced by the Jesuits — a religious order who influenced education and devotional practices more than any other religious group in seventeenth-century Europe — and who were known for advocating Rosary devotion with music. One such confraternity existed in Salzburg during the seventeenth century. It met in the lecture hall — the Aula Academica — of Salzburg’s University, which still contains fifteen paintings depicting the mysteries. The Rosary Sonatas were probably performed in this room.<br /><br />As Biber mentions in the Latin dedication of the Rosary Sonatas, Rosary devotion was promoted most ardently by the dedicatee of the collection and Biber’s employer, Archbishop Maximilian Gandolph von Khuenberg, who may have attended meetings in the Aula Academica. The paintings in the Aula Academica, the engravings in Biber’s manuscript and Rosary psalters exemplify the importance of imagery in Rosary devotion in the region at this time, which correlates with a principal concept of Jesuit devotion, namely, the use of all five senses when praying. Thus, by contemplating the image, reading the texts, and hearing the music, individuals were supposed to create a mental picture of the mystery, often in minute detail and at great length.<br /><br />Read more at: <a href="http://www.aam.co.uk/features/biberm.htm">http://www.aam.co.uk/features/biberm.htm</a><br /><br />2) Check out more on "The Rosary Sonatas" at this Awesome Link<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jsbchorales.net/biber.shtml">http://www.jsbchorales.net/biber.shtml</a><br /><br />If anyone wants a link to listen to 3 of the 15 Rosary Sonatas composed by Biber, Contact me via email.DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-62615685511773274372006-12-15T13:14:00.000-08:002006-12-15T13:25:24.731-08:00Online Catholic Classics Advent and Christmas SpecialToday, I am focusing on two Catholic Classics which are extremely helpful and insightful specially for us -- Catholics during Advent and Christmas.<br /><br />The Two Catholic Classics are:<br /><br />1) Bethlehem by Father Frederick Faber<br /><br />2) The Birth, Incarnation, and Infancy of Jesus Christ by Saint Alphonsus Ligouri<br /><br />Both of these Catholic Classics can be read at the following links:<br /><br />"Bethlehem by Father Faber" (An Excerpted Work)<br /><br />A) <a href="http://www.catholictradition.org/Christmas/bethlehem1-1a.htm">http://www.catholictradition.org/Christmas/bethlehem1-1a.htm</a><br /><br />The Birth, Incarnation, and Infancy of Jesus Christ by Saint Alphonsus Ligouri<br /><br />(An Excerpted Work)<br /><br />B) <a href="http://www.catholictradition.org/Advent/advent-meditation1.htm">http://www.catholictradition.org/Advent/advent-meditation1.htm</a><br /><br />A Blessed Advent and Merry and Joyful Christmas to all.DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-38460016852752000322006-12-06T07:38:00.000-08:002006-12-06T12:01:30.218-08:00More on Tomas Luis De VictoriaThis is the "Final Edition" of my Post on one of the most awesome Composers of "The Early Rennaissance Period" from Spain.<br /><br />I found this article extremely interesting as well as insightful as regards Tomas Luis De Victoria.<br /><br />I am not sure whether I have mentioned this in my first post on Tomas Luis De Victoria, but my all time "Favorite Compositions of Victoria" are 1) Missa Magnum Mysterium, 2) O Vos Omnes, and 3) Ave Maria. <br /><br />Here is a small snippet of this article for your perusal.<br /><br />"VICTORIA: A NEW COMPLETE PERFORMING EDITION" <br /><br />By Jon Dixon<br /><br />From the magazine Early Music Review (September, 1997)<br /><br />From: <a href="http://www.dovesong.com/positive_music/archives/renaissance/Jon%20Dixon.asp">http://www.dovesong.com/positive_music/archives/renaissance/Jon%20Dixon.asp</a><br /><br />Tomás Luis de Victoria, arguably the most outstanding composer of the Spanish golden age, ranks with Byrd, Lassus and Palestrina as one of the four greatest composers of the 16th century. He was long overshadowed in public esteem by Palestrina, and it was not until the early 20th century that a complete edition of his works was prepared by the great Spanish scholar Felipe Pedrell. <br /><br />This is an invaluable and well documented edition to which all subsequent editors are indebted, but, because it makes extensive use of C clefs and presents the music at original written pitch, it has not facilitated the performance of this fine music as much as it deserves. <br /><br />Later, in the mid 60s and early 70s, two excellent critical editions, now prepared according to modem editorial conventions, were produced in modem clefs and reduced notation by Higinio Anglés and Samuel Rubio. These made the music more accessible and added considerably to our knowledge of the various sources, but neither edition covered the whole of Victoria's output and both presented the music at original pitch. <br /><br />A number of very useful and well-produced performing editions have also appeared but comparatively little of Victoria's output was covered.