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Apel, Willi. Gregorian Chant. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1958.
"art for art's sake," which had penetrated every aspect of musical
"art for art's sake" conception of church music, as well as the rationalistic
"Expression instead of pathos," "authenticity instead of unreal makebelieve"
"fluctuates between the peril of indulge~ce and the spiritual profit" to be
"gesangbuch" and "vernacular")
"I ,'I
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"motet style" was evolved for festive church music.
"purity of tonal art" that the reformers were seeking. This line of thought
"Second Netherlands School" was the imitation of the initial motif in '
"Song-Mass" (Singmesse), which is found completely laid out in the
(;ra . tt'S nUllc (). DIllt'S red - tla - mils J '0 - mi _ no
(+ c. 1475) and others.
(+ c. 1563), and others, manifested early in the sixteenth century a
(+1179) the mystery play achieved a certain magnificence which was
(+1292), was inserted in the missal as a sequence by Pope Benedict XI~I
(+1296) and Roger Bacon (+1292) complained about the new art and
(+1306) but perhaps by S1. Bonaventure (+1274) or John Peckham
(+1377), and were theoretically explained by Jean de Muris (c. 1290c.
(+1585), who was born in Alcantara, a few miles from the Portuguese
(+1609), Giovanni Croce (1557-1609), Marc Antonio Ingegnieri
(+1683), Johann Kaspar Kerll (1627-1693), and Georg and Gottlieb
(+c. 1255). The Stabat Mater, a hymn ascribed to Jacapone da Todi
(1528-1599).
(1545-1592), Costanzo Porta (1530-1601), and others. These efforts
(1550) they acquired their distinctive form. Thus declamation and
(1557-1612) promoted this expression in musical forms by an extension,
(1605) provided for the adoption of German hymns in place of the
(1625), as well as in the hymnals of Cologne and other dioceses. They
(1627-1693), was the leader in this art which never won much support in
(1657-1726), Andre Campra (1660-1744), and others. What determined
(1669-1749), Nicolas Bernier (1664-1734), Michel Richard de Lalande
(1683-1729), Johann D. Zelenka (1679-1745), Johann Gottlieb Naumann
(1706-1784), and others influenced the course of church music in their
(1706-1785), and many others at the various centers of Italian church
(1708-1769) and many other composers were forced by their positions
(1711-1791), Carlo Cotumacci (1698--1775), Giovanni Paisiello (17411816),
(1726-1776), in his clear exposition of the stylistic peculiarities of
(1727-1797), performed their church music and their operas at court.
(1729-1774), Johann Georg Reutter (1708-1772), Johann Ernst
(1733-1824\, and especially the prolific Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli
(1739-1799), Leopold Hoffmann (1730-1793), Wenzel PichI (17411805),
(1741-1801) and Franz Seydelmann (1748-1806).
(1741-1816), Stanislas Mattei (1750-1825), Nicolo Zingarelli (17521837),
(1749-1801), Ferdinando Paer (1771-1839), and Pasquale Anfossi
(1752-1837), church music among the Neapolitans finally disintegrated.
(1754---1825) and Johann Kaspar Aiblinger (1779-1867), at Munich. The
(1760-1795), Franz Xaver Richter (1709-1789), and Jiri Antonin
(1760-1824), Karl Kempter (1819-1871), and many others who turned
(1763-1837), France at the beginning of the nineteenth century turned
(1771-1815).
(1774~1850), Wenzel Horak (1800-1871), and others put their vital
(1792-1868). In Rossini's grandiose mass, sectional composition with a
(1794) once more summarized the strict style, and Giacomo Tritta
(1797-1828) are characterized by a lyricism that contrasts with the
(1801-1863) did revive ancient polyphony in its original form. Their
(1802-1861), and the German, Sigismund Neukomm (17781858),
(1807-1861), and countless others whose works enjoyed an extraordinary
(1818) is rich in harmonic and tonal effects. Solo and chorus sections,
(1823-1855), who started an edition of the collected works of Palestrina,
(1825) rediscovered in ancient classic polyphony the neo-humanist clarity
(1835-1921), Charles Bordes (1863-1909), Alexandre Guilmant
(1837-1911), and Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931), Cesar Franck promoted
(1838-1873) , Joseph Marie Erb (1860-1944), and others. This is proof
(1839-1915) in many noteworthy compositions.
(1839) were based on local reformed versions. This was true also in
(1840-1910), whose work as a music historian and theorist is known
(1848-1923), Adalbert Rihovsky (b. 1871) and many others who
(1848-1933), and Angelo de Santi (1847-1922) were duected In the
(1855) and Anthony Werner (1857). For French.speaking congrega-
(1856--1946), Giovanni Telbaldini (1864-1952), Oreste Ravanello
(1857). In Italy, the fight was taken up by V. Meini (1863) and others.
(1865-1938), L. Long and others were assiduous in cultivating both an.
(1867) and others emphasized the requirements for a general reform of
(1868) and especially in his Missa choralis (1862). In these he interprets
(1869) and Karl Bohm (1875) proposed similar reform ideas, and Heinrich
(1870-1937), who sought for impressionistic tonal effects. For Charle,>
(1871-1938), Raffaele Casimiri (1880-1943) and Licinio Refice (18851954).
(1876), Belgium (1880), Poland and Hungary (1897). Associated
(1879-1925) Miroir de Jesus andá Honegger's Roi David gave France's
(1886-1946), and others shaped them into a harmonic consonance.
(1886) and Musica sacra (1868), but by 1865 he had already
(1898-1954), Ernst Tittel (b. 1910), Johann Hafner (b. 1901), and
(1928), certain particulars were re-emphasized, especially the musical
(1928), Pope Pius XI renewed the basic ideas of the motu proprio. Pope
(1955), he emphasized the cultural task of religious music and the importance
(835) and others enacted prescriptions concerning church music that
(A - ve prae - cia - ra
(also known as Messer Paola, 1495-1537) was the greatest
(and which was stylistically akin to the Italian oratorio), had a
(Arte prattica di Contrappunto, 3 vols., 1765), and others described the
(b. 1885), P. J. Kobeck, and others have written works worthy of special
(b. 1896) and Franz Philipp (b. 1890) of Baden, while the Swiss, Johann
(b. 1898), Otto Jochum (1.1898), Leo Sohner (1.1898), Heinrich Wismeyer,
(b. 1900) and others continued within the bounds of the old tradition
(c. 1250).
(consonantia, concordantia) .
(e.g., by using a broken-chord melisma). Pasquale Pisari (1725-1778)
(esclamazione), but also the structural alteration of the melodic line.
(for. it~ criteria. are mainly negative), it has had a decided impact upon
(hays' choir) near the altar sang the special chant parts and thus inteá
(i,c,h flat), as well as the relat d 1 " an e su semItonal tuba
(in Germany) and Marc Antoine Charpentier (in France), all of whom
(isolated note, lengthening of tempo, shortening of melismas, and the
(l864), F Minor (1866), and E Minor (1868). Palestrina contrived to
(Mal,trise), and his music school (Ecole royale de chant) led the way
(ornate chant). Both forms demand an appreciation of the word-tone
(processional songs) and music for festive solemnities (polyphony).
(see "basso continuo")
(see "polychoral writing")
(see "thorough-imitation")
(see also "colla parte")'
(see also "gesangbuch")
(see Johann Schemer)
(smce ~ere .was as yet no system of notation) is a furtlIer proof of the
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1532-1594), however, used the new stylistic media in a more personal
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1575 until his death ten years later. His extant works include several
1575-1638), and others developed this form of setting.
1575,1583), Johann Riihling (1583) and Johann Woltz (1617) there
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1586, only eight years after its appearance in Spain. Wherever cathedral
15th century Evangelium pulchrum (Breslaul
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1606), Jakob Reiner (1560-1606), Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612), The Council of Trent, in treating liturgical problems, made a decision
1611), Martin Mielczewski (+1651), and others.
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1630--1711; 1653-1715), and others, like the Roman composers, continued
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1660-1741) taught the strict style of composition in his Gradus ad
1666. Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661-1756), his pupil, Padre Martini
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1683-1753), German organ building reached its height. In France organ
1692; etc.), were song cycles with instrumental ritornels. Thus
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1826) is in striking contrast to the lyricism of Schubert. Just as Schubert
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1847. This research stemmed from the liturgical work of the abbot of
186 THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC
1870 he obtained papal approbation. He publicized his reform ideas in
1875), Martin G. Dumler, Melchiore Mauro-Cottone, and others.
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1880) and Wilhelm Kurthen (1882-1957) links with the older style are
1882), and others. They freed church music from its crystallization within
1883), Alfred Topler (b. 1883), Artur Wittek (b. 1892), Paul Blaschke
1891) TTk (1864) Baur (1868), and others. Thus a great store of
1896), Carl Senn, Karl Kraft (b. 1903), Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (18741953),
190 THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC
1901), Hans Lang (1. 1897), and Adolf Pfanner (b. 1897), have cultivated
1910.
1913. This ne~ group,.unrelate~ to the Caecilians, though following the
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1920s a reawakened liturgical awareness occasioned a violent controversy
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1949.
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1954.
1957, this periodical was transferred to a new organization called the
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A capella, 100, 118-30, 142, 147-9,
a cappella art of the seventeenth century. It adopted in declamation and
A CAPPELLA STYLES IN ROMANCE COUNTRIES
a center of chant creativity. Rather it served more to propagate the
A clarification was made necessary by the situation in which the Church
a compromise was bound to follow. This was achieved by those Christians
a contrapuntal solo ensemble. The masses written after 1796 offered
a Dalmatian Croat, adopted this emotion packed style of declamation in
A determining factor in the development of the chur~h hymn in the
a distributing house for church music published in Europe, but later a
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a dramatic interpretation of the text, and consequently the quest for new
a fundamentally new form was created, crowded with new ideas. Rhymed
A gnus De -
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A greater success was achieved by the reforms that emanated from
a greater unity in their compositions. In instrumental music the "Mannheim
A History of Catholic Church Music
a im - pe - tra - ta non de - ne - ges non
a link with the ancient forms of melody. Church music possessed a similar
a more liturgical conception and a plainer representation of the words. recognized along with the medieval liturgical melodies, but on condition
a mUSlca conceptIOn of song for worship.
a new art of expression.
a new attitude toward the text in which the great symphonic
A new era had dawned and had shaped its own artistic expression. The
A new form of compositioll arose in the so-called "number masses,"
a new form of expression that had the most telling effect on his numerous
a new type of construction and form which moved beyond the solo motet
a no- stra Sicut et nos dirnit- I - e
a novum genus musicu.m. It meant assembling all the stylistic tendencies
a paralysis of church art, as the succeeding history of church music
a part of these hymns as it was of the Marian hymns of Johann Kaspar
a pe~sonal expression that was bound to overcome all external restrictions.
A personal and subjective interpretation instead of a mystical, objective
a personal interpretation but rather to a general stylizing of the words in
A publication such as The Morning and Evening Service of the Catholic
a pupil of Franz Xaver Haberl at Regensburg, who began to teach
a pupil of his, Lajos Bardos.
a return to the ancient treasury of hymnody as well as by new composii
A second basic purpose of Catholic church music is to be found in its
a selection available in his Musica divina. He presented practical perá
a separation from ecclesiastical expression and thus involved a
a simple, parallel voice.leading in a quite conservative ecclesiastical
A small but typical example of this kind of church music written by
a staff of world-renowned musicians and liturgists, is held each
a stricter view of ecclesiastical thought was opposed to the secularism
a style distinct from the secular media. Of special importance is his
a subjective kind which, in some forms, attempted a textual interpretation
a subordinate place in the liturgy, and so at divine service the musical
A temp-
A tern - - plo sane to tu-
a true ecclesiastical style down through the years to our own time.
a whole had not produced an independent a cappella style. In the a cappella
a whole. Practical considerations, with the demands that arise from time
a-:e contained in the fifth-century Codex Alexandrinus, the oldest liturgical
A-gnus De
A-gnus De - i qui tol - lis pee - ea - ta mun - di mi - se - re - re no - bis
A. Agazzari. Et repleti sunt 1614 his Sacrae cantiones (1620), as did the Polish church composers of this
A. Draghi, Messe 1684
A. Holtzner, and others were the proponents of this change of
a. re:'ult, both the unity of the congregation at worship and community
A.D. 100. About the time when Christianity shouldered the task of furthering
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abandoned all strictly liturgical demands. This artistic expansion of
abandoned its connection with the cantata, opera and oratorio and took
abandonment of this manner of performance. There was moreover some
Abbatini, Antonio Maria, 109, 129
Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota, spread into the field of music through
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About 1340, the peculiar Italian form of the new style was given a
about 1450, report on this practice, mostly a form of improvisation,
about a change: whereas the seventeenth century strove for a compromise
about a stylistic compromise. Both horizontal and vertical tensions were
About the time a compromise between the Christian and the ancient
about the use of Gregorian melody free from harmonic considerations,
about this time: in 1864, that of J. Fischer and Bros., in Dayton, Ohio;
about whom we have definite information was Fernando Franco
ABRAHAM, GERALD. A Hundred Years of Music. London: Duckworth,
absence of organ and instruments has continued uninterrupted.
absorbed in the service of the altar. But in fact it is sometimes divorced
Accademia Filarmonica, 143, 145
accent various aspects of the church year, by means of Passion songs,
accents that were forced on the chant. Although this work of Ett's did
accentual formation.
accentuation and not overlaid with melismas. Thus the humanistic striving
accentuation, reading and punctuation, it led to the formation of the
Accidentals, 74
accommodated the declining resources of the choir. Thus all that was
accompanied by the thorough-bass but even invaded the multivoiced comá
accompanied church music. In the Gran Mass (1855) and the Hungar-
accompaniment or only a basso continuo which the Neopolitans frequently
accompaniment rich in tonal value. Similarly, the G Major ("Jubilee")
accompaniment. Hence in this circle a cappella music was replaced hy
accompaniment. Much modern composition has not observed the litur.
accompaniment. Outstanding sonorities, contrapuntal voice leading, suppleness
accompaniments to the chant. Kreckel, Van Hulse, Schehl, Sr. M. Theophane
accompaniments, such as those of Henri Potiron and others, or in the
accomplished.
accordance with the stress laid on the Palestrinan style in the motu
according to historical tonal ideals.
According to the motu proprio the traditional Gregorian chant, used
accustomed all the more carefully to Christian ways of thinking by the
achieve this combination of structural clarity and verbal expression. They
achieved at the neglect of the vertical relationship between the parts. A
achieved kept Palestrina's name alive for centuries, even in times that
achieved outward expression in connection with liturgical chants. But the
actIOn by means of popular presentation. The textual materials were
action itself and the liturgical melodies of the chant. Significant in this
active in transforming and refining the trio sonata into the sonata da
Activity in church music reached a high point in Rome in the sixth century.
acute. Even though the use of the organ was still quite restricted, its introduction
ad te Do - rni ne
Ad te suspiramus
Adam of St. Victor, 39
adaptations as the vernacular hymn when transplanted by colonists and
addition, leading factors in composition were the creating of motifs within
ADJUSTMENT OF ROMAN CHANT TO LOCAL
Adlgasser, Anton Cajetan, 166
admitted into the composition of the Propers.
adopted as popular church music and thus entered the hymnbooks. These
adopted by Italian Christians from the Eastern Christians who in turn
adorning of the text by the music characterized this tendency, which
Adriano Banchieri (1574-1634), Alessandro de Grandi (+1630),
Ae-ter-ne re-rurn eon-di-tor Noe-tern di-emque qui re-gis Et
aegis of this group, with Msgr. Francis Schmitt as editor.
Aelred,55
aeterna, while the German texts put the Christmas sequence Grates nunc
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Affetti, 116
after being alienated by the Enlightenment from its true foundation in
after every psalm verse - is already established in the Rule of St.
After many diverse developments and adjustments from the fourth
After the eighth century this system of "church modes" coordinated
After the reorientation of Christian music in the fourth century, and the
after women's voices were gradually admitted to the performance of
After WorldY;ar II th~ IGK affiliated with the Caecilian Society in
again the liturgical link, and characterized as improper the independent
against Peter Wagner's thesis by Amedee Gastoue and after hIm by
against which John XXII had taken a stand, demonstrate the placing of
Agobard of Lyons in favor of the old forms of the Office, contained
Agobard of Lyons, 33
Agostini, Paolo, 108
Agricola, Alexander, 78
Aha
Ahrens, Joseph, 205, 216
Aiblinger (1779-1867), Karl Proske (1794-1861), Theodor Witt
Aiblinger, Johann Kaspar, 169, 182-
Aiblinger, which they surpassed in shallowness of melodic expression.
Aichinger, Gregor, 116
aid to religion." In the spirit of St. Philip Neri (1515-1594), the work
AIGRAIN, RENE. Religious Music. Trans. C. MULCAHY. London: Sands &
AIM AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE CAECILIANS
aimed at basic expression, found a place in the general contrapuntal
Aitkin, John, 133
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akin LO Gregorian chant. The polyphony of the sixteenth century could
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Alabados, 101
Alamar,33
Albert Bertelin (1872-1951), Guy Ropartz (1864--1935) and Henri
Albrechtsberger (1736-1809), who continued teaching the strict styIe
Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg, 153
Alcuin,33
Alemanni and Bavarians had been settling from the third to the sixth
Alexander VII, 142
Alexandre Choron (1772-1834) and J uste Adrien de Lafage (18011862)
Alfieri, op. 62 (1852)
Alfieri, Pietro, 181, 186, 190
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all the arts, especially in view of the progress in radio, television, motion
all the liturgical chants, although some of them, having been shaped by
All this augurs well for the future. The tremendous material losses
all, it was arbitrarily refashioned to conform to the taste of the times.