<br /><br />Read more at: <a href="http://www.dovesong.com/positive_music/archives/renaissance/Jon%20Dixon.asp">http://www.dovesong.com/positive_music/archives/renaissance/Jon%20Dixon.asp</a> <br /><br />Check out some new links I have here for your perusal.<br /><br />1) "Text Version of Masses, Motets, Hymns, and Psalms composed by Victoria"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.upv.es/coro/victoria/english-textos.html">http://www.upv.es/coro/victoria/english-textos.html</a><br /><br />'Listen to two awesome compositions by Tomas Luis De Victoria'<br /><br />2) "Ave Maria by Tomas Luis De Victoria"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.quadriclavio.it/mp3/tracks/avemaria.mp3">http://www.quadriclavio.it/mp3/tracks/avemaria.mp3</a><br /><br />3) "O Domine Jesu, Motet" by Tomas Luis De Victoria <br /><br /><a href="http://www.wga.hu/music1/16_cent/victoria_motet.mp3">http://www.wga.hu/music1/16_cent/victoria_motet.mp3</a><br /><br />Lastly, Listen to these awesome "Tenebrae Responsories" composed by Tomas Luis De Victoria.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cipoo.net/downloads/mp3/AmicusMeus.mp3">http://www.cipoo.net/downloads/mp3/AmicusMeus.mp3</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cipoo.net/downloads/mp3/UnusExDiscipulisMeis.mp3">http://www.cipoo.net/downloads/mp3/UnusExDiscipulisMeis.mp3</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cipoo.net/downloads/mp3/CaligaveruntVictoria.mp3">http://www.cipoo.net/downloads/mp3/CaligaveruntVictoria.mp3</a><br /><br />Enjoy. <br /><br />Note: If anyone is interested in awesome mp3's of Victoria, contact me.<br /><br />Also, let me know whether you enjoyed reading this second post on Tomas Luis De Victoria.DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-18362604767830972772006-12-04T14:54:00.000-08:002006-12-04T20:23:13.630-08:00Tomas Luis De Victoria -- An Awesome 16th Century Spanish Sacred Music Composer and PolyphonistToday, I am focusing on a Composer who is not very well known.<br /><br />He is a Spanish Composer of "Sacred Polyphony" known as 'Tomas Luis De Victoria'.<br /><br />Tomas Luis De Victoria is one of my favorite composers of "Sacred Choral Music" along with Beethoven, Mozart, Palestrina, Bach, and Haydn to mention a few.<br /><br />He was responsible for composing twenty masses, 44 motets, 36 hymns, 16 alternating plainsong magnificats (plus a magnificent work for two choirs, ten sublime Marian antiphons, 7 psalm settings for double choirs, 4 sequences, some pieces written to be included in the liturgy, and a body of music composed for Holy Week services).<br /><br />Here is some awesome information on this Composer.<br /><br />1) From: <a href="http://www.upv.es/coro/victoria/english-biografia.html">http://www.upv.es/coro/victoria/english-biografia.html</a><br /><br />Victoria was the greatest spanish polyphonist of all times, and probably one of the best of his time in Europe. He was born in Avila around 1548, as the seventh child of Francisca Suarez de la Concha and Francisco Luis de Victoria. Although they would still have four more children, Francisco Luis de Victoria was to die when the composer was only nine years old. Around a year later he became chorister in the cathedral of Avila, where he would stay until the age of eighteen. He started here with his studies of the theory of plainsong, counterpoint and composition, and also practiced playing the keyboard. During these years he studied under the supervision of the masters Jeronimo de Espinar, Bernardino de Ribera, Juan Navarro and Hernando de Isasi. Some specialists think he may also have met Antonio de Cabezon during this time.<br /><br />Once he ended his time as chorister, Victoria was sent in 1567 to the Colegium Germanicum of the Jesuit Order in Rome. He possibly studied under the supervision of Palestrina, who was chapel master and instructor of Chant and Music of the nearby Roman Seminary, (where he also met Palestrina's sons, Rodolfo and Angel). In January 1569, he left the Collegium Germanicum and, while continuing his studies, became organist and singer in the spanish chapel of Santa Maria de Monserrat, the official place of worship of the crown of Aragon in Rome. In 1571 he returned to the Collegium Germanicum where he was appointed as teacher. In this year, he also succeeded Palestrina as chapel master of the Roman Seminar, (according to Casimiri, it was Palestrina who proposed him).<br /><br />Read More at: <a href="http://www.upv.es/coro/victoria/english-biografia.html">http://www.upv.es/coro/victoria/english-biografia.html</a><br /><br />2)Listen to Victoria's Sacred Music at the following Links:<br /><br />a) <a href="http://www.dovesong.com/MP3/MP3_Victoria.asp">http://www.dovesong.com/MP3/MP3_Victoria.asp</a><br /><br />b) <a href="http://www.upv.es/coro/victoria/mp3.html">http://www.upv.es/coro/victoria/mp3.html</a><br /><br />c) <a href="http://www.tudor-consort.org.nz/concerts/ravens/victoria/requiem/17-sept-1989/index.html">http://www.tudor-consort.org.nz/concerts/ravens/victoria/requiem/17-sept-1989/index.html</a><br /><br />P.S.- At the above link, you can listen to some Music of Victoria.<br /><br />" A Group in France dedicated to Sacred Polyphony"<br /><br />d) <a href="http://pythagore.asso.free.fr/extraits.htm">http://pythagore.asso.free.fr/extraits.htm</a><br /><br />e) Listen to a Mass composed by Tomas Luis De Victoria and performed by a Group dedicated to "Sacred Polyphony in the United States"<br /><br /><a href="http://jeff.ostrowski.cc/choirs/daugherty/index.htm">http://jeff.ostrowski.cc/choirs/daugherty/index.htm</a><br /><br />"An All Comprehensive Directory where you can listen to Music composed by Tomas Luis De Victoria and performed by several groups.<br /><br />f) <a href="http://www.classiccat.net/victoria_tl_de/allmp3.htm">http://www.classiccat.net/victoria_tl_de/allmp3.htm</a><br /><br />"Listen to an awesome and young group from Milan, Italy performing many of Victoria's Works including a couple of Masses composed by him.<br /><br />g) <a href="http://digilander.libero.it/amicicantores/Saggi.html">http://digilander.libero.it/amicicantores/Saggi.html</a><br /><br />Enjoy and give me some feedback.DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-58503671648287259442006-12-03T08:12:00.000-08:002007-02-28T14:47:29.148-08:00Feast of Saint Francis Xavier: India’s greatest and most revered Saint and Patron of the MissionsToday, I am taking a Day's Break from Blogging about Sacred Choral Music and instead I wil be blogging on one of the greatest Saints that the Catholic Church has produced -- Saint Francis Xavier, an intrepid Jesuit Missionary to Asia.<br /><br />Today is a Glorious Day for all Asian Catholics.<br /><br />I say this because, today is the Feast of Saint Francis Xavier Patron of the Missions and Missionary par excellence who evangelized parts of Asia in the 16th Century.<br /><br />Check out these awesome Links to learn more about Saint Frnacis Xavier.<br /><br />1) "Francis Xavier: The greatest and most revered Saint"<br /><br />From: <a href="http://indiancatholic.in/newsread.asp?nid=179">http://indiancatholic.in/newsread.asp?nid=179</a><br /><br />December 3,2006<br /><br />"Francis Xavier: The greatest and most revered Saint"<br /><br />Goa (ICNS) -- December 3 is the feast of Saint Francis Xavier, one of the greatest missionaries of the Catholic Church. These days, thousands of pilgrims are venerating the relics of St Xavier at the Se Cathedral in Old Goa.<br /><br />Indian Catholic pays tribute to St Xavier by presenting the life and times of the saint who worked to spread the Gospel in Asia.<br /><br />Francis Xavier was not yet born when Portuguese ships had been moving across Arabian Sea carrying pepper and cardamom.<br /><br />And Goa was not in the Portuguese map until several years after their first ship came in with Vasco Da Gama in 1498.<br /><br />As trade began to pepper politics in the southwestern Indian coast, Cochin was the Portuguese base. Their ships never anchored on the seas of Goa during that time.<br /><br />Then on one day in 1510, Portuguese commander Afonso d'Albuquerque came in to challenge Sultan of Bijapur. Armed Afonso was successful. History began to change as Portuguese feet touched the sandy beaches of Goa.<br /><br />At that time, Francis Xavier was only four years old. He must have been then running around the Castle of Xavier in Navarre, Spain, where he was born in 1506, and baptized as Francisco de Jaso.<br /><br />Living in the aristocracy of his Basque family, India and its Christian mission was not in his mind. That remained so much after he completed his teenage.<br /><br />At the age of 19, he went to study at the University of Paris, where he graduated in arts in 1530. He furthered his studies in theology, and became acquainted with Ignatius of Loyola.<br /><br />Meeting Ignatius ensured a change, and it meant some hard decisions.