Allegri, Gregorio, 129, 183
Alleluia from an Ambrosian hymn
Alleluia jubilus, thus forming a special class within the tropes. The
ALLELUIA MELISMATA
Alleluia-verse (23rd Sunday after Pentecost)---......
allowing each singer to have his copy. Octavio Petrucci (14661539)
ally subordinated to the declamatory lead of the upper voice; in other
almost forced a move in this direction, toward a music estranged from
along this line.
along with an infiltration of Gallican chant, produced a liturgical and
Along with independent creations in the vernacular there were transla.
along with Peter Griesbacher, the chief proponents and supporters of a
along with simple faux-bourdon settings, either alone or coupled with
along with the old modal and organal formations, till the fifteenth century.
Along with the transformation in melodic shape of the liturgical chants
Along with this group of Viennese theoreticians the Benedictine Meinrad
alongside the fixed psalms. Because the heretics frequently availed themselves
already provided. It was now the goal of the various movements to utilize
already reached a low ebb in the seventeenth century. The church choir
also by musicians of the Anglican Church. Christopher Tye (+1572),
also characterizes the work of J. Alfred Schehl (1882-1959) and
also in the works of Etienne Henri Mehul and Luigi Cherubini, and
also iná the choice of texts to be set. Besides polyphonic settings of the
also of the Gallican liturgy. Unlike the Ambrosian rite the Gallican was
Also of value in both the educational and pubhshmg field, the Gre-
also the church hymns. Special development occurred in pilgrim and
also used to develop contrast in works employing the stile moderno. In
also wrote for the church on commission, but they treated the lIturgIcal
altar. The use of women's voices and orchestras in church since the seventeenth
Altered tones, 108
alternated with three violas or three trombones, Scarlatti and his circle
Alternation, 126
Although Adrien Willaert (c. 1490-1562) must be credited with the creation
Although Christian musIcal endeavor shut itself off from the ancient
although frequently in a muddled fashion, the final summing up of ancient
Although Griesbacher's attempt to utilize the contemporary idiom led
Although in the new art polyphony was no longer regarded as the
although local development continued. The Germans expanded their
Although many attempts were made to gain a closer tie with the liturgy,
Although most compositions did not fulfill their artistic role some
Although Orlando di Lasso shaped his art within the limits of polyphony,
Although t.he movement begun by Franz Witt in Germany was most
Although the ancient a cappella style was the ideal of the CaeciIian movement,
Although the liturgical text was often treated very freely and at times
Although these creations in the vernacular seldom measured up to
Although these devices are more frequent in his chansons and madrigals,
Although this practice had already become a common method for presenting
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always been definitely outlined. As a result there has at times been a
always the danger of stylistic conflict. Nevertheless, the effort to create an
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amalgamated. We know little about the particular phases of this evolutionary
Ambrose, 16, 22
Amelli, Guerrino, 178
Amerback, Nikolaus, 88
America, 100-1, 133, 171
among people of every intellectual and financial status. Because of
Among the early contemporaries of Haydn and Mozart, Florian Gassmann
Among the many sequences certain melodic types stood out as unifying
Among the oldest Western orations is the Mozarabic Pater noster
among them, with works of rich sonority, are Hugo Herrmann
amount of external solemnity, with only an internal vitalizing of sacrificial
an a cappella art. These efforts were aligned with emphasis on the melodlc
An a cappella Mass by Aiblinger (Agnus Dei)
an alien element. It was lifeless and could not yet be freed by the
an art that has for the most part gone unused since the eighteenth century.
an ecclesiastical decision in its regard. In 1749, Pope Benedict XIV
an effort was made to establish tonal vigor as a contrast to the
an external reason for existence. In addition, it was the accepted method
an important influence on church-music practice. Originating in the traá
an independent development of both forms. Beginning about 1605,
an instrumental tonal re-enforcement of the whole. At the same time the
an IS re~ogm~lOn of a metrically independent performance secundum
an organ and this instrument was subsequently improved in the West,
an original form for their art, and Zoltan Kodaly (b. 1882) has injected
an overrefined Greek culture. Christianity first took root among the lower
ance of liturgi~al music. All the problems are not settled. Questions of
ance. On this score the United States is beginning to emerge as a center
ancient classical polyphony - continued to be cultivated in the traditional
ancient conception of the del' v. y was m contrast to the
ancient ecclesiastical modal system and Henricus Glareanus (Heinrich
ancient music was more encumbered by the superposed and stereotyped
ancient polyphony, being a harmonic ornamentation of the Gregorian
ancient polyphony, new a cappella music and new instrumentally accompanied
ancient style, soon changed to a contemporary idiom. Chromaticism and
and ~t held a ~an~er of. ne~a~ing the artistic. Moreover, in the attempt to
and 1622) and Domenico Pietro Cerone in EI MelopeD (1613) preá
and a Lombard, the great differences in national versions barred any
and accepted that could become the basis for re-evaluating and revamping
and activities. In all the great ecclesiastical centers the reform made
and Alleluia, and in the Office for parts of the responsories. The clausulas
and an exaggeration of personal emotion. But because this stile moaerno
and artistic craftsmanship. Artificial folk songs could ill correspond
and artistic spheres during the nineteenth century, brought music and
and at the same time an indication of the constructive art which
and attention to the humanistic interpretation of words by declamaá
and by most of the northern Italian masters of the first half of the
and C Major, he arrived at a new style and form. The courtly and almost
and cadential formations. The fourth and fifth replace the third as the
and cadential settings. Sections here and there were developed in the
and Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) was a great influence on
and cantio~es ~how him t~ be a m.aster both of contrapuntal voice weaving
and cesar Franck (1822-1890) made their contributions. In
and choir in the manner of Haydn became the focal point. Fugal work
and choral prelude found in Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) an
and continued to grow outside her spiritual sphere. In the decree of John
and continued to reappear together in various forms later.
and craftsmanship in the field of organ ~omposition. However. in organ
and declamatory rhythm, was vitalized by harmonic tensions through
and ecclesiastical thought could not offer these new efforts was sought
and Elmer Andrew Steffen show affinities to the German Caecilians, while
and ended any possible link with older stylistic media. This brought
and episcopal churches, the country parish with its special problems of
and especially in the way it used declamation and harmony, was not
and fauxábourdon of the Gothic era but similar to the harmonic tensions
and finally altered them absolutely. It was not until the age of printing
and for secular music. It first appeared among the Netherland masters
and form and adopted instrumental themes.
and Franz Schopf, only to replace it with pedestrian compositions
and from Greece where Gregory of Nazianzus had done the same. It
and from the common Mediterranean culture. These melodIes were muse
and further developed by Heinrich Finck (c. 1450-1527), Thoma!?
and Gabriel Pierne (1863-1937). Albert Bertelin (b. 1872), Vadon,
AND GERMANY
and Giovanni Paolo Colonna, musicians at Bologna took a leading role.
and Gothic forms resulted in the end of a stiff sacred style. So in
and grew more and more dominating. As a result the voices were no
and Guy de Lioncourt mixed modern and Gregorian melodies. Devdat
and Handel-like art had acquired, in contrapuntal work, an expressiveness
and Hans Bauernfeind (b. 1908) combine a warm Austrian individuality
and harmonic activity promoted motion in thirds, the use of altered
and harmony, reached its most important solution. By his work
and Hermann Schroeder combine part music with unison sections for
and his circle. Leonardo Leo (1694-1744), Francesco Durante (16841755),
and homophony was born. Leonhard Lechner (c. 1553- tury demanded some sort of definition or settlement by the Church.
and Hormisdas (514-523) were deeply interested in promoting
and how the strict style, fostered until the time of Padre Martini, had
and Hymns Usually Sung in the Catholic Church. However, even in these
and Igor Stravinski (1. 1882) have opened up a new world of religious
and in 1895, the Liber antiphonarius and the Liber responsorialis. In
and in 1895, the M. L. Nemmers Co. of Milwaukee. The German firm of
and in attempts at restoration of the ancient polyphony. It is likewise
and in fact all vocal music of the following centuries, was the result of
and in place of its ecclesiastical function it undertook the work of teachá
And in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries the art radiated out to
and in the hymnal of Mainz in 1605, and gradually obtained more and
and interest in church-music composition. In the same doctnnane and
and intrinsically. A problem arose in the fourth and .fif~ centu:i~s;
and introduced it into the church. Liturgical feeling was totally absent.
and it had begun to be treated with utter freedom in line with
and it restricts and conditions the distinct development of that art.
and its own sphere of expression. The stile antico was used especially
and its thematic activity joined forces with vocal music. Church music
and Jan Nieland are among those working in this special field.
and Johannes de Grocheo handed on the theory of the new art. It was
and Karl Schafhiiutl (1803-1890) caused some stir with their
and later Dom Joseph Pothier, undertook to reconstruct the ancient version;
and later, was known and used in Canada. Subsequent English and
and Mario Salvador must be mentioned for their excellent work
and Max Spiegler, both imbued with the spirit of the German reform
and melodic leading, was sought. The art of Perotinus flowed into the
and minnesingers included sacred songs as well as secular. And during
and more pronounced; it made itself manifest in the abandoning of strict
and music are opposite poles between which the changes in church music
and nine similar volumes were published by 1604. Most of the music was
and nineteenth centuries. An old tr?dition of baroque concertante style
and no reference was made to the medieval liturgical melodies as
and of objectIve expreSSIOn. ThIS adjustment between word and m .
and others were set to ecclesiastical texts and published as church music.
and others, and more recently those by Ernst Tittel, W. Waldbroel,
and others, with their ancient meters, the device of declamation was used
and others.
and others. In marked contrast, Pietro Paolo Bencini, Giovanni
and others. In their hands church music went to the extremes of
and personal tastes were recognized, and since the Council of Trent
and philosophy, and in the great development of popular piety during
and place, determine the development of church music to a great degree.
and powerful sonority. The Danish priest, Leif Keyser, shows the same
and produced a rich vocal expression, among the most advanced in
and provincial councils became more numerous. They stressed again and
and psalmody of early Chrl'ste d . dthe mUSIC, the lesson (lectio)
and Pss. 134-136) was sung, and the Acts of the Apostles hint at the
and religious needs of the modern world. The IGK, in a sense is a composer's
and rhythm, but from the eleventh and twelfth centuries on it emphasized
and rhythmically from the rigidity of the isorhythmic patterns. At the
and Romans. It took such steps in harmonic expansion that at last, in
and scrutiny of the music for worship was necessary to avoid
and seriousness.
and small, became centers of musical life, but in the country at large music
and so gave rise to a polyphony that corresponded to the demands of
and so he provided a uniform liturgical and musical recension of the
and spread of Christianity. The natural expression of prayer in song,
and stabilization within the Church, there also arose the necessity of
and Stephen (6th c.) did the same for the West. The liturgical bond
and stereotyped phrases, with the knowledge that it could be widely
and stress was laid on the development of local peculiarities. Traits peculiar
and t~e Chu~c~ itself d~manded historical authenticity for the liturgical
and the advance of Germanic peoples into the crumbling Roman Empire.
and the beginning of the nineteenth was not produced by the Viennese
and the Caecilians were striving for, utilizing the resources of the contemporary
and the cantus firmus or the thematically and structurally restrained
and the choral intonation was used to usher in the Gregorian
and the Credo within th~ composition, as well as the popularity of the
and the liturgical task was completed by the spoken word alone, chant
and the materials from which they are cast. Much research must be done
and the new are found side by side.
and the new style by means of contrapuntal work could be noticed. Although
and the novel contents of the many motets that roused him to
and the sisterhood. Workshops lasting two weeks or more are conducted
and the so-called "Romano-Frankish" version of the Office was created.
and the syntax of the phrase accorded with the desires of the humanists. In
and the use of chorus. Antonio Caldara (1670-1736) gained
and the'Bohemian masters, but with a stronger emphasis on vocalism.
and theatrical character. Thus the ecclesiastical authority adopted as the
and their links with the milieu in which they worked. The book
and their melodies became German hymns. There was the freely.composed
and their own land. Wherever art has a weliádefined purpose, this tension
and then to incorporate them into the chant Qf worship as a free religious
and theology in the first decades after the Revolution was evident in this
and these in turn had a marked influence on Johann David Heinichen
and this difference in meaning will be made plain in the musical setting the
and this naturally led to a radical change in church music.
and thus gained a new nexus. This is made clear in the various settings of
and thus to further the understanding of the liturgy all the more.
and to achIeve a new tonal form and purely musical development
and to invent all the voices. But the relationship of organal music
and to the romantic past. However, new impulses have come from the
and tonal structure.
and tonality in these works, however, took account of the new tendencies.
and uncertainty was entirely overcome by Martini's pupil, Paolucci
and understanding are therefore subject to change. Thus church music in '
and use of the Gregorian melodic treasury by so many composers represented
and various diocesan chants, that they have survived to the present.
and vocal lines in the Ars Nova.
and were continued by tradition, were written down and standardized.
and wind instruments, was an official invitation to carry this out. As a
and, in general, the working out of the liturgy and its meaning, as was
and, later, of Giacomo Carissimi. From a multitude of elements they
Andantino Mass for Three Voices, with Organ, hy A. Aimone
Andriessen, Hendrick, 207
Anerio (1560-1614), Francesco Suriano (1549-1620), Matteo Asola
Anerio and other Roman musicians, provided an outlet both for solo and
Anerio, Felice, 98-9, 129-31
Anfossi, Mass for Four Voices hard (b. 1897), Joseph Sell (b.
may not have been realized fully at the time, by recognizing tlIe liturg~cal
Mayr, Simon, 169, 174, 178
Mazzocchi, Virgilio, 109
mdIcatIon ~f. tlIe problem, now increased in importance, of preserving
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mean~ of.a symp~o~Ic church style. Earlier efforts attempted to make a
meaning in the spirit of individualistic piety. This basic attitude of the
meanings depending on the different places they occupy in the liturgy,
means and thereby broaden the stylistic media. Thus Orlando di Lasso
means for a more profound expression of the text. Giovanni Gabrieli
means for achieving greater depth in church music during the nineteenth
means of transformations and imitations that were only to some degree
meant an enlargement of the effect. These tendencies had great importance
meant the alienation of church music from the liturgy and therefore from
Mechlin edition, which was based on the Medicean version of 1614. The
media it employed. As a result Joseph Rheinberger and his school
media of expression. In order to describe holy awe in his Duo seraphim,
media of the sixteenth.century polyphonic art, accompaniment by orchesá
Medicean chant hook, 175
medieval chant based on the Codex Montpellier, discovered in
medieval municipalities produced conditions for the cultivation of church
Meditatio, 131
meditations and devotions. In the liturgical service, however, the Latin
Mediterranean culture. One was a musical view that looked inward (contemplation),
medium for church. To it he subordinated even the organ accomá
medium with musical depth by employing the lower voices in a role
Megerle (1607-1680) and others is a paragon of the southern German
Megerle, Abraham, 116, 129
Mehul (1763-1817), and others followed this trend, with compositions
Mehul, Etienne Henri, 170, 174
meiliod .of notati~n borrowed from the music of antiquity. However,
Melisma, 24, 36, 59, 60, 66, 94
melismatic passages is a mark of the older version. Differentiation within
Melodic center, 59, 62
melodic construction, although influenced to a degree by impression.
melodic development. Church music also slackened the monodic manner
melodic expression, as well as of form and harmonic setting found at
melodic expression, free from harmonic or agogic interpretation,
melodic patterns were abandoned in favor of newly-composed
melodic phrases according to the words; he had to select a rhythm proportioned
melodic rigidity of the chant. The harmonic structure was created by a
MELODIC STRUCTURE AND LITURGICAL LINK
melodic structure and setting ofiered certain difficulties to the liturgical
melodic structure of Palestrina a new shape by a rich change of
melodies as part of the realm of music, a start was made toward freemg
melodies of a more complex structure used in polyphony. However, during
melodies of the camus Gregorianus and the re-evaluation of all the texts
Melodies that had been expanded from the liturgical chants by popular
melodies themselves, reworking them according to the contemporary
melodies which had already started at the time of their spread in the
melodies. As a result an entirely new interpretation of the whole store of
melodies. Freed tonally from every tradition of harmonic relationship, this
melodies. One of the participants at this congress was Giuseppe Sarto,
melodIes. ThIS IS the baSIs for the Vatican edition of the chant.
melody and altered chords. The tradition of contrapuntal composition
melody and freely shaping the melody along the lines of a progressive
melody and gave it tonal extension.
melody as the upper voice in an a cappella setting.
melody had to be extended. The next step was to compose a new melody.
melody many of the traits of the new art.
melody that could no longer be clearly heard in the course of the polyphonic
melody, and the declamatory parlando. Special opportunities were offered
melody, harmonic tension and cadences. That the Neapolitans wrote in
melody, represented a legitimate enhancement of the solemnity of the
melody, with the latter no longer regarded in its purely melodic structure.
melody. The choral style set declamatory sections with chords next to
melody. The widespread use of art forms which were the expression
men lacked inventiveness as did those of John Singenberger, Friedrich
Menall, Maurice Durufle, Bermal, Olivier Messiaen, Jean Langlais, Paul
mens ree-tor ae - ter - ne
mensural notation.