<br /><br />Ignatius and Xavier together with five others bonded themselves on August 15, 1534 by a vow and formed the Society of Jesus, what is now popularly known as the Jesuit Order. They told the pope to use them for mission anywhere on the globe.<br /><br />Those were the times, when Portuguese kings decided mission matters of India and the rest of Orient.<br /><br />King John III of Portugal wanted Jesuits to take up mission work in the Orient. Together with two other Jesuits, Xavier left Lisbon on April 7, 1541, on board the Santiago.<br /><br />He sailed through Mozambique and lived in that place until Mach 1542. He reached Goa on May 6, 1542.<br /><br />In Goa, officially he held the role similar to present Apostolic Nuncio and operated from Goa the following three years.<br /><br />He had grand plans and colorful dreams for mission in the Orient.<br /><br />On September 20, 1542, he left for his first missionary activity among the Parava, along the east coast of southern India, north of Cape Comorin.<br /><br />On the west coast, he attempted to convert the king of Travancore, but was not successful.<br /><br />He also visited Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). In 1545 he planned a missionary journey to Macassar, on the island of Celebes, in today's Indonesia.<br /><br />He abandoned the idea of visiting Macassar after arriving in Malacca in October 1545 and waiting there three months in vain for a ship.<br /><br />He left Malacca on January 1, 1546 and landed on Amboyna, where he stayed until mid-June. He then visited other Molucca Islands. Shortly after Easter 1546, he returned to Ambon Island, and then to Malacca.<br /><br />Read more at: <a href="http://indiancatholic.in/newsread.asp?nid=179">http://indiancatholic.in/newsread.asp?nid=179</a><br /><br />2) "When St Xavier was the Defender of the East"<br /><br /><a href="http://indiancatholic.in/newsread.asp?nid=270">http://indiancatholic.in/newsread.asp?nid=270</a><br /><br />3) "The Miraculous Body of Saint Francis Xavier"<br /><br /><a href="http://pweb.sophia.ac.jp/~britto/xavier/newman3.html">http://pweb.sophia.ac.jp/~britto/xavier/newman3.html</a><br /><br />4) “The Official Web Site of The Basilica of Bom Jesu in Goa, India where The Incorrupt Body of Saint Francis Xavier is kept in a casket”<br /><br /><a href="http://www.basilicaofbomjesu.com/">http://www.basilicaofbomjesu.com/</a><br /><br />Enjoy and let me know whether this was a post that you enjoyed reading.DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-7010571652764418112006-12-02T13:11:00.000-08:002007-03-26T15:21:32.252-07:00Mozart's Awesome Coronation Mass or KrönungsmesseToday, I will be concentrating on "Mozart's Awesome Coronation Mass".<br /><br />It seems that no other Mass composed by Mozart is as popular as "The Coronation Mass".<br /><br />It was performed on "Easter Sunday" for the first time on the 4th of April 1779. It was also performed for the Coronation Services of two Austrian Emperors Francis I and most likely Leopold, The Second.<br /><br />Check out these awesome Links to learn more on this Mass which is short in nature and in which there is the use of "Wind Instruments" in this Mass.<br /><br />It is celebratory in nature as is expected of a Mass on Easter Sunday to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, Our King.<br /><br />1) Mass in C Major "Coronation" K.317<br /><br />From: <a href="http://www.aylesburychoral.org.uk/concerts/works/mozart_coronationmass.htm">http://www.aylesburychoral.org.uk/concerts/works/mozart_coronationmass.htm</a><br /><br />Mass in C Major "Coronation" K.317 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)<br /><br />Not composed for, but performed at Coronation of Francis I in Prague, 1792 and probably Leopold II, 1791.<br /><br />1. Kyrie<br />2. Gloria<br />3. Credo<br />4. Sanctus<br />5. Benedictus<br />6. Agnus Dei<br /><br />Of the sacred works that Mozart composed in Salzburg none is as well known or as popular as the Mass in C K. 317. In 1779 Mozart returned from his disastrous trip to Paris and, partly out of material necessity and also to please his father, he took up a position in the Archbishop's service in Salzburg. He was to "unbegrudgingly and with great diligence discharge his duties both in the cathedral and at court and in the chapel house, and as occasion presents, to provide the court and church with new compositions of his own creation". At the first opportunity Mozart fulfilled this demand, composing the mass for the Easter Day service on 4th April 1779.<br /><br />The musical style of the piece corresponds to the hybrid form that was preferred by the Archbishop: its use of wind instruments suggests a "Solemn Mass", and its length suggests a "Short Mass". Mozart himself described his task in a letter: "Our church music is very different to that of Italy, all the more so since a mass with all its movements, even for the most solemn occasions when the sovereign himself reads the mass [e.g. Easter Day], must not last more than 3 quarters of an hour. One needs a special training for this kind type of composition, and it must also be a mass with all instruments - war trumpets, tympani etc." It therefore had be a grand ceremonial setting, but the mass also needed to have a compact structure. Mozart therefore omits formal closing fugues for the Gloria and Credo, the Credo with its problematic, vast text is in a tight rondo form, and the Dona nobis pacem recalls the music of the Kyrie.<br /><br />Read More at:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.aylesburychoral.org.uk/concerts/works/mozart_coronationmass.htm">http://www.aylesburychoral.org.uk/concerts/works/mozart_coronationmass.htm</a><br /><br />2) "For an All Comprehensive Perspective on this Awesome Mass composed by Mozart"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bostoncecilia.org/prognotes/mozart-coronation.html">http://www.bostoncecilia.org/prognotes/mozart-coronation.html</a><br /><br />3) "For a Perspective which is insightful on this Mass"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rydechorus.org.uk/concerts/Mozart_CoronationMass_etc.htm#Coronation">http://www.rydechorus.org.uk/concerts/Mozart_CoronationMass_etc.htm#Coronation</a><br /><br /><br />Enjoy.DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319197366267747114.post-6500605689301147992006-12-01T12:43:00.000-08:002006-12-01T16:50:52.293-08:00Beethoven's Sublime Mass in C MajorIt is exactly a week now, since I started blogging. I am happy to know that my Posts are being appreciated by Classical Music and Sacred Choral Music Fans in Cyberspace. <br /><br />Today, I am focusing on Ludwig Van Beethoven's "Sublime Mass in C Major".<br /><br />It seems that Beethoven composed this Mass for the Birthday of Princess Marie von Liechtenstein -- Wife of Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy (II).<br /><br />This is a Sublime Mass which needs a lot of concentration to appreciate it.<br /><br />It was initially not appreciated for quite some time by Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy and this upset Beethoven to a large extent.<br /><br />Check out these awesome Links for more information on this Sublime Mass composed by Beethoven.<br /><br />1) From: <a href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/~tan/BeethovenMissaSolemnis/massinc.html">http://www.its.caltech.edu/~tan/BeethovenMissaSolemnis/massinc.html</a><br /><br />The C Major Mass was commissioned by Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy (II) to commemorate the name day of his wife, Marie von Liechtenstein. Beethoven’s motivation for writing it, then, was less related to his own religious feeling. Because of this, the style of this mass was similar to that of Haydn’s masses. In fact, this commission was an annual Esterhazy custom fulfilled on six prior occasions by Haydn. The Mass in C, therefore, is not highly creative and is written in a static form.<br /><br />Even some melodies have been more suggestive of Mozart or Gluck than Beethoven.Nevertheless, Beethoven put enough of his own style into his C Major Mass that he occasionally deviated from conformity to strict conventions. After the first performance of the Mass, the Prince reportedly said, "My dear Beethoven, what have you written there!", evidently in a condescending tone. Beethoven immediately became irritated by this, and he left the Prince’s court on the same day of the performance. The score was then dedicated to Prince Ferdinand Kinsky instead.<br /><br />Read More at: <a href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/~tan/BeethovenMissaSolemnis/massinc.html">http://www.its.caltech.edu/~tan/BeethovenMissaSolemnis/massinc.html</a><br /><br />2) "For an All Comprehensive Perspective on Beethoven's Mass in C Major"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.osscs.org/notes/beethoven_op86.html">http://www.osscs.org/notes/beethoven_op86.html</a><br /><br />3) Listen to this Mass in its entirety performed by "The Twin Cities Catholic Chorale" in Minneapolis"<br /><br />'Mass in C by Ludwig van Beethoven Proper of the Mass'<br /><br /><a href="http://www.stagnes.net/music-recordings-cd-beethoven.html">http://www.stagnes.net/music-recordings-cd-beethoven.html</a><br /><br />Enjoy and Let me know if you enjoyed reading this Post on Beethoven's Sublime Mass in C Major.DOMINIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02818112880922836131noreply@blogger.com0