Mensural theory, 47-8
ment. Musically, the sixteenth century was an era of solid foundation and
mentality, for the most part was inappropriate both for ecclesiastical or
ments: the stile antieo busied itself with continuing the a cappella art; the
Mercadente, Giuseppe, 170
mere decoration. This presented it, however, with a fresh possibility for
mere formalism; it became an organization in place of a movement.
merely a secondary, antiquarian phenomenon in church music. On the
merely for the culture of one country, but for the church universal. 'This
MERRITT, A. TILLMAN. Sixteenth Century Polyphony. Cambridge,
Merulo, Claudio, 88
Merulo, Tarquinio, 116
Messians, Olivier, 213, 216
Messner, Joseph, 203
meter, rhythm and tonal concepts. A favorite practice was to set a
method of musical creativity of the Parisian Ars Antiqua type.
methods of performance appeared, simple choral psalmody and freely
metrical arrangement. He also employed an expressive style with contemporary
metrical principles through their general training in ancient culture and
Metz chant books, 33
Meulemans, Arthur, 207
Mexico and Arizona missions.
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Michael Haydn (1737-1806), Joseph Haydn's brother. He readily understood
Michael Haydn's work in church music is quite extensive. Besides the
Michael Sailer, and in the enthusiastic patron of art, King Ludwig I.
Michel Corette (1709-1795), and others, although they tended to transá
Michel, Virgil, 197
Micheli, Romano, 129
Middle Ages only a few from the late period of their development are in
middle of the nineteenth century numerous editions of the melodies were
Mielczewski, Martin, 113, 125
mighty psalms, Jaap Vranken's tuneful songs, Flor Peeters' expressive
Milanese Rite, 18, 31
Milhaud, Darius, 212
mines
Minoja, Ambrogio, 155
Minor (1782-3) gave his church music a new orientation. This Bachálike
misinterpretation, as well as seeing to its proper transmission and spread.
Missa est; Deo semper agite in corde gloriam et gratias. But other
Missa privata, 134
Missa Quadragesimales, 142, 166
Missa regia by 'Dumont
Missal 520, Library of Chartres
missionarie~. Organs were built, especially in capital cities, and the music
missionaries. This exchange of characteristically national forms of artistic
missionary work. An adjustment, however, had to be made in England
MiXO~Ydian I
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Mltterer, and LudwIg Bonvm, could be justified, even though there was
mobility and developed the new style. Ottavio Durante, in
mode of expression. Through the efforts of Hilary of Poitiers (+366),
Mode Range Final Tenor
model of church music; and, even though in the very moment of its
model.
models it broke with contemporary symphonic techniques, it tried
models of this in his offices of St. Francis and St. Anthony, and in John
models, combined with a renewed liturgical awareness, became the
MODERN CHURCH MUSIC IN GERMANY
modern church music. The same was true of Joseph Lechthaler (18911948)
modern church music. While impressionism in harmony is generally
modern organ art with liturgical melodies.
moderna and the stile antico and, for special interpretative effect, even
moderno, was not restricted to a mere chordal composition, as in the
MODES
modes to the traditional eight, thus giving names (Aeolian, Ionian) to
Modes, 27-8, 86, 128
modesty, and virgins and widows without danger to morality." In the
modification in performance kept the recitation of the psalms completely
Molitor, Raphael, 196
Molitor's basic investigation of the post-Tridentine reform (1901), Franz
moment that the priest recited the liturgical chants jointly with the choir
monic effects. Spanish church music is especially preoccupied with
Monnikendam, Marius, 204, 207
Monodic church music was not sympathetic to the extreme declamatory
monodists into grand forms. Gregor Aichinger (1564-1628), Bernhard
MONODY
Montani (1880-1948) are linked to the Italian manner. A strict conservatism
Montani, Nicola, 197,210
Monte Cassino was forced to abandon the Ambrosian chant at the bidding
Monteverdi (1567-1643) frequently used the chant as cantus fiTmus or
Monteverdi chose the theme that follows, employing it in the various
Monteverdi, Claudio, 114-6, 144
Morales, Cristobal, 84, 97, 100
more developed contrapuntal forms. This shows that the ordinary service
more important for the composition as a whole. The tonebroadening
more lively types of motion allowed to the contrapuntal voices, like variation,
more or less bound to the expressive forms of the old polyphonic
more prominent after the tenth century, at first merely employed meter
more revolutionary techniques of Europe. These men include Paul Creston,
more space in the Gottweiher Gesangbuch of David Gregor Corner
more than a dream. This is the real work of the future.
more than passing recognition, although the effort put a sudden block in
more voices concertize with the instruments, and sometimes the full
more widely from the primitive Christian forms, because the most ancient
morem onentahum, which ~s stre~sed especially in his later writings,
Moritz Brosig (1815-1887) in Breslau, and the Silesian coterie that surrounded
most popular.
most profoundly beautiful organ and choral music of our day, much of it
most radical in giving reality and liturgical expression to these linear
motet and the survivals of the organum style in ecclesiastical service
Motet by A. Bencini, 1735
motets and masses that was both the high point of the polyphonic style and
motets of the Montpellier Codex the end of the first important stage of
Motetus
motion. This combination of various attempts at polyphony was represented
MOTU PROPRIO OF 1903
Mouton, Jean, 78
moved from the old principle of composition and this in a work that
moved toward freer forms along the lines of the Italian concerto, but
movement it had to form a visual prop for memory and tradition. The
movement momentum, while the work of the German Caecilian Society influenced
Movement rejectedfillse em~tionali~m and warned against choking the
movement, fugal and generally in duple meter. Giovanni Battista Vitali,
movement, which had its inception with Willaert and which was
movement. A few months after his arrival, in 1873, Singenberger,
Movement. In addition this artistic trend did nothing to promote the
movements that in other instances afiected the medieval liturgical chants
Mozart (1719-1787), and others are characterized by greater contrapuntal
Mozart, Leopold, 166
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 161-3,
mterest in the chant, so that it was no longer regarded' as a mere sub.
mto dIsrepute, especIally after the heretics exercised such an attraction
mu a ot s ow the . d d .
much to alter the prevailing tradition of church music.
much to foster popular participation, notably the Liturgical Press of St.
Muffat (1645-1704; 1690-1770) were the leading masters of ecclesiastical
Muffat, Georg and Gottlieb, 126
multivoiced church music in the foreground. In France there was little
Munich and Heinrich Lemacher in Cologne. Starting with the contrapuntalism
mus _
mUSIC a posslblhty ~or.Ch~ist~an prayer life and Christian expression. His
music al~ngside Gregorian chant and it should have had universal validity.
music and in opera. To characterize Neopolitan church music as "opera
music and its use of harmonic devices. Linear expressionism brought
music and opened to it a world hitherto generally barred. In Germany
music and profane compositions. Numerous provincial synods followed
music and secular music, and it is impossible to reduce the matter to a
music and the opera since the early seventeenth century. The external development
music but the opera, the cantata, and the oratorio were influenced by
music by reviving the liturgical spirit, it was the achievement of the Span.
music Caecilianism was bound to be shaken in the pursuit of its own
music continued these attempts to build on the foundation of the cantata.
music developed. Organizations patterned on the German Caecilian So-
music everywhere. Like every innovation affecting liturgy, it occasioned
music for children.
music for church could reach no compromise with the complicated style
MUSIC FOR CHURCH USE
Music for the Use of the Catholic Church (Baltimore, 1825) is "arranged
music for worship not only ritual but esthetic values had to be acknowl-
music found itself in a situation much changed in regard to the older
music gained a footing in church. About the turn of the eighteenth
music gave special value to his principles of composition. His choice of
music have hardly been favorable. Modern expression, however, did
Music i~ 1911. In addition, there were the parallel movements centering
music ideal.
music in France, has remained linked to a church music hidebound by
music in Germany pursued structural and linear tendencies based on the
music in modern tonal language. Hajo Kelling (b. 1907), Alfred Berg-
music in Rome (1912) brought clarifications and supplementary regulations.
music in worship. The shaping of musical experience at divine service
mUSIC In. ~erIcan churches. Montani in his own right brought about
music is allowed to go its own way, disregarding ritual law or even ritual
Music is far more important in divine s,ervice than ~any'seem to think.
music it is the development in non-Catholic religious groups that continues
music must meet these high standards.
music not only because they answered the quest for new modes of expression
music of Charles Gounod (1818-1893). Classical clarity of form comá
music of worship. It was not until church music became an independent
music presented organ music with new possibilities of development.
music preserved its vocal orientation. In Italian music, on the contrary,
music that was universal, not given to extremes and free from echoes of
music to a distinctive manner of expression.
music to the forms of divine service appear indistinct, but its purpose has
Music triumphed over the text. In line with this not only were the
music was further demonstrated by the emphasis he placed on compositions
music was striving for could only be achieved by means of contemporary
music was to make the interpretation of the phrase more profound. It
music where greater individual expression was possible. Thus it unfolded
music which broke new ground in combination with popular song materials
music will be found, and no doubt many solutions will be discovered for
music-inspired attitude, originated as a continuation of the method of
music, a technical refinement was manifested, especially in the church
music, and even subordinated instrumental accompaniment to it. Even
music, French composition retained its connection with the musical
music, not just for an individual word here and there, but in an over.all
mUSIC, not merely because it is modern, but in order to fill the liturgical
music, of a more practical kind, does not always show the same serious
music, the Western community was changed by the Migration of Nations
musIC; the other was the necessary adjustment to the intellectual forces
music? The oratorio and the opera were neglected as religious forms
Music.
mUSIC.
music. Although it was much discussed theoretically, it actually achieved
music. But even in the Catholic centers of Germany the Italian concertante
music. By his complete, dogmatic break WIth the CaecIhan concept, t.he
music. Flor Peeters, in Belgium, has contributed notable organ works
music. Gregorian chant, revised and accompanied according to contemporary
music. In his encyclical Annus qui (1749), Pope Benedict XIV (17401758)
music. In the sixteenth century it was an Italian who created the most
music. Joseph Renner (1868-1934), Joseph Schmid (h. 1868), Joseph
music. Linear construction is essential to polyphonic voice linking. Similarly
music. Novelties appeared in every sphere of melody. Rhythm sought to
music. On the one hand contemporary church music constructed on the
music. Practically, however, this usage, so widely propagated, could not
music. The effect of impressionism was especially strong, particularly in
music. The Gregorian theme usually controls the work which is cast in
musicae emphasize the arrangement of these freely-composed parts drawn
Musicae sacrae discipliTUl, with its more tolerant view of the use of strings
musical composition which expressed contemporary secular art, and
musical culture was no longer an advantage, for now there flowed into
MUSICAL CULTURES
musical development in general. Church music became music'for worship.
musical development this eventually took the lead.
musical evolution with its personal interpretation and the purely musical
musical expression of that faith; in other words, It was faced WIth ~he
musical formation to a clearer textual expression. Thus symphonic art
musical forms developed contemporaneously are no longer a part of
musical forms.
musical forms. Albert Rousel (1869-1937), Henri Rabaud (1873-1949),
musical life. But this tradition conceals certain dangers for any historical
musical life. The Church adopted what was good, revised it, and gave it
musical media increased but without scruple melodies and settings were
musical representation of the occasional and different. His ideal was not
musical results in the creation of various masses for choir and people.
musical setting for worship, by artistic choral and congregational song,
musical setting. The designation afJetti for such works stressed their
musical talents to work for the church without any regard at all for
musical teaching and at the same time the beginnings of a metrical
mUSIcal theo.ry. Thus the disengagement of the Christian musical view
musical theory based on the ancients.
musical training of the clergy and singers conclude the motu proprio.
musical treasury that became predominant in Spain and southern France.
musicale (8 vols., 1836-1838). His writings, his organizational work
musicians for the present. The Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in
musicologist. The scientific work of other scholars mc1udmg Otto Ursprung,
musicus, who had studied these laws of musical theory. In the early
MusLc. 2 vols. Cambndge, Mass.: Harvard University Press 1949 &
muslcápubhshIng firm of McLaughlin & Reilly was established in Boston
must be granted that this movement accomplished but little for services
must he judged according to the fulfillment of their assigned roles. This
mysticism of contrapuntal exaggeration continued to have an influence. art, as in Puritanism or in Calvinism which only retained the Huguenot
n
n
n of mstru~ental music, cu~tomary in pagan worship. Although
n om mtro uced a I" tween text and music Its I' new re atlOnshlp he-
na - aU! bu - vd - J.lEl<; E - 1TI - CPW - vouv - TWV a - Ily]v
na - Ii - a De i
na 0 -
na Do - mi-
na in ex - eel sis, in..-..... ex -
na in ex•
Nahuatl language, 101
nally a monodic art aimed at enhancing the text in solo fashion now grad_
name of a writer, from whom one could expect a liturgical aim, was
namely, the precise relationship between liturgy and. mUSIC In ~e ~IVIne
Nanini (1545-1607; 1559-1623). It continued to be an influence in the
Nanino, Giovanni Maria, 97, 129
Naples during the last decades of the eighteenth century, influenced the
Naples.
Narcisso Duran (1806-1846), at the Mission San Jose, publish'ed a choirbook
Naturalism, 84
naturalistic tendencies. Andrien Petit Coclicus mentions as masters of
Naturally organ construction and organ playing in the Catholic Church
Naumann, Johann Gottlieb, 153, 169
Navarro, Juan, 100
Nazarene school of painting. Similarly, Anton Friedrich Thibaut
Ne . ec me 0. anCIen.t culture during the turmoil of the MI'gratI'On 0 f
ne sen - sus e 0
ne vo - ces ex - au - di be - ne - di - cte Do - mi - ne.
Ne~ forms of music for worship will necessarily appear alongside
Neapolitan cantata style was cultivated by Giuseppe Mercadante (17951870)
Neapolitan circle. How much the Venetians in their church music were
Neapolitans was the continuation of the choral and ornamental style
necessary and for this purpose the new forms of ecclesiastical music
neceSSIty.
needed for churchámusic purposes was an organist and a few soloists.
needs of the times will best be served by a greater use of old tunes long
negligent to omit mention of such distinguished composers as the Canadian
Neiland, Jan, 207
Nekes (1844-1914) wrote in the strict polyphonic style.
Nekes, Franz, 189, 194
NEMMERS, EDWIN E. Twenty Centuries of Catholic Church Music. Milwaukee:
NEO-GREGORIAN COMPOSITIONS
Neopolitans, 137, 141-2, 147, 150,
ner (b. 1760), Johann Melchior Dreyer (c. 1735-1785), Franz Biihler
Neri, Philip, 100, 131, 219
ness. The core of this art was organ music and multivoiced extraliturgical
NETHERLANDS
Netherlands School, 72, 75, 78, 88,
Neubauer, F. Christoph, 152
Neukomm, Sigismund, 170
neumes hoth among Italian Christians and among the Christians of the
NEW ART OF EXPRESSION
new but in following the trends of evolution in the art as a whole, as well
new choral style was established, with its foundations in the secular and
new church music of the seventeenth century is the fact that nearly all
NEW CURRENTS IN OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
new expressional forms unhampered by tradition, hastened its development
new expressive forms of church music. The trope is a musical as
New expressive values were thus created, offering church music possibilities
New Forms
New Forms
New Forms
NEW FORMS AND REMODELINGS OF
new ideal of declamation in grammatical accentuation and musical
new religious music a most distinctive character, continuing the evolution
new spiritual meaning. Thus the way wa.s ~r~dually. prepar.:d .fo~ a new
new spmtual attitude of Christianity.
new style obtained a definite link with liturgical song and at the same
NEW STYLISTIC FORMS OF THE NEAPOLITANS
new tonal language grew from a Gregorian style into a polyphonic form,
New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1937.
New York: Macmillan, 1954.
New York: W. W. Norton, 1950.
New York: W. W. Norton, 1951.
newer school of French music a significant stylistic medium. In his reli.
newer sounds. The strongest expression, however, is achieved by Hermann
newly established by Gregory 1. The handing down of the liturgical
newly-introduced musical attitudes led to. The spiritual and religious
ni
ni
ni - bus bo - nae vo - lun - ta - tis
ni - dum u - bi re - po - nat pul - los os
ni - hil in to - to te ni hll in
Niccolo Jomelli (1714-1774), and Giovanni Paisiello wrote this type of
Nicholas Clerembault (1676-1749), Nicolas de Grigny (c. 1671-1703),
Nicholas Gombert, Thomas Crecquillon (+1557), Adrien Willaert,
Nicolai, Otto, 182
Nicolas Lebegue (1630-1702), Andre Raison, Franr,;ois Couperin and
Niedermeyer, Louis, 170, 182
Nieland. In Belgium the link to the tonal riches of impressionism continued
Nihil Obstat: EDWARD A. CERNY, 5.5., S.T.D.
Nikolaus Gombert (152O-c. 1552), Ludwig Senfl, Benedikt Appenzeller, Psalter. The organ was forbidden by Zwinglians and Calvinists. In these
nineteenth century.
nineteenth century.
ninth century. ~ ~ ~
niques in the same compositions "since sometimes one, two, three or
nis con-finis
Nisard (1846) show, while in Spain, an older chant tradition was preserved.
Nisard, Jean Louis Danjou, Frangois Fetis and others. In 1848,
Nisard, Theodore, 186
Nivers, Guillaume, 126
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no longer, however, as a form of ecclesiastical music, but as a
no res
no valid liturgical traditions. Hymnody in particular suffered.
Noel Goemanne. Louis Huybrechts, John Larkin, C. Alexander
Noel,132
noels, etc.
nomos and ethos.
non
non
non de - ne
non de - ne - ges
non,
non,
non,
non,
non, non e - rlt fi nls, non
non, non,
non, non, non e - Tit fi Dis, non
non, non, non,
nor the declamation but the new effort at expressiveness, the search for
Nores, 1488-1563), in his Dodekachordon (1547), added four new
North America (1873), Bohemia (1874), Upper Austria (1875), Ireland
Norton, 1941.
Norton, 1947.
Norton, 1950.
Norton, 1957.
Norton, 1958.
Norton, 1959.
nos te - nen
not able to withstand the pressure of Pepin and the Emperor Charlemagne
not actually occur everywhere. The study and practice of chant was based
Not all religious music is intended for liturgical or extraliturgical
not Jed to any new developments. Nemesio Otanio (1880-1956),1. Prieto
not only on religious music in general but on church music as well.
not only the priest's prayers and chants but also the choir's chants with
not only with the local Anglo-Saxon musical tradition but also with the
not to adapt it and to give it a Christian basis.
notably Holland and the United States, and the program for popular
notatIOn, altlIough the spirit of ritual music was quite alien to any accurate
notation, especially because of the early work of Petrus de Cruce
notation. These were placed side by side with ancient melodies which
note, the so-called "rambling organum" (descant).
note. The suhtonal tuba t e s y lZe ec amation on one
note.]
nothing about the problems of composition or the manner of performance,
noticeable m the wntmgs of Augustine and in the changes in his musical
notIOns, formulated as the Christian musical view
nouncements, especially the Musieae sacrae disciplina of 1955 and the
Now the center of interest no longer lay in the Gregorian cantus fiTmus
num om - nes gen tes
Number masses, 155
numberless editions. Title pages at the turn of the century indicate that
Numerous lesser composers who associated themselves with the new polyphony
numerous pupils, Alessandro Scarlatti (in Italy), Johann Kaspar Kerll
numerous works appeared that went beyond Viadana in melodicdeclamatory
numerous works in the new combination. The Notre Dame school continued
o
o -
o - san - na in ex - eel-
o -~
o quam
o san - na,
o~ the text, S?OWS the mtrmsiC deliverance of Augustine from the ancient
ob.t~m a doct~l~arre.obJectIVIty in expression, a wealth of national peculiarItIes
Obbligato, 113
Oberammergau, 168
OberhofIer (1862) and Johannes Evangelista Habert (1868) supplemented
objective presentation of the text but rather a better interpretation of
objective presentation of the text. Polyphony offered a means of doing
objective,. sense of liturgy, which he fused with a vital, yet subjective,
objectively constructed art in church music was reached, as is shown in
obligatory by Pope Leo III (847-855). The councils of Laodicea (343381),
Obrecht (c. 1450-1505). For his technique he drew on his mystical, yet
Obrecht and their circle. The unity of composition that was sought was
Obrecht, Jacob, 74-5, 83
Obrecht, Mass on "Petrus Apostolus"
obstacles in the way of its further development. Heinrich Schlitz was
obtain a unity in the work, in contrast to the older disjunction between
obtained a fairer appraisal. At the beginning of the twentieth century recognition
Occidentana, 39
occupied the foreground in the symphonic church music of France. All of
Ockeghem, Johannes, 74-5, 78,83,
Ockeghem's thirty-six-voiced Deo gratias with its four nine-voiced canons.
odies that at times are extremely sentimental- the composer gave the
Odington, Walter, 52
OESTERLY, W.O.E. The Jewish Background of the Christian Liturgy.
of ~e Church's musical life, with its growing exclusion of secular (pagan)
of a local nature modified his style to some extent. His inexhaustible
of a melodic pattern, which has its own set of laws. These are seen especially
of a music of worship was replaced by music at worship that unfolded
of a particular national or racial attitude led to manifold artistic readjustments
of a sentimental art as was the elaboration of themes or the development
of accidentals, and the current tonic-dominant tension of the major-minor
of acoustical practicality, especially if the congregation is to share in
of Alex.a~dria, Tertullian, Arnobius and others, was based firmly on this
of Allegri's Miserere in 1816, Johann Kaspar Ett (1788-1847)
of an ecclesiastical style to the fore as have the changes, local and temporal,
of an untrammeled imagination. However, his incomplete Mass in C
of ancient music and the task of injecting them with a Christian spirit.
of ancient musical teaching on the basis of the writings of ancient musical
of anCIent mUSICal theories, which were thus preserved. From the fourth
of Antonio de Cabezan was performed in Lima and in Mexico City by
of artistic freedom in relation to the liturgy.
of Bonifazio Graziani (1605-1664), Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676),
of Bruckner. However, the Caecilians, failing to recognize it for what if
Of capital importance for the formation of Spanish chant was the domination
of Catholic church music. The French organ school that surrounded
of Cesar Franck, Camille Saint-Saens, Jules Massenet, Vincent d'Indy
of chamber music and solo voice forms.
of chants and liturgies to be found throughout the West.
of Chicago, and Alverno College of Milwaukee are among the leaders in
of church music that one can explaiI? the serene traits in Haydn's music
of church-music styles, especially forms and devices of secular origin, led
of composition and handed it on to a new generation of musicians. He
of composition and to give materials at hand ecclesiastical significance.
of contrary hypotheses advanced by Pierre Gussanville (1675), Georg
Of course a volume like this serves only as a survey, but it is far from
Of course, the country at large was scarcely touched by this Romantic
of declamation and a universal ideal of composition that provided the
of declamation and melody. At the same time it destroyed the
of development.
of dramatic expression as well as of mood. His compositions obtained an
of each voice line within the declamation structure. These techniques
of ecclesiastical art, the composition of laudi, hymns, and service music
of Europe. No -line was drawn between sacred and secular; the
of expressing the feeling that dominated the text and of supporting and
of expression and even endeavored to create new ones. Already as early
of expression created by Viadana by linking it with parlando-style declamation
of expression with every device available, retained strict counterpoint
of expression. Liturgy and church music cannot just stand side by side;
of Felice and Francesco Anerio (1550-1614; 1567-1620), of Francesco
of Florence and northern Italy the new forms of expression were soon
of Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) and Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
of giving a complete performance of a polyphonic composition even
of good church mUSIC as a cultural medium.
of gravitation. Imitation at the fifth was the first step toward harmonic
of Gregory I the Anglo.Saxons were made acquainted with the Roman
of Haydn's and Mozart's style seen in the so-called "country masses" of
of hIS ~ cappella compositions, and this use of the chant brought him close
of his age and recasting them into the unity of an ideal style which could
of his masses. Correspondence in theme and melodic structure, as well
of his own age, in the two masses written the following year, the D MinOT
of his time in his work De musica, relates in his Confessions that he
of his time. If in certain trends he did adhere to traditional concepts and
of his voice relationships into a profoundly liturgical expression. It was
of homophony and polyphony and the <;Jverlapping of both these
of independent preludes, interludes, and postludes. This organ music
of influence and indicate their basic musical idiom. The strict
of isorhythmic combinations in all voices. Thus a style was produced for
of it gave Beethoven's Missa a unique position. It broadened the mass into
of Joseph Rheinherger and the full sonorities of Anton
of liturgical melodies helped to strengthen the liturgical fitness of these
of liturgical music. As in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the
of Marc Antoine Charpentier (1634-1704), Andre Cardinal Destouches
of materials for participation in the Mass. Other firms are also doing
of Max Reger, Haas gave the a cappella technique in his German
of melodic form found among th~ Neapolitans. The shallowness of
of motets, psalms and church cantatas rather than liturgical music. Folá
of movable type. The new church music was disseminated everywhereby
of music in worship; for church music must determine both its relaá
of musical evolution as well as historical tradition are both subordinated
of musical theory since the eighth century. The establishment of set
of Neapolitan church music, but an independent development
of new media into the strict ecclesiastical style. This more personal art
of new ones by A. Lohmann, H. Neuss, Rohr and others. The basis for
of note include Hermann Kronsteiner (b. 1914), Joseph Kronsteiner,
of older church music and prepare it for practical use. There is
of older hymns and many by composers of the Caecilian school, with
of our century N. Otanio and others have tried to add better hymns. The
of Palestrina. Domenico Bartolucci (b. 1917) presents a modern adapta.
of Palestrina. In the third place is modern music, with its many stylistic
of Palestrina's masses for choir and orchestra by Girolamo
of parts of the ordinary. Surprisingly, the settings of the Sanctus,
of Passau. This locality was the scene of missionary activity more intensive
of Perotinus were the basis for this development, which became a widespread
of polyphony was much more basic. Giuseppe Jannaconi
of polyphony's harmonic structure and rhythm. Thus a new ideal of
of popular musical language. This tended to dramatize liturgical things,
of problems which differ according to circumstances. Cathedral choirs or
of providing contact between the church and the world must embrace
of Rites, and the firm of Pustet in Regensburg published the
of Rites, these Gregorian studies continued. Finally in 1901,
of Romanticism, encouraged the display of personal attitudes without
of sacred music.
of scholarly research without burdening the reader with the trappings
of secularization. Consequently it is understandable why Pambo, Abbot
of sequence texts. From the eleventh century on, rhyme and hymn.
of Seville who never left Spain.
of Solesmes. Its chief creativity has been in the composition of harmonic
of symphonic composition. These efforts are clearly seen in the numerous
of text and music and to-put this in the service of worship. A primary duty
of text to characterization of its contents as a whole. Then began a new
of text")
of the Caecilian Movement had not found a place. Nearly everywhere
of the Caecilians and the hymnals of Joseph Kreitmaier. In the vernacular
of the College of the Sacred Heart, commonly known as the Pius X School
of the contemporary church-music composer. Musical training
of the day endeavored to fit church-music work into the pattern
of the difference of texts used in the motetus and the triplum.
of the ecclesiastical spirit has renewed interest in attaining the ideal
of the eighteenth century produced a peculiar attitude toward art. Sentimentality
of the era. Similar to the extreme spiritual trends of music in the
of the fifteenth century was conditioned somewhat by the renewed prominence
of the founding by Witt of the Scuola Gregoriana in Rome in 1880, and
of the fourteenth century. Antoine Busnois, Johannes Regis, and others
of the fourth century, and the Rules of St. Benedict, and of Paul
of the Gloria. It was an all encompassing emotional force.
of the Gregorian melodies that comes most clearly to view in polyphony
of the liturgical and artistic views expressed in the papal proá
of the liturgical chants. Repetitions of the text and new forms,
of the liturgical melodies was important for a homogeneous celebration
of the liturgical text but ended in a subjective enhancement of it.
of the liturgical text; it was church music that followed its own structural
of the liturgy and its wealth of melodies. There had to be some adaptation
of the long and short values of prosody.
of the low mass with solemnity in pla~e of the liturgical high mass, since
of the lower voices to the upper voice, increasing the latter's power of
Of the Mannheim circle, however, it was George Vogler (1749-1814)
of the Mass.
of the melodic center.
of the melodic formulas oir e P ace~ent ~f the whole and half-tones
of the melodies - all this was bound to have an effect on the ancient
of the melody as so many individual notes, a conception given expression
of the modern style. Canon and cantus firmus gave this form of composition
of the Monastery of Nistria in Egypt in the fourth century, should severely
of the Moors, whence the name "Mozarabic" for the Spanish liturgy.
of the most prolific Italian composers of the eighteenth century, who
of the music of the Western church. Thus not only the liturgical forms
of the nineteenth century occasioned a reorientation of theology, the
of the nineteenth century.
of the nineteenth century. The true ecclesiastical style that Witt
of the numerous chant accompaniments prepared by the Caecilians. Although
of the Oratorians. This modernization of the ancient Gregorian is found
of the parochial school system that any progress was made.
of the polychoral art - the use of several separate choirs - it was
of the pope. In Milan, however, in spite of every pressure, the Ambrosian
of the pre-Gregorian musical practice continued to crop up and
of the Roman chants. In Spain, through the influence of the Goths, who
of the Roman language (Pange lingua and VexiUa regis), are examples
of the scholar's apparatus. This is no mean achievement, and it is left
of the service throughout the Church as a whole, it nevertheless suppressed
of the seventeenth century is the fact that in the inventories and catalogs
of the seventh century. On the other hand, what we call th~ tradi~i?nal
of the solemnities of divine service, brought about by a development of
of the solo tutti technique in the cantata form. The stylistic media were
of the sonata or the symphony. In instrumental music this effort for
of the strong tradition regarding the revisions undertaken py this reform
of the system by Glarean in the sixteenth century. Major and minor
of the technique of composition. The problem arose partly because
OF THE TEXT
of the text rather than the characterization of each word. This
of the text. Even in his early works he produced parts that are
of the text. This juxtaposition of recitative and arioso passages
of the ties that bind French church music to the past. Only a few composers,
of the time, culminating in scholasticism in the area of science
of the tonal resources continued to be the predominant trait of
of the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries. The mixture of liturgical and
of the union of text and melody are found in the writings of Gerhard
of the unrestrained Italian emotional and sentimental art. This
of the use of the organ in divine service. Alexander VII (1657), Innocent
of the verses of the psalms between two choirs, the liturgical office
of the voices in the polyphonic composition, and led to a subordination
of the wealth of the German chorale and German church music of the
of the word arid its spoken accent ~i:~;~ ::xt and m.usic, with the rhythm
of the works of Cyr de Brant (J. V. Higginson). Joseph J. McGrath,
of the younger generation, Ludwig Senft (1492-1555), Cristobal Morales,
of their school. The basis of their art was the strict contrapuntal style
of them by means of official ordinances. Pope Marcellus II (1555), as
of this art, its living faith and devotion which extended beyond denominational
of this art. Although practiced widely, its development differed in various
of this declamation, created a rigid and, at times, pathetic setting in
of this form of composition.
of this means, the Council of Laodicea (4th c.) ordained that only
of this period, with few exceptions, polyphonic church compositions of
of this sort. In line with the Western rejection of the melisma,
of tonal media. Orlando di Lasso (also known as Roland de Lassus, c.
of tonal perceptiveness.
of tone clusters. Active in Munich along with Joseph Haas was Gottfried'
of tones in the several bells is as important as their proportional tone
of Trier, Cologne, Munster and Mainz. In southern Germany, where the
of two contrapuntal voices working together in rhythm and harmony
of vernacular texts from the eighth century on. An account from Prague
of vertical composition.
of voices, Gregorio Ballabene (1720-1803) writing a fortyeight-
of worship, is a spiritual activity; it is cult and not art. The thought of
of.liturgical melodies and tlIeir careful preservation by memory-work
Offertory (23rd Sunday after Pentecost)
office attained its high-point as a musical type. In the rhymed office the
Office were gathered from a rich store of melodies, and supplemented
offices were quite widespread until the sixteenth century, but were almost
often determined the vocal line. Church music so constructed did not
often opposite movements are found side by side, complicated further
often passed beyond the limits of what was liturgically fitting, the comá
OJ
OJ
old and the new styles. This distinction made by theoreticians at the
old tonal expansion of parallel organum in a newer harmonic interpretation.
older principles.
older South American composers, wrote church music in imitation of
older techniques of composition that had evolved on the continent. The
omnes at the beginning. The revision of the Missale Romanum ordered
on a musical foundation only, completely disregarding liturgical principles.
on a political but on a cultural basis, rendered this possible. Rome sought
on artistic grounds, continued to grow till it reached a climax in Anton
on expressiveness, the alternating of arioso and recitative passages
on Gregorian melodies. With his collection of Gregorian hymns F. Brun
on it came to terms with more contemporary churchámusic styles. The
on mood evolved into the works of Rodriguez de Ledesma (17791848)
on occasion, as well as the ostinato bass, canon, etc., to achieve an anti.
on that followed the outward expansion of Christianity presented serious
on the basis of historical forms.
on the efforts of Giuseppe Baini, Fortunato Santini, and Pietro Alfieri.
on the mood of the music: "the feeling of piety." This opened up the
On the other hand the Mass of Machaut, the greatest master of the new
On the other hand the Palestrina style led to a further cultivation of the
on the other hand, has created a new style based on the warm melodic
on the Regensburg edition, which took over the revised Medicean version
on the Roman chant. Bishop Chrodegang (742-760) created a
on the strict style in the very period when the Viennese classical
on the training of musicians and the fostering of art in the church. Its
On this basis Gregorian chant, although an obligatory part of churchmusic
Once polyphony had secured its independent development and its detachment
One event in the twentieth century is of particular significance not
one h1:t simply as a part of the musical ritual. An indication of the change
one of the many forms of the Baroque period. Georg Trexler in his Gregorian
one thing, the compromises themselves represented further additions to
One weighty problem faced by the German Caecilian reform was that of
only after they had been tried and had lost their force in contemporary
only bring the whole movement into disrepute.' The shallowness that
Only Joseph Rheinberger (1839-1901) with his group in Munich,
only shallow cantiques, solo or choral compositions with instrumental
Only the church music of the courts, true to the courtly taste, held to the
only the range was decisive in the system, and the mode was determined
only with homophonic choruses but also for polyphonic works, even in
oped an independent ecclesiastical organ music grounded partly in
oped, but it was a motet which forsook the clear lucidity of the polyphonic
opened its doors on its Manhattanville, N. Y., campus in 1916. The foun~
opened the way to the instrumentalization of the whole composition,
opera and instrumental music like Tommaso Traetta (1727-1779), Davide
Opera, 114, 122, 138, 162, 171
opera. This choral work utilized both melodic and recitative-declamatory
opment of. independent organ music, became the means by which instrumental
opportunity, by means of thematic preludes and postludes, to re-create
opposing developments. The foundation of this church music was personal
Opus 1, of Lambert Kraus (1728-1790) :
or be
or cathedral but for country choirs. Although the spread of musical
or combined choir in octaves. This variety invited a certain musical evolution
or enor (a g b) d th b '
or instead of, vocal compositions. The church sonata, as well as the develá
or it was totally subordinated to the declamation, so that a new type of XXII, so the many-faceted position of church music in the sixteenth cenpseudopolyphony
or non-Catholic hands, is its total secularization. The Catholic colonists
or remodeling of the liturgical melodies, according to circumstances,
or should the new medium condition the forms to be used, especially the
Or, according to Hermann Finck:
orated that the liturgical text to be sung was disregarded, shortened or
Oratorians, 129
oratories, especially in his so-called "popular oratorio" in which he
oratorio form, introduced by St. Philip Neri in company with Animuccia,
oratorio movement, to which numerous religious works of Roman comá
Oratorio, 100--1, 122, 131, 162, 174
Orchestra
orchestra depended on the voices in contrast to the Viennese classicists,
Orchestra, 128, 134-5
orchestral accompaniment and to include it within his reforms. Chant,
orchestral accompaniment, as well as a mixture of both techá
orchestral accompaniment, often nothing more than a secular composition
orchestral masses. Jean Franl.~o _POU TO - KOU M<1 - pi - <1<; U'lI - ap - XWV
t-~ : sedes qui se-des ad dex - te - ram pa-tris
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t~~, w.as a psa.lm-to~e setting of the Mass Propers edited by
t~e manner of the dramatic art of his programmatic symphonies, Liszt
t~en: con~ept of cult music. A suitable method of indicating intervals
t4ere have been periods in its history when that purpose was overshadowed
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ta~en from the conceptual world of the common people, and from the
take a more serious turn.
take a stand. This happened at the beginning of the twentieth century
taken as a criterion, even though atl artistic meaning was absent from
taken by the instrumental symphonic manner of composition. The Mannheim
taken in hand to give Christian musical life energy. Intellectual UnIty
taken into the Christian service, and as Christianity spread, the liturgical
taken of the essence of the chant or the accents of the melodic line. The
Tallis, Thomas, 90
Tarquinio Merula (+1650), Francesco Turini (1590-1656), Giovanni
task it was to infuse liturgical concepts into art and thus encourage an
task the church organ registration was continually expanded and tonal
task, it must take cognizance of the fact that good intentions are not
task. In its purely musical development it lost a sense of its inner limitation
taste and at the same time observed the distinction between worldly and
tation of thetext.'
Taverner, John, 90
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teachers, Michael Haydn and Georg Vogler. The E Flat Major Mass
teaching the Indians, has a text in the Nahuatl language. Of significance,
Teatra arrrwnica likewise lay in this direction, as did Emilio del Cavaá
Tebaldini, Giovanni, 195
techmques III place of restncted, cadential harmonies. This ancient
technique of handling the cantus firmus was adopted similar to that of
technique of polyphony, with its many possibilities for expression. Using
technique. The effects achieved by the grouping of various voice
technique. This was true of church music as well as of the opera. It was a
techniques of expression. In continuing the tradition of Maurizio Cazzati
techniques of the period nor the movements in art, but rather the intellecá
techniques of the period, which were found commonly in instrumental
techniques, even though they were also employed in operatic composition.
techniques. New means of composition would be acceptable
teenth century, the stile antico was widely used. The strict but very
teenth century, there grew up a neW style, based on history and committed
teenth century. The melodic structure, clearly arranged and joined to the
tem
temala and as maestro di cappella of the cathedral in Mexico City from
tempted several pieces of polyphony, including settings of the Passion.
Ten. 1.-2. Ch.
tence, it also becomes a purely 'I r' e s ructure of the sen-
tendency to incorporate exclusively musical ideas is clearly a tendency
tendency to secularize church music was a counter-movement that tried
tendency, drew church music away more and more from its liturgical
Tenor
Tenor
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Tenor~ ~-
tenth-century trope from S1. Martial in Limoges, led to the dramatic
ter im - men - se
ter stel-li - fer no - ster
terms of its effect on man, and in reference to man's taste. Temporal and
tern
tern-po - rum dans tern-po - ra Vt al - Ie - ves fas - ti - di - urn.
Terry, Richard, 209
Tertullian, 13, 16
text and in principle tallied with the new currents of expression that were
text and the vocal character of church music demand a curtailment of
text is given. From the fourth century on, the central position of the
text much as they did a libretto, making it the opportunity for dramatic
text that belonged together in a musically complete form separated from
text to the accompaniment of a short organ piece called the verset
text WIth the profound comprehension of his art, so characteristic of the
text, and the anticipation of the major.minor tonality, are suggestive of
text, for this art had for its purpose the presentation of an overall interpretation
text, was at first incorporated in the Mass chiefly for parts of the Gradual
text. Thus alternately they took an objective or subjective stand with reo
texts already supplied with many words were also troped, like the Gloria,
texts from Holy Writ be allowed to be used in the liturgy, but as with the
texts or by instrumental pieces, or they were even left out entirely
texts were set. Similarly Vincent d'Indy created Gregorian-type hymns,
texts. It is actually the art that Caecilianism was seeking but did not
texts. It soon became the fashion to utilize this expressive representation.
textual representation turned from grammatical correctness and clarity
Textually and musically the motet is simply a vertical troping of the
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th.e org~nization which brought church-music reform especially to countnes
th~ ~ubh~abon of a new hymnal oriented toward the rising liturgical
th~ church style from the general development of music. This contrasted
than anywhere else, with influences that ranged from the Irish-Celtic
than in the solo art of the Neapolitans with its emphasis on melody.
than it could in regard to the musical media of expression. Musicians
that "the true art of composition is found only in Germany"
that are sentimental and superficial. Gregorian chant, bound as it is to a
that art, too, must serve to praise God kept such an ascetic attitude from
that at first appeared contradictory: the one was the internal consolidation
that at ilie same time Isidore of Seville was concerned over the tradition
that church music is an integral part of the liturgy was lost. Baroque
that could not be met by the schools, especially as their musical culture
that could serve as an expression of an inviolable faIth, and of rejecting
that differed from the ideal but offered new possibilities. He utilized
that dIstmgmshed other church-music currents was unfortunately
that emphasized the alliance between text and music. By using simple
that for Its sake even the polyphonic structure was sacrificed, and so
that formerly dictated the voice leading. Thus a linear form of expression
that is, by its triple and duple time and its divisions of
that music had before 1780.
that one characteristic of the Enlightenment, the obliteration of the line
that proved very áuseful in practice. Beginning with the marks for
that radiated to other countries, especially Germany, in connection with
that they exceeded the liturgical restrictions. But the distinctive
that was to follow.
that with organ or orchestral accompaniment. This generation of church
thd}" f' . U,In
THE "PALESTRINA STYLE"
the ~athemat1Cal proportions in melody, harmony and wordtone.
the ~elody. Further development smoothed out the form into a symmetncal
the ~ext a powerful theme in its symphonic realization. In spite of the
the ~fforts ?f ~om Gregory Huegle and Do~ Ermin Vitry. In 1906, the
the a cappella style continued to be cultivated all through the
THE A CAPPELLA STYLE OF THE NEAPOLITANS
the a cappella style that had come to be thought of as ideal church art.
the Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna, which was the most important
The Accademia Filarmonica was founded by Vincenzo Maria Carrati in
The accentuation of the individual note in the melodic line was the
The accompaniment of Gregorian chant has also experienced various
the accompaniment which lends the liturgical phrase an inward musical
The activities aimed at the reform of church music in the United States
the adoption of such instrumental works into the service became all the
the adoption of the sequence form in the German hymn led to the leich,
the Alleluia jubilus (melodiae longissimae) , turning it into syllabic
The almost total dependence of the colonial areas on current Spanish
the already existing multiplicity of Gregorian versions. The Cistercian
the American scene have been augmented by Miss Joan Boucher, to whom
the ancestors of the great opera composer Giacomo Puccini (18581924):
the ancient classical polyphony the basis of their liturgical music, in
the ancient culture, whatever of ancient musical practice that could be
the ancient meters in a syllabic rhythm, but after adopting popular elements
the anCIent notatIOn was forgotten, not hecause it was unknown to
The arrangement of voices given here is also found in faux-bourdon,
The art of diminution had a way of contributing some of its tonal
The artistic realization of liturgical thought in tone must take shape
the artistic unity of a service accompanied exclusively by Greg?rian
the ascendancy of the Netherlandic composers the two styles were conjoined,
the baroque era shaped new forms of expression at the start of the seventeenth
the basis not only for its development, but for its limitation; it was
The basis of Christian ecclesiastical music was its vocal character. It
The biggest problem of the new artistic attitude involved the chorus,
the Blessed Sacrament sung after the Consecration, a sonata at the Offertory,
The Bohemians, Johann Kozeluch (1738-1814), Johann Tomaschek
the books listed offer, for the most part, a more extended bibliography.
the broad Christian world produce differences in artistic expression. The
The c~mpilati~n of the Church's chant by Pope Gregory marks' ilie first
THE CAECILIAN EFFORTS
the Caecilian Movement in that it did not try to penetrate into every
THE CAECILIAN MOVEMENT OUTSIDE GERMANY
The Caecilian Society assisted in obtaining, in the Regensburg edition of
The cantata, both in ecclesiastical and in secular art, managed to
the cantus directaneus is expressly mentioned. Cantus directimeus and
the cantus firmus could appear freely in all of them. Balance and movement
The cantus firmus has been shifted to the top voice as the thematic
the cardinals and were favorably received and probably helped the
the catchwords for this new movement that stood side by side with the
the cathedrals, in the court churches of ecclesiastical and secular princes
The Catholic University of America in Washington, De Paul University
the celebration of the Sacrifice. Tertullian and Ambrose were especially
the center of the French church-music movement. It differed from
The center of the new development was Naples where not Dnly church
The central position of Rome, emphasized since the fifth century not only
the central position of the liturgical melodies. The pope believed that the
the centralization of the Church did not reach full development until the
the century. It appeared that only organized measures could promote the
The change in thinking and in attitude toward religion at the beginning
the changes in artistic expression, as well as the changes in liturgical
The chant and the vernacular hymn had their special place in these reform
The chant movement, popularized by the abbeys of Gerleve and Griissau
The chant-linked organum and the free conductus continued side by
the chant, official recognition for the Medicean version of 1614, at the
the chants of the Milanese liturgy (1936).
the characteristics peculiar to each country and race. In the second place
The chief interest of this art lay in the melody which was an extended
the choir and for the congregation, whose psalmody was simplified.
the choral setting was especially cultivated. The chorus, even in the stile
The chordal accompaniment was thus written as aá thorough-bass or
The Choritlis Constantinus of Heinrich Isaak (c. 1450-1517) was the
The church aria and the German masses and vespers suffered the same
The Church has always regarded music as an integral part of worship and
The church music of the Neapolitan school represented an extreme adá
THE CHURCH MUSIC OF UPPER ITALY
the Church was no longer the sale leader in musical matters and was
THE CHURCH'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE NEW ART
the clergy. Thus it was necessary to delineate clearly the limits of
the closing years of the seventeenth century, encouraged the creation
the closing years of the seventh. century, and in 747 the Council of
The Codex juris canorUci (1917) contained only general requirements.
the coloratura itself and later the instrumental themes that evolved from
the common method for teaching church music. The works of these
The compact choral setting is also the center of interest for the Roman
The composers who followed this direction and cultivated the stile
the composIt~on w~s frequently stiff and devoid of all artistic expression.
the composition from a simple duplum to a complicated quadruplum, a
the composition. Music was apparently often prepared from a few cadences
the concertante style in combination with contrapuntal voice leading
The condition of music in Italy complicated this adjustment, because
The conductus was the first independent form of polyphony to break
the congregation. Unison masses also served the same purpose.
The consequent obscuring of the text, however, eventually led to the
The conservative tendency that sought to cultivate the chant also fostered
the considerat~onof the past and thus the meaning of the historical reality
the contemporary idiom.
the continuing develoP1?ent and expansion of symphonic church music.
the contrapuntal voices to interweave around a lengthened series of notes
the core of the composition; the offshoot voices were an ornamentation of
The core of the development of Catholic liturgical music lay in the
the Council of Trent.
The Counter Reformation movement within the Church had drawn
The course of further development followed this individualistic, personal
the De profundis that follow, for these differ according to the liturgical
The decline in the sense of what was fitting for liturgical worship made
the decrees of the eighteenth century, the Church definitely opened the
The destruction of so many churches and organs during WorId War
the development of church music in all periods of its history. Questions
The development of free melodic forms and polyphony, which took a
The Development of Liturgical Chant
The Development of Liturgical Chant 13
The Development of Liturgical Chant 15
The development of the art of printing music made possible an even
the development of the fugue and the choral prelude, especially for the
The development of the sequence" or prose, follows the same lines as the
the dignity and importance of the liturgy. However, it was only after
The direct tradition of Palestrina was still at work in the compositions
the direction of bel canto, the new eflorts to develop choral and orchestral
the direction of Cardinal Mercier and the abbeys of Mont Cesar and
The distinction between hypo- and hyper-modes, which is based on the
the division between the old and new styles, but endeavored to
The divorce of the new multivoiced church music from any connection
The dramatic art, which began in the seventeenth century, became the
The dramatic division of the trope into dialogue, as we find it in the
The dramatic element in the music of Karl Maria von Weber (1786-
The earliest composer of church polyphony in the Western hemisphere
The earliest solution of the problem of rhythm was the rather stiff
the ecclesiastical composition, but made an effort to get away from forms
The ecclesiastical modal system disintegrated through the introduction
The ecclesiastical reform of the nineteenth century occasioned many
The effect thus achieved within the body of liturgical chants, together
The efforts to establish a true art for the divine service which would
the eighteenth century, Germany achieved the apex of a new kind of
the eleventh century became for the first time the object of a papal decree.
the emotional factor was foremost. This style set the pattern for composition
The emphasis on distinctly vocal expression influenced also the music
The emphasis on linear construction in modern church music, using
The emphasis on music gave an impetus to textless musical composition
The emphasis on personal piety in prayer during the baroq"ue era contrasted
the Empress Justina (386), instructed those who were loyal to him by
the equilibrium of the divine service. Either the remainder was done in
the establishment of a feeling of tonality for the whole composition.
The evolution of church song i thá
the exhortations of the apostles and fathers show. Therefore this endless
The experiences of World War n and the period preceding have
THE EXPRESSION OF CULT
The expression of personal emotion had taken the place of the communal
The extreme attitude toward vocal music that characterized Caecilianism
The f.listory of
The final test of the profundity inherent in any musical movement is,
the first quarter of the twentieth century. The School of Liturgical Music
The first statement of the principles of the Neopolitan stile moderno
The fluctuation of position toward a static liturgy and a living musical
The focal point was no longer to be found in the setting as such, but
the form and expression of organ music in forceful polyphony and
the formation of the Society of S1. Caecilia through the efforts of Angelo
The formulas for the lessons, however, were made subsemitonic.
The formulas were melodic phrases using a fixed relation between the
the foundation for the growth of new musical principles that could pave
the full composition, but merely by presenting the harmonic base of the
THE FUTURE
the Gallican, and the Spanish (Mozarahic), with chants more or
the general intellectual and artistic attitudes of peoples and races.
The generation of church musicians born at the start of the seventeenth
the Great (324-337). The inner spiritual preparation for the
The great number of possibilities that could be adopted in the renewal
the great promoter of this art in nonáCatholic northern Germany.
the greatest chance for development in extraliturgical devotions. Joseph
The greatest development in music for the congregation took place in
The greatest opportunity for choral writing occurred with the closing
The greatest results of this movement were found in Holland where
the Gregonan modal IdIoms or Incorporate Gregorian themes into a free
the Gregorian cantus firmus. The thematic material was used to create a
THE GREGORIAN CHANT
the Gregorian chant alone.
the Gregorian chants, and even played during the elevation. To fulfill this
the Gregorian melodies free of any harmonic background, differs from
The Gregorian problem became essentially a historical one. By the
The Gregorian Tradition
the harmonies. This new kind of composition made it possible not only
THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC
THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC
THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC
THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC
THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC
THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC
THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC
THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC
THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC
THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC
THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC
THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC
THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC
THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC
THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC
THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC Baroque Art 113
The history of Catholic church music begins with the early development
THE HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC Stile Moderno, Stile Antico 135 134
The history of Catholic Church music.
The history of Greek music was compiled by pseudo-Plutarch about
the Holy Family in Milwaukee in 1371. To this foundation came Singenberger
the hymn came into the West from Syria where Ephraem had cultivated it
The hymns stand in marked contrast to this purely melodic development.
The idea that what a man cannot express in w~rds he must tell God
the ideal of multivoiced Catholic music, but Tinel saw in Johann Sebastian
The Ideal Style of Ecclesiastical
The Ideal Style of Ecclesiastical Polyphony 101
The Ideal Style of Ecclesiastical Polyphony 95
The Ideal Style of Ecclesiastical Polyphony 99
The Ideal Style of Ecelesiastical Polyphony 91 ::
The idealization of textual expression and its musical conformation
the IGK, and Joseph Haas was for years the organizing and guiding hand.
The impact of the Neapolitans on the formation of a new expression
the importance of counterpoint and in his Missae quadragesimales
the increase of the inner tension of the composition by harmonic innovations.
The independence of the stile moderno, and the constant effort to shape
the independent forms of horizontal troping - cantiones, songs in the
the individual verses, must be forced into this standard form used for
the inner tie between music and the liturgical text which had still been
the instrumental style was not confined to the ritornels and other indeá
the interpretation of the uniform, unchanging texts of the ordinary of the
the introduction of altered tones, and by elaboration through the polychoral
the introduction of the new art and the decline of choir schools, which
the Italian, Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842), the Swiss, Louis Niedermeyer
The Italians developed in particular the solo setting, flexibility of the
The Italians were important in the development of the new expression
the Jesuit plays, the spiritual cantate, and the sacred oratorio which now
the lack of any Gregorian cantus firmus.
the larger forms. However, it has now found a source for new inspiration
the later evolution of the fugue and the through.composed technique.
the lead in all countries. Baroque splendor and the emotionalized declaá
the leitmotiv. Because of external circumstances the solo received prominent
the lessons, the texts of the Proper, the Office responsories, etc. For example
The liberation of Christianity in the fourth century created two problems
the limitation demanded, the stressing of tonal centers, and the utilization
the limits of its expression and its forms are clearly set by the shape of
the linear melodies produce sharp clashes of dissonance. This complete
the liturgical chant a new development occurred and presented the hymn
THE LITURGICAL FUNCTION IN HISTORY
The liturgical function of church music has had the effect of circumscribing
The liturgical melody that had its development in the monastic and cathedral
the liturgical mission of church music and making music an end
THE LITURGICAL MOVEMENT
The liturgical movement gave new impetus to the activation of the
The Liturgical Movement has endeavored to steer church mUSIC back
the liturgical practices of the West must have taken place in the fourth
the liturgical renewal, a revival of the genuine melodies was actually
the liturgical style of expression to some extent in connection with
the liturgical text. The symmetry of the Renaissance concept of text and
the liturgical texts, certain fixed forms for the service, and the various
the liturgy which then left no room for the free shaping of a personal
the liturgy.
the liturgy. By this extramusicallimitation it is distinguished, as practical
the local forms were abandoned or else they were mixed with the forms
The lte Missa est, too, was troped; e.g., lte sine dolo et lite. Pax vobiscum
The magnitude of his interpretation of the text and his artistic setting
the main voice, which was tied to the text. The independence of the declamatory.
the Mannheim school. The dramatic interpretation of the text, dictated
The massing of choruses in Ludwig Weber's work has had its influence
the meaning of the formulas was gradually lost, the connection between
the melodic line which had already been much abbreviated in the reform
The melodic, rhythmic and harmonic novelties thus formed made even
the Missa solemnis burst all the limitations of the usual forms and became
the modes which became our major and minor.
the monody of Ludovico Grossi da Viadana (1564-1645), Antonio
the more extended texts. In the course of the development of the mass,
The more popular elements of Spanish music were inevitably brought
The most important form peculiar to Christian cult music is psalmody,
The most important function of the Catholic organist was improvising.
the most important stir took place in the groups surrounding Johann M.
The most outrageous example of this was the "Kyrie-Gloria"
the most VIgorous breakthrough in medieval musical culture but the basis
the motions. *Ffffl1Nfft?= Rex coe - Ii do - rni - ne rna - TIS un - dl - so m
the motu proprio and of other documents of the Holy See must become
The motu proprio of St. Pius X (1903), the apostolic constitution of
the motu proprio.
the movement in various periodicals.
THE mSTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC ,:
The multiplicity of forms of church music in the seventeenth century and
The multiplicity of its forms of expression can be traced to different naá
The music of the early twentieth century continued the expressive
the music of the liturgy in the fullest meaning of that phrase. It was the
the music of worship from religious music in general and take into account
the music. This effort for an objective expression of the liturgical text
the musical arts; they must also be placed in their proper perspective, must
the musical viewpoint of antiquity, on the other hand the spread of
the musically developed performance of the psalms are opposites. This
The n~w forms of the trope appearing in the ninth century signalized a
the Neapolitan composers with their harmonic declamations. But in
the necessary changes. Christian cult-music and ancient musical views
The necessity of introducing this simple method of performing
The need for a full understanding of the interaction between music and
the Netherlands, Guillaume Dufay (c. 1400-1474).
the new art but recognized its serious development. Benedict XIV, on
The new art was displayed in the secular forms of the caccia and the
THE NEW ECCLESIASTICAL STYLE
The new expression touched all forms of ecclesiastical music. Since the
the new technique in France was adapted simply to extraliturgical, reliá
the new tonal language to produce a strict ecclesiastical a cappella style,
The new version of the liturgical melodies underwent many local
The Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur are official declarations th.at a hook .or pamphlet
the ninth century, surpassed all others in importance: S1. Gall, where
The northern Italian composers adapted the strict stile antico by using
The notion that the solemnity of the liturgy could be heightened by musical
The novelties to be found in the church music of the thirteenth century
The novelty of the ideas propounded caused the real importance of other
the odes set to music by Tritemius, Ludwig Senfl, Paulus von Hofhaimer
The old a cappella works of the sixteenth century were provided with a
the old cantus fiTmus work. It was no longer restricted to the simple solo
The old use of two voices in duet was preserved in four-part writing by
the older I~y:ns beca~e part of countless Caecilian hymnals, although
the ordIll~ncesof the motu proprio of St. Pius X.Other organizations, for
the Ordinary be assigned to the congregation, while the church choir
The ordinary music for church use at the end of the eighteenth century
The organ and organ music achieved an independent position in divine
THE ORGAN AND ORGAN PLAYING
the organ art of the Lutheran service continued to develop. Fugue
the organ tablature. Organ composition livened the vocal structure,
The organa of the Notre Dame school of Paris, whose chief masters
the original form was soon overwhelmed; this was to be expected, considering
the other one iliat looked outw.ard (j oy). These had to be
The overlapping of concertante tonal effects and solo.style art soon
the Palestrinan style as seen in his Arte prattica di Contrappunto. The
The path of church composition was erratic until the period of the new
The peculiar character of practical church music presupposes a variety
the peculiar development or church music in France at this time
the peculiar situation of church music at that time. Thus a stylistic
The peculiar turn in the development of church music in the Romance
The penitential hymns developed into the flagellant hymns of the fourá
the people in liturgical worship. The song movement for youth (Adam
the period of the crusades the ideal of knightly poesy brought about an
The personal and subjective interpretation of the text by means of the
the personalized expression and thus led to remarkable compositional
the plastic arts, new spatial effects were being discovered, and this was
the point that further development lay only in the direction of a more
THE POLYPHONIC ORDINARIUM MISSAE
The popularity of transcriptions and variations spread to the field of
the position of technical innovations in church music.
the practice of improvisation to the formation of a mensural theory and
The pre-Gregorian chant practice established in the Frankish kingdom
The predominance of Protestant culture in the eastern and midwestern
the preparation of a unified Dominican version, but since the
The presentation of the grammatical word in declamation, its accent
the priest. This custom, which persisted even down to the fifteenth century,
The principal support of tradition in church music was Gregorian chant.
The principle of declamation and its musical delineation gave rise to
the problem of church music_ understandable. An example of compositions that offered the text a suitable
The problem of the creative artist working in church music in the
The problem of the Gregorian melodies as they existed in the old.
the problems involved. Man today, surrounded by a great artistic culture,
The progressive harmonic interpretation of these modes since the thirteenth
the Proper, e.g., flourish or march instead of the Introit, etc. Piety was
the psalms is found in the musical embellishment of other methods of
the purity of the diatonic line was safeguarded, little account was
The rapprochement between church music and other contemporary arts,
The recognition of this textless melismatic art, which was connected
The reform movement had an influence also on Joseph Hartmann
the reform movement, especially in German-speaking countries.
the Regensburg edition, never gained any headway in France.
The relation of music to its liturgical function is the central question in
the relationship of melody and text.
the religious concerto grosso of the seventeenth century, has attained a
The religious drama, especially what is known as the auto sacramental
the rest. The "worship in spirit" (In. 4:23), with it~ implied rejection of
The restoration of the traditional Gregorian melodies in the Editio
the revival of a cappella polyphony. In Spain, Perez y Gascon, Miguel
The revival of the historical study of music included the search
The rhythm of the old motet was suppressed, a~d tonality was at the
the role of the lower parts. Although at first the lower voices did not
the Roman chant, at a distance from the northern and southern centers,
THE ROMAN ECCLESIASTICAL CHANTS
the Roman liturgical chant developed more independently and departed
the sake of emphasis (e.g., non, credo) was a result partly of this in-
the same - the complementing of the choral composition with the new
The same line was followed by the popular German masses of J. Alt,
the same principles, granted recognition to the new contemporary style
the same techniques of composition, secular and ecclesiastical music went
the same time the basis was laid for an emphasis on extraliturgical reo
the same time, the schola cantorum also guarded the chants from change
the Sanctus of his first Missa solemnis. f . ~ ~#BiS·~
The search for a new style led to through-imitation, which acquired
the search for a personal expression are indicative of an attitude, changed
the search for newer expression.
the second half of the eighteenth century, the concertante-cantata forms
the sections with shorter text and the tendency to use a syllabic form for
the secular ballade. Italy, in turn, became a new center of the art, and
the sense and sound of the text, but to the neglect of its grammatical and
The sentimentality and the ideal of piety that came to the front during
The seriousness that was natural to true church music was far removed
the service. At the same time it led to the music's becoming independent
the setting was destroyed, and the homophonic parlando device was in.
the setting. Contrast used as a means of increasing the expression, a
the seventeenth, the growing body of European instrumental music began
The shallow symphonic church music of the eighteenth century and the
the shaping of the composition.
the shift from a cult chant to g . I cu t to .lIturgy began and with it
the Silesian church musicians. Of these, Hermann Buchal (b. 1884), Gerá
The simplest method of composition was to double the octaves;
the singing.
the sixteenth century have disappeared.
the sixteenth century the lead in church music was taken by schools and
the Society of St. Caecilia." This list served to outlaw such purely dancelike
the Solesmes method of plain song and to cultIvate sacred po yp ony.
The solo style was divided into declamatory recitative and arioso
the solo work in Haydn's masses, came to the fore in Cherubini's grand
The Spanish missions in the southwestern section of North America,
The spread of the Roman ecclesiastical chant was faced by quite different
the start of the ninth century in accordance with an Antiphonary brought
the stile antico shows that ~e polyphony of the sixteenth century had
the stile antico took their place. Even the Italians working in German
the stile misto a compromise was sought between the basic forms of the
The stile moderno, like the stile antico, found its own development
The stress on the expression of personal piety and on the tastes of the
THE STRICT CHORAL STYLE IN ROME
The strict cont~apuntalteaching of Johami' Joseph Fux was not forgotte~:
the strict polyphonic principles
The structural and technical advancement of music by the Netherlanders
the style of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, vertical relationship
The style of these few compositions is indistinguishable from that of the
The subjective, dramatic church music of Jules Massenet (18421912)
The subsequent development in the liturgical music of the Middle Ages,
the suppleness and sonority of the stile moderno with the strict style
the symphonic style and presented an emotional and dramatic interpre.
the task of preserving both the purity of the doctr~nes of faIth, a~d the
the task of producing a version that would combine local peculiarities
The tendency toward symphonic church music was foreshadowed by
the tenor reciting note, modify the clauses, and in the case of solo psalmody
the text attained a prominent place in composition alongside strict contrapuntal
The text was important, but the music gave it its liturgical significance
the text, together with compositional balance. For the musician the
The theoretician Johannes Tinctoris (c. 1446-1511) rightlyacknowledged
the times. Several factors conspired to bring this about. The conception
The tonal concentration that ensued had its counterpart in the harmony.
the traditional medieval chant. Especially in France, in connection with
the translator is indebted also for a careful reading and correction of the
The translator owes a great debt of gratitude to Rev. Richard Schuler
the treatment given the chant melodies in the ancient classical polyphony
the Trent Codices are the most important source for the early evolution
the trope for the Gloria of the Marian Mass:
the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Here were incentives for a new evoluá
The twentieth century has witnessed a spirited revival of the art of organ
The twentieth century, after two World Wars, has witnessed a remarkable
the twenty centuries of Catholic Church history is the task Professor
The union of antiphon and psalm - with the antiphon originally repeated
the unit. This new art achieved form in the motets of the Roman de
The upper voice took on a prominence which led to a readjustment of
the upper voice. The chorale setting and the setting of psalms, especially
the use of leitmotiv, which were among the most important media used
the use of paralleled fourths and fifths. !he parapho~ist,of the Ordo
The variety of forms in the rites and chants of the Eastern Church stands
The vario,us creative forms of the sixteenth century revealed a new vital
THE VERNACULAR HYMN
the vernacular hymn to extraliturgical services; and to free it from the
the vernacular hymn. In Germany, hymnhooks still contain a preponderance
the vernacular hymn. The reform undertook a double task: to relegate
the vernacular was banned from the liturgical service, although this did
The vertical expansion demanded alterations by means of acciá
The view of the extremists, especially among the youth who sought
the voice line takes the lead. Vocal polyphony also dominates
the voices.
the way for entirely new paths. Its expressive values were later evolved in
the way of further advance in the restoration of the chant. The great
The Western empire, after the division of 395, finally ceased with the
The widespread diffusion of the Byzantine tradition in the Mediterranean
the wor~s along the lines of the older polyphonic art. Although liturgical
the work of Lorenzo Perosi (1872-1956). Ildebrando Pizzetti (b. 1880),
the works of Francesco Landino (c. 1325-1397), Antonio Squarcialupi
the works of Ockeghem, balance in the composition was perfected to
the works were intended for "country and cathedral choirs," ranging
the worldly devices of chromatics and enharmonics. The oldest type of
the worshiper rather than the demands of the liturgical action itself.
the zenith of their creative activity, they wrote church music also, giving
the.SocIety of St. Gregory in the United States, served to implement
their appearance. Thus a homophony in straightforward declamation,
their different ways, though often enough their paths met. Consequently,
their efforts toward expressing emotion by contrasting sections in the
their efforts were soon suppressed. It was not till the beginning of the
their historical accuracy soon alienated the whole movement from its
their influences on the forms employed. Church music is inherently restricted
their melodies; thus the duties of the choir were apparently absorbed by
their number and their decisive purpose they exercised a great influence.
their own favorite art and created music not for the grand choirs of court
their places of origin, so also the music manifested local differences of
their role as extraliturgical song, they did arouse interest and through the
their talents to rekindle the spark of ancient culture, almost extinguished
their traces on music for the church. The courtly musical life of the
their use of homophonic devices that the Netherlanders found themselves
their work appeared in the Solesmes publications, which were the
them in the service of expressive form. There were three such moveá
thematic elaboration of Gregorian motifs. The other group has produced
thematic treatment. In the earlier masses of Haydn and Mozart this
thematically in every voice and incorporated, often with variations, in
theme was used as the basis for the setting.
themes as well as his rhythmic and harmonic style. An imaginative per.
themes into a harmonic context, one school of modern composition
themes of polyphony and homophony, and joined them to declamation.
themes related to the text, and by a contrapuntal equality of the voices, the
themselves to troping; e.g., Kyrie clemens rector.
themselves. Besides adding an accompaniment, the Caecilians further
then current conservative style of Spanish church music.
Then there is the problem of space and the position of the organ and
Theodore Marier, Laurence Powell, Roger Wagner, Achile P. Bragers'
theones, as seen m.th.e first five books of his De musica, stand in sharp
Theophane, Sister Mary, 211
theoreticians which they often understood but poorly. They represent,
there are his smaller masses and other church works with simple organ
There is a growing body of composers who have been influenced by the
There is a juncture here of a musical principle with a ritual one.
there is a recitation on one tone th t . .e~o IOn et os); instead,
There is also the problem of church bells, which has won more considá
There is an account of how Ambrose, at the time of the persecution by
There is still another point in which the history of church music diffe~s
There is still another way in which a shaping of free forms stem~ed
There must have been a profound reason why, in contrast to the grandeur.
there was a development of vernacular hymns that were freely composed
there was a gradual movement to emancipate the composition tonally
there was a reappraisal of divine service and its outward display,
there was a revival of church-music endeavor. In Italy new paths were
There were also foundations of importance in the educational field in
there, as well as in Jugoslavia, a Caecilian Society was formed in 1877.
Therefore the attitude of past generations towards the historical forms of
Therefore the conductus, unlike the vertical trope, no longer had a multi-
these areas torrents of the cheap, shallow, orchestrally accompanied repertoire
these centers and the range of the melody led to the theoretical construeá
these developed and evolved quite independently.
These devices have been called the "arts" of the Netherlanders, but
these efforts at creating a church music in German-speaking countries,
These Gregorian reforms by the religious orders naturally included
These new stylistic devices that appeared as early as the start of the
These new stylistic media were found useful for functional church
these peculiarities. The various collections of sequences differ in their
These songs clearly betrayed their Latin models and generally borá
These strengthened the mobile traits of the harmony and at the same
These tendencies continued as the emphasis on feeling, so characteristic
these will often yield a picture that differs widely from that of the art as
these wrote large concert works as well as smaller church compositions
theTrhitiusalli.nk with the rite itself in the choice of the psalm melody and its
they could, contemporary devices influenced them in their treatment of
they developed in the West into free melodic creations, independent
They incorporate a compromise between text and music and are to be
they must interpenetrate. Only what is ~rtistically the best can be good
they were accompanied by instruments or merely by a thorough-hass.
they were followed by Salvatore Gallotti (1856--1928), Ernesto Boezi
they were not mere tricks of composition; they were a serious attempt to
they were now put on a par with it. Efforts were made to find devices to
Thibaut, Anton Friedrich, 180
thinking. At the same time an inner corruption of ecclesiastical life can
thIrteenth century on, the melodies assumed more and more the character
thirteenth century, was being reassessed by a new subjective type of
This abbreviation is a special mark of the Western evolution of liturgical
This accounts for the practice of including the intonations of the Gloria
This art is handed down to us in the Magnus liber organi, which
This art, now no longer bound by the liturgical melody, took new strides
this art, which was enhanced by the improvisation of the singers, Josquin,
this art. It was used for choral settings and for solo works, but in both
This attitude of the Enlightenment, with its roots sunk in Josephinism,
This brought about a new evaluation of music in the divine service.
This chant, which in the course of time grew more and more stylized,
This conception was given outward expression by moving the musical
This contrapuntal handling of the voices produced a compact compression,
This created an opening for centuries of theoretical analysis in the
this development by the preference for just a few voices, as in the work
This development in the sixteenth century of a religious art outside the
This device promoted textual clarity by presenting those portions of the
This diagram indicates a rigid organization, even though the melodic
thIS dramatIc presentation. Later the "women's scene" was dramatized in
This encouraged the writing of versets, long a part of the functional
This estrangement from the liturgy resulted in settings that were based
this evolution, although in France and Belgium the impressionistic tonal
this expressional medium lay in the harmonies and the instrumental
this fashion, ofiering a way for a personalized style of expression. Both in
This form of expression was further developed in Venice and Rome.
this freeing of the word from dependence on accentual rhythm together
This is an authorized translation of the second edition of Geschichte der
This is exemplified in the church music of Matteo Asola (+1609), Vin.
This linear tendency in independent organ composition has affected
This list has been restricted to books in English. For the serious student
This liturgical purpose also gives it its particular denominational character.
This movement to alter the medieval melodies and to create new ones
this movement. In addition many convents and seminaries have incorporated
this new art are found in southern France, and it received a special
this new form of expression. The core of this form was melodic expression;
This new form was called cantio. Cantiones were really spiritual songs
this pattern. Popes Urban VIII (1623-1644), Alexander VII (16551667),
This personalized art naturally freed itself as much as possible from
this principle continued as the rule.
This school is now situated at Purchase, N. Y. In 1953, the school w.as
This stile antico, which was indeed thoroughly different from the ancient
this style all through the eighteenth century. But besides the solo work,
This style utilized the chant in equal note values as cantus firmus
this task was reserved to Franz Witt and his Caecilian Society.
This tendency to stylize the setting characterized also multivoiced compositions.
This translation was made from the second (revised) edition of 1949,
This treatment of the text, in contrast to the art of Ockeghem with its
This type of music likewise reached North America where an awakening
This was a novel attempt at solving the artistic problem of church
This was determined by the desire for tonal expansion. Since the increased
This was especially necessary when the trope took great liberties with the
this was in accordance with a very strict conception of liturgy, it necesá
This was most disturbing to the religious orders; because their general
this was recommended for the bass by Giovanni Maria Artusi (1581), and
this work was the research into the original texts and melodies of ancient
this, because in non-European music generally the preponderance of
this, which made it possible to present the individual word clearly but
Thomas Tallis (+1585) and especially his pupil, William Byrd (15431623),
Thomas, Charles Ambroise, 174
THOMPSON, OSCAR. The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians.
Thorough-bass
thorough-bass. In the new compositions that utilized the expressional
Thorough-composition, .155
Thorough-imitation, 73-5, 84
those of Puccini over Italian influence in opera had a similar counterpart
those that had brought about the decree of John XXII at the beginning
though Gioseffe Zarlino (1517-1590) and others still emphasized the
though its use as a teaching device in many instances obscured its original
though solo singing was used and recognized together with congregational
thought made its deepest inroad into the liturgical melodies and developed
through free improvisation. They were now standardized and it was this
through harmonic tensions, parlando effects and free rhythm, the interchange
through his Magister choralis (1875) and his edition of the collected
through the centuries take place, depending on whether the emphasis
Through the interchange of . 21
through the use of every form of parallel movement. The cantiones and
through the use of new tonal techniques in solving the problem of expression.
through-imitation, modeled on the canon but with some paraphrasing,
THROUGHáIMITATION
throughout the piece, writing the notes in Gregorian notation. A chant
throughout the whole service. The organ accompanied the priest's chants,
Thus a new vocal form for church music came into being, novel in the
thus a point of departure for two basic tendencies in multivoiced church
thus acquires structural significance.
thus diminishing the liturgical importance of polyphony and the artistic
Thus for individual forms a useful style was evolved which was retained
Thus he took many a bold stroke, breaking down old forms and
Thus in Italy and France about the beginning of the fifteenth century
Thus in the fourth century Christianity shared two contrasting musical
Thus in the historical course of church music four large periods of development
Thus many a formula improvised on again became stylized.
Thus the continuation of the priest's chant, originally sung by the
Thus the development of a polyphonic art with independent voices was
Thus the reform spread all over the country.
Thus, alongside the symphonic, dramatic church music of the nineá
Thus, around 1600, a fundamental break occurred in church music
Thus, even in the fourteenth century, the link with the Gregorian chant
Thus, from the fourth .century on, a further extension of the
Ti.uJ pa - tris sern - pi - ter - nus es f') - rI - us
tI{
ti~f.~ i ~t ~
tiá ;t r ut te pos - sim ho - no ra - re lau - des
tically and artistically. The advance of a Catholic awareness in philosophy
ties. Divine worship came to be regarded as the external scene for the
time gave added direction to the harmony of the cadences. This harmonic
time of the Venetians, there were some Italians who followed the strict
time secured its justification as music for worship.
time.
Tinctoris, Johannes, 71
Tinel, Edgar, 179
ting.
tinguish themselves artistically. For "figured music," in addition to the
tinued to form the skeleton of the composition of which it was an integral
tion and shaping of phrase typical of the Renaissance yet free from
tion of church art, which on the one hand was an expression of those
tion of life as a whole, the music of worship had to be considered immediately
tion of sixteenth century polyphonic techniques. Bonaventura Somma,
tion of the historical evolution of Catholic church music must distinguish
tion of the modes. Thus a new basis for musical interpretation was created
tion the medieval liturgical melodies were reassessed. In France, in fact,
tion today, by emphasizing a linear treatment of melody, has unshackled
tion were not expected of the people. Another group wished to include
tion. By means of through-imitation (durchimitieren 1) a solution to the
tional and racial origins and to a variety of human experiences. In every
tions At the beginning of the nineteenth century efforts were mad.e to
tions No. 38. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1949.
tions of Pietro Guglielmi (1727-1804), Giuseppe Jannacconi (17411816),
tions of tropes and sequences and hymns so that the forms of these chants
tions there appeared the Recueil de Cantiques (Baltimore, 1811) and
tionship to religious content and to liturgy as well as its relationship to
Titcomb, Everett, 211
Titelouze, Jean, 126
titles ("Wondrous Woodland Sounds," 1688; "Marvelous Maypipe,"
Tittel, Ernst, 203
tl fi - ea
tlIe church melodies by Gregory tlIe Great (590-604). As a consequence,
tn
tn _
tn - -as de - can - ta re
Tn - a
tned to extract from the text every. possible musical effect. There is a
to
to
to - to est
to - to est cha
to a fine modern style. Karl Walter (1892-1959), Franz Krieg (b. 1898),
to accentuate the feebleness of his output. Along with Camille SaintáSaens
to advance a style intent on clarity. In Josquin's church music the humanistic
to an almost total separation of church music from its liturgical foundation.
to an inartistic sentimentality and consequently did nothing to solve the
to ancient musical practice.
to Austria, Bavaria or the Rhineland left their mark on German
to be considered as possibilities in the formation of an ecclesiastical art.
to be heard in America, thanks to the efforts of the unending stream of
to be published regarding the completeness and the choice of texts. Here
to be strong, but its rhythmical refinements were perfected, especially
to build a rapport between church music and the general evolution of
to combine both of these styles.
to Corbie by Abbot Wala. Amalar was commissioned by the emperor to
to cultivate a definite ecclesiastical outlook. It endeavored to preserve
to develop in their art a medium of worship, but always at the risk of
to distinctive fashions and forms in several leading centers. In Rome, it
to escape the jaunty, entertainment type of church music and to create
to est cha - ri - us
to est eha - ri - us
to exclude all music except Gregorian chant and congregational singing,
to exercise the greatest influence; Seth Bingham, Leo Sowerby,
to explore new musical forms that might fulfill the liturgical and
to follow the trend of the times; in their works artistic seriousness was
to fulfilling liturgical demands. While in returning to ancient
to gain an independent tonal effect.
to Gothic cathedral, the tonal problem for church music became ever more
to hold the center of interest for French composers all through the eighteenth
to it even the text was subordinated, with a total disregard for
to it. The meaning of the liturgy is established by ecclesiastical authority,
to make rOom for the massive figures with orchestral accompaniment.
to new principles of declamation and new melodic stresses, was the starting
to organ music. Besides the great C Major Mass with orchestra,
to popular participation in the liturgy.
to present the text clearly but to give it enlarged expression in a sololike
to serve to heighten the liturgical melody and not go its own way autoá
to substitute its own ecclesiastical chant and liturgy for the great variety
to the congregation an active role in the music of the service. It has
to the contrapuntal voices. The mannerisms of hocket and the clausulas,
to the fore, to create works with depth like his Ave verum (1791) and the
to the German religious cantata.
to the hturgy. In the manner of Michael Haydn he frequently used a chant
to the liturgy made such a step impossible at first. Therefore this art, like
to the liturgy, it would nevertheless be governed by tlIe laws of musIcal
to the multimembered cantata. This concertante art of the cantata, first
to the reader to judge for himself how successfully the task has been
to the readings. The psalms were sung to fixed melodic patterns
to the sixth centuries, the basic shape of the Roman liturgy and of its
to the sounds proper to the orchestralike organ that had been
to the verbal accent; and he had to maintain the independence
to them. An effort was also made to combine congregational participation
To this increase in vocal sound was added an increase in instrumental
To trace the varied and various relationships of music to the liturgy in
to true popular devotion. In France, the hymns of Louis Lambillotte became
to tu o quo-dtern
to which the text is suhordinated. In epen ence of the music,
to whom t~e cha~ts used in Christian worship, oriental in origin, appeared
to, and bound up with, the cantus fiTmus. The independence of voices,
Tod
Tod, flir uns den Tod
today in extraliturgical religious music, which he describes as "a powerful
together the choir and the congregation. For the organist there is a real
together with the creation of the greater, organ forms.
tol lis pee - ca - - ta mun di pee- -e- .J J.. .J. .-.d
Tomaschek, Johann, 167
tonal abstraction seen in the more extreme examples of linear writing
Tonal decoratum, 55
tonal effects, polychoral techniques naturally developed, as well as the
tonal effects. There is also religious piano music for two and four hands
Tonal Expansion
Tonal Expansion
Tonal Expansion 47
tonal expansion. Just as at the start of the second millenium polyphony
tonal resources as much as the polyphonic piece itself, there was a possibility
tonalities.
Tonality and setting were the new media of expression added to the
tonality and thus made it the support of a new mode of expression.
tonality changed the character of the old church modes.
tonality were expanded to produce new metrical forms.
Tonality, 65, 83-4
tonality, marked the evolution of church music in the sixteenth century.
tonaries.
tone became the center of interest. In the same way the tonal problem became
Tone centers, 97
tone coloring. With Andreas and Gottfried Silbermann (1678-1734;
tone gave place in the baroque era to an increasing appreciation of verbal
too, is the fact that as early as 1583, an Aztec translation of the Psalmodia
too, to combme strict composition with newer forms of expression such
too. For such a reform, however, the eighteenth century was not ripe.
took new life in the expressive coloratura of monody in the modern
took precedence over the instrumental, but in Germany the lead was
took the first step in the revival of the old Italian art. In his earlier music
took the lead in the further development of the Ars Nova.
took various forms. The usages and chants found in Latin-speaking countries
tory themes of the stile afJettuoso, with or without orchestral accompaniment.
Tournay (14th c.) ; the sections with fewer words are written in a three
Tournemire (1870-1939), Marcel Dupre (b. 1886), Joseph Bonnet,
toward a deepening and strengthening of church music. This path was
toward an objective textual expression in musical form were already to
Toward the end of the century inventiveness and expressive strength
Toward the end of the sixteenth century and in the opening years of
toward worship, liturgy, and church music. The readiness in various
Tra
tra or organ was taken for granted. Of significance in evaluating the
tra ta
Tract (Septuagesima Sunday)
TRADITION AND PERFORMANCE OF
TRADITION AND THE STYLE OF A PERIOD
tradition and the treasures of ancient classical polyphony, this resurgence
Tradition continued to be the essential method of preserving the melodies,
tradition for Rome's position in the Church's ecclesiastico-political life,
tradition of Italian song but combined with a modern harmonic treatment.
tradition, Chateaubriand (1768-1848) and De Maistre (1754-1821)
tradition, so that a secularized musical ideal was inevitable upon contact
tradition.
tradition.
tradition. In Italy each area found its own solution to the problem of
traditional are such writers as Philip G. Kreckel, Camille Van Hulse
traditional church music of Anton Foerster (1837-1926), P. Hugolin
TRADITIONAL FORMS IN CHURCH MUSIC
traditional forms, and opened the way to ecclesiastical expression in
TRADITIONAL GREGORIAN-CHANT
traditional melodies was brought about, redirecting their further evolution
Traditional Roman Pilgrim-song from the nth or 12th century -o Roma no-bi-Iis or-bis et do-mma Cuncta-rum ur- bJ - um ex-c~l-
Traetta, Tommaso, 155
training of the clergy, the liturgical choir (boys' choir), congregational
transfer to Frankish territories. All this remains a moot problem. At any
transferred the center of gravity. No longer was the liturgical action
transformed many of these traditional techniques and made them the
Translated by
Translation of Geschichte der katholischen Kirchenmusik.
trapuntal voice leading, the movement of the melody within certain tonal
trasting treatments of sound. Out of the multitude of such devices, from
Treasury of Liturgical Song
Treasury of Liturgical Song
Treasury of Liturgical Song
Treasury of Liturgical Song 23
treasury of ritual mllSlC was found in the hymn, although a careful organization
treatment in Weber's church music.
treatment of church music by rich.sounding, compact settings. The liturgical
trend or by the new currents in church music. The accomplishment of
Trent, Council of, 8, 40, 87, 93, 95,
Triad, 95
triad, and at the same time he succeeded in reconciling the style of text
Tribarren (+1760), and others continued to cultivate the ancient vocal
Trier; Bernhard Quante in Munster; a~d Benz in Speyer.
tries. Ivan Lukacic (1574-1648), Kapellmeister in Split, and by origin
trina created a new ideal of ecclesiastical writing. He resolved the conflict
trinitate semper colendus. Adoramus teo Quem vagientem inter angusti
Triplum
Tritta, Giacomo, 142
triumphed over ecclesiastical and liturgical considerations.
troduced even in strict composition. The text assumed the leading role
Trope, 37,41,49,55, 92
TROPES
true appreciation of the liturgical spirit. In contrast to Germany where the
true balance in both respects was necessary to avoid shifting the centers
true with respect to chant as well as in setting texts to new music. Composers
truly ecclesiastical.
tu
tu - 0 me - di ca mi - ne ad - iu - va me.
Tu - a .ve - ne - ran - ti - bus pa - tro - ci nl-
Tu - a ve - ne - ran - ti - bus pa - tro - ci - nil-!.
tu;e; it was partly Italian, but it was also adapted to the rationalism of
tual foundation of the artistic movements and their relationship to the
Tuba Mediatio Tuba
Tucher, Gottlieb, 184
Tune of an Armenian Church hymn
tunes of Ditter von Dittersdorf (1739-1799) with "Latin texts fitted to the
tur - tur
tur Do - mi - ne De - us
ture, symphony, sonata, and suite). With the coming program music, as
Turini, Francesco, 116
turn developed in their own fashion, growing more and more apart.
turned into a free composition estranged from the ecclesiastical style.
turned their attention to local German versions which they partly revived.
tury. Animuccia and Palestrina were his musical collaborators. This
tus
tus Do - mi-nus De - us Sa - ba - oth
tute of America, Oxford, 1947.
Tutilo (St. Gall), 37
two church-music periodicals, Fliegende Blatter fur katholischen Kirchenmusik
Two contrasting currents exist in French church music. For one, the
Two major publishing firms specializing in church music were founded
Two texts can be identical as to wording, but they will have different
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ty but t~ey lost, in the course of development, that deeper connection
Tye, Christopher, 90
type a particular expression. In this way church music took on a new
type of mass, in which these two parts were composed in so lengthy a
type of music the cultural background as well as the century have left
types developed in the course of history stilI survive, whereas most secular
U - nis - sez a nos voix \'0 - tre douce har-roo - ni - e, an - ges de
u áá
U)l - VOUVa
ually was overwhelmed by instrumental forms. As a result of this
umty "":h~c? were the basis of ancient musical ideas, and to see in
under the influence of Romanticism. The recognition of worship as "the
undertaken later during the pontificates of Martm (649-655) and espeá
undertook to provide the Proper in a polyphonic setting. The schola
undoubtedly amplified and extended the technique of Leoninus' organal
unexcelled exponent.
unfolded during the sixteenth century. This technique. existed together
Unification was further achieved by repetition of thematic material and
unified result. It was not until 1254, with the work of Humbert de
uniformity, the reforms safeguarded the melodies against any further
uniformity. It was not until the introduction of the Editio Vaticana that
unify a composition. Voice pairing led to an equal treatment of all parts.
unique expression of his own ideas. It is from this personal conception
unit. Johann Hatzfeld was the successful promoter of the ideals of
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United States have set up specific curricula for degrees in church music.
United States. The World Library has published the People's Hymnal
unities of Romanesque art e~panded into a variety of motions and
unity must be based on the principle of the motu proprio: that a composition
unity of the mel~dic line became the driving force in the new
univer.sal and the objective than was Liszt's. He approached the liturgical
universal culture of the Christian West, which had reached a crest in the
unquestioning joy of Haydn, but a ringing profession of faith. This
uns den
unt
until the eleventh century that Pope Gregory VII, with the support of
Until the end of the third century the ecclesiastical language in Rome
Until the mid-1800s, therefore, Catholic church music in America
until the publication of the Yatican edition that these publications gradually
until the separation of arioso and recitative sections made possible
Until the work of Johannes Ciconia the influences of the older French
until they were once again restored on a historical basis in the Editio
unwittingly became the promoter of shallowness in church music.
up instead the now dominant form of symphonic music. This change was
up the difficulty and actually brought in their train new problems. For
upbraid one of his monks who was inspired by the chant. But the idea
upon church music by a subjective art of expression and an emotional
upper Italy, had their own solutions, more or less similar to that of
upre, or Peeters, H. Bachem, J. Stollenwerk, Hermann Schroeder,
upsurge of liturgical feeling connected with the Romanticism of the first
urn
urn e - go ve - ro de - lee - ta - bor in Doá mi-
us _
us _
usable in the Catholic liturgy. Joseph Roff, also from Canada, and Julian
use of both styles, together with an ever.increasing tendency toward
use of chromatics, the widening of intervals, and by forms of declamation
use of his melodic material. The Gregorian cantus firmus was employed
use of instruments, this stile moderno followed the lead of the Venetians
use of music, for a new attitude was formed toward the liturgical text.
use of the homophonic style, which was already predominant in extra.
use of the text, either as a choral or solo psalmody.
use within their own ranks. But all such efforts served only to point
use. Later in Gaul a new revision of the Sacramentary was made with a
use. The multiplicity of the versions, however, and the quarrel over
used in set groups but at the same time are linked to their liturgical position.
used not only to accompany the vocal setting but also for performance
used the stile moderno were aware of this ecclesiastical type of expression.
used them side by side in short sections. The stressing of weak linear
used this fashion for all it was worth, so that in the end polyphonic
using an appropriate musical form, was already present in the time of
using these cantabile melodies, created music that met the contemporary
usmg sonontIes determmed by the composition. For Palestrina text and
usmg the German language. These groups sprang up in great numbers
usual paid singers, male and female, other vocalists and instrumentalists
usually in the form of dropping them or at least shortening them. Soon
ut te
ut te pos-sim ho - no - ra - re lau - des
uted to religious music by their work. Rivier, Manuel Rosenthal, Damais,
utilize all the cosmopolitan gifts of expression with which he was endowed.
utilized in a new sense by the Neopolitans. The choral setting was gener.
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Valentini, Francesco, 129
Valentini, Giovanni, 121
Vallotti (1697-1780). For ecclesiastical expression he used both the
Vallotti, Francesco, 145
valuable and important could be produced, there was danger of forsaking
values as his larger works. Bruckner's compositions represent the highest
values in the movement for reform. This produced the foundation for the
van Gent, Francesco Petrus, 100
van Hoof (b. 1886), Louis de Vocht, Julius van Nuffel (1883-1953),
van Hulse, Camille, 211
van Nuffel, Julius, 207
van Weerbecke (+ c. 1514), Antoine de Fevin (1473-1515), and
van Wierbecke, Gaspar, 78
vance into a new sphere of musical art filled with pathos, sentimentality,
vanous sun~ parts. of the service, ~as found new life by employing contrapuntal
Variations, 49, 84
variety of racial backgrounds in many cultural areas not only produces a
various countries and at various times has differed in its media and its
various directions.
various forms employed by the Parisian master Perotinus, who developed
Various influences from the East by way of Alexandria and Greece
VARIOUS PHASES IN CHURCH MUSIC
various points of view among them. One extreme group wished to establish
various singing groups, including the congregation, has already produced
various themes are developed.
various voices. He employed the isorhythmic technique without consideration
Varro,15
Vaticana created the basis for these movements. However, there were
Vaticana. The shortening or elimination of the melismata, as well as the
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ved of women's singing, particularly in psalmsinging, where "tender
Vehe, Michael, 131
veloped in these dupla, tTipla and qUadTUpla of the eleventh and twelfth
velopment, prodded composers everywhere to try with every available
Venantius Fortunatus (c. 600), with their finely polished, classical handling
Venantius Fortunatus, 36
Venetians, 143-4
Venice (465), Toledo (589), Mainz (813), Aachen (816), Rome
ver~acular was the effort to promote an understanding of the liturgical
VERBAL REPRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION
Verbonnet, Johannes, 78
Verdi, Giuseppe, 178
vernacular and such - had its first development outside the narrower
vernacular hymn from the ninth century. This popular art was promoted
vernacular hymn. Witt's reform was to embrace not only cathedrals but
Vernacular hymns, 41, 93, 131-2,
vernacular hymns, the cantigas in Spain, the cantiques in France, the
vernacular were made in the tropes. To be noted in particular, the Kyrie
vernacular. Marinus de Jong, Hermann Strategier, Hendrik Andriessen,
Verse of the Introit for the Mass of the Holy Ghost by H. Isaak
verses is the fundamental novelty that psalmody presented in contrast
Verset,126
version met with some opposition in places that already had their own
version of the melodies. As late as the ninth century the monastery of
versions of the eighteenth century. He desired simplicity and clarity. In
vertical troping and thus evolved the multitextual motet.
very little.
very popular. The piano style of the accompaniment was as much
very time when earnest studies were being made everywhere to re-establish
vesper antiphons, but the composition of masses was much more reserved.
veve
vi - ri
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Vicentino, Nicolo, 86
vices of canon and thorough-imitation succeeded in distributing the
Victoria
vided the bridge from church music to the oratorio which in turn gradually
vIe"": of mUSIC, even though externally he clings to the system of ancient
Vienna, 152-5, 162-78
Viennese classical writers who gave church music a new importance in the
view to fitting the liturgical forms originally intended for Rome itself to
viewpoint of the period. In Vogler's compositions sections of serious writing
views and departed from medieval inflexibility. The intelligi.
vigorous impact on the population.
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Villa-Lobos, Hector, 211
village churches. He had to provide suitable materials for all. He himself
Vinci (1690-1730), and others produced a purely musical type of
Viol.
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Vitali, Giovanni Battista, 125
Vitellozzi, Vitellius, 93
Vitry and Theodore Marier were among the editors of this magazine. In
Vitry, Ermin, 190, 197
vo rum
vocabulary of harmonies, employing new media in his melodic
vocal character in church music. The ecclesiastical vocal polyphony of
vocal music.
vocal polyphony in its original form, called the stile antico. It utilized
vocal polyphony of the sixteenth century - the Palestrinan style - was
Vochner, Josef, 194
Vogler, Georg, 131, 159-60, 166
voice mass. Multiplication of choirs played a large role in the creare
voices of the ancient polyphony. Like the chamber cantata, this new
voices of the organ. Dom Bedos de Celles (1706-1779) wrote a large
voices were raised to recall church music to an awareness of basic
voices, but their dry and unemotional artificiality, or their spurious senti.
voices.
voices. Francesco Antonio Calegari, Marc Antonio Ziani, and others,
voices. It is easy to see how far the means of musical delineation had
Vol. V. London: Oxford University Press, 1931.
von Arx, Idlefons, 186
von Eckhart (1729), or Frangois August Gevaert (1890), it is usually
von Hofhaimer, Paulus, 88
von Schniiffi, Laurentius, 132
von Waldburg, Otto Truchess, 93
von Weber, Karl Maria, 161, 165-6,
von Wilbern, Anton, 203
von Winter, Peter, 169
von Winterfield, Karl, 182
von Woss, Josef Venantius, 194, 202
Vranken,Jaap,207
vulgar form, and encroached on ecclesiastical life. In these circles a new
Wagenseil (1715-1777) and Georg Pasterwitz (1730-1803) became
Wagenseil, Georg Christoph, 152
Wagner, Peter, 46, 216
WAGNER, PETER. Introduction to the Gregorian Melodies. Pt. 1. Reprinted
Wagner, Richard, 185, 194
Wala, Abbot, 33
Walter, John, 171
Wanhal, John Baptist, 167
War I religious music was largely influenced by secular music, at least in
Ward, Justine, 198
Wars. Still little agreement has been reached, except on less than a hundred
was a broadening of the harmonic palette by the use of accidentals.
was advanced by the discovery of Codex 359 of St. Gall by Ildefons von
was again established through the Roman archcantor, John, during
was already so far destroyed that common people had different interests
was also given a more emphatic role in the motet, especially in descant
was also the starting point for the church music of Anton Dvorak (18411904)
was assigned to choirs of men and boys. This provided different possi.
was breathed into church music. More liberal trends withm CaecIhamsm
was broadened to include this new attitude, but at the same time,
was celebrated at San Domingo in 1494. In Mexico City, by 1519, a
was continued especially by Padre Martini's friend, Padre Francesco
was derived from the chant or from secular or religious songs, while the
was developed, but its harmonic foundation and measured rhythm, whIle
was employed in strict liturgical music but also in more personal religious
was employed only as an extrinsic theme.
was especially noticeable in England and in the Netherlands. In Germany
was felt. Romanticism carried these ideas into Protestant church music
was formed. Its standardization under Isidore of Seville (560-636),
was further developed by Giovanni Maria Nanino (1545-1607), Felice
was given to the Viennese composers, Au~st Weiri~h (18581921)
was Greek and the forms and chants of worship were horrowed preponderantly
was important within the movement and also for its influence on
was indeed a rarity. The inauguration at the start of the nineteenth
was influenced by his teacher, Salieri, Weber inherited much from his
was left to Ludovico Grossi da Viadana (1564-1645), in his Cento concerti
was linked thematically with Gregorian chant or endeavored to adapt
was much greater between the reform movement (Caecilianism) and
was no difficulty or disagreement, because the musical expression grew
was no longer considered essential, and this freedom became a musicostructural
was not in liturgical music but in extraliturgical song. The laudi spirituali,
was not until Pope Martin V (1417-1430) that the new art gained any
was outlawed.
was preserved in numerous collections till the middle of the sevená
was produced by a strict parallel movement of all the voices.
was really stronger in such works of the ecclesiastical stile moderno
was soon coupled with definite efforts to obtain expressiveness and
was still achieved by solo-tutti and concerto-ripieno techniques, but
was strictly enforced. The effort to obtain a clearer tonality, furthermore,
was su?posed to be overcome in other spheres returned to church music
was taken for granted, and was shaped in' accord~nce with the
was the forerunner in the printing of polyphonic works by means
was the foundation for the further development of polyphony, as well as
was the founding in 1927 at Frankfort on the Main of the International
was the prayer of the community sung by the people. Because of the
was the well arranged ornamentation and declamation which excluded
was thus associated with the expressional style of the musica reservata.
was true also of other countries where, by and large, the narrow restrictions
was undertaken by Carissimi's pupil, Alessandro Scarlatti (1659-1725),
was, however, Ambrose (+397) who contributed to its spread and development.
was, overlooked it and disregarded it. The orchestra was important in
way of thinking through the centuries have often made this relationship of
way served to unify the composition, in later development it was the
way to this individualistic art. Thus national schools and viewpoints as
WEINMANN, KARL. History of Church Music. New York: F. Pustet,
Weirich, August, 194
well as a literary form, demonstrating anew the essential unity of
well as in the writings of the fathers, questions of church music were discussed.
well as its own history of progress.
well as local tastes and fashions could unfold in church music without
well as ostinati thus won importance, as did free melody, broken chords,
well as other medieval writings, complete the exposition of the Church's
well as the Council of Trent (1546-1563), distinguished between church
well-known popular melody to an ecclesiastical text. Thus in 1795 an
WELLESZ, EGON. A History of Byzantine Music and Hymnography. Oxford,
WELLESZ, EGON. Eastern Elements in Western Chants. Byzantine Instiá
went a transformation in the manner of performance. This new concept
wer.e the .novelty that Augustme, WIth all his roots in the ancient musical
wer~ masterpieces in the new trend. Gregorian melodies dominated many
were achieved in the various parts by use of melismatic passages, the
were affected by these movements. Organ playing within the liturgy
were assembled from all segments of the population and fostered the
were concerned with liturgical questions and musical problems and this
were directed to the musical taste of the crowd.
were engaged, especially on feast days. The distinctive character of the
were followed or the freer compositions
were for the most part blocked by local and diocesan traditions. But the
were given impetus by the motu proprio. The Liturgical Movement
were imitated by Michael Haller, Mitterer, and others. Besides the congregational
were in this tradition, as were the Germans Johann Kaspar
were instructed that voices and instruments should work together "to
were Leoninus the optimus oTganista, and Perotinus the optimus discantista,
were linked by a unifying theme. When the Gregorian chant was no longer
were made to sift the supply of hymns and the way they were performed,
were missing.
were only external stylistic media which, robbed of their foundation in the
were popular in origin.
were preserved into the nineteenth century. Most composers ~f op.era
were pushed aside by the symphonic form until the Romantic emphasis
were re-enacted and expanded by other councils in the centuries that
were reserved for extraliturgical devotions. They increasingly helped to
were retained only in the larger churches, and even here they lost their
were separated to produce the effect of space. These cori spezzati alternated
were shaped into various liturgies, the Roman, the Milanese (Ambrosian),
were sometimes modified, showing how variation can be effective. These
were themselves altered almost beyond recognition.
were to be given new life along the lines of the new efforts at expressiveness.
were too freely mixed with the traditional forms. Gottlieb Tucher (179&1877)
Werlin (1646), Albert Curtz (1659), and others. In Silesia, Georg
Werlin, Johannes, 131
Werner, Anthony, 171
WERNER, ERIc. The Sacred Bridge. New York: Columbia University
Westendorf, Orner, 210
Western Christian worship.
Western order over Eastern ecstatic meditation. Although these contrasts
Western thought since the Renaissance, and its revival was grasped only
WESTPORT. CONNECTICUT
What is particularly noticeable, whether the music stems from Catholic
when he used the stile moderno he sought to enrich free melodic lines
when it had to break from the older tradition. The detachment of modern
When new problems arose with the introduction of polyphony, Pope
when only a few of the voices were sung and the others were left out.
When some of the parts were missing, a substitution was made not by
when the instruments substituted for missing parts. The use of instruments
When the liturgy was being formed in the first Christian centuries there
Whenever church music breaks new ground, church authorities must
Where conditions are poor and where a purely musical bent of minds is
where German was spoken, the early monody of the beginning of the
where it found many imitators. The operatic style of church music with
where it is frequently disguised by figurations. The tenor cantus firmus
where necessary. Their rotation in a cento-antiphonary followed.
where sections of the text were composed symphonically as separate and
where the counterpoint of the voices produced an harmonically conceived
where the missionaries encountered entirely new conditions. In the time
where the same melody could be sung in various modes by different
where the tradition of Constanzo Porta, Antonio Calegari, and others
where they belong? This is a question not only of liturgical propriety but
where, among the cantors, strict counterpoint was being promoted. Lotti
wherever native forces were at work. But on the other hand
whether this be the cantus accentus (simple chant) or the cantus concentus
which both the play of tonal colors and any compelling flow of melody
which fit the textual structure. The precentor interchanged. various
which grew in importance with the new situation of liturgical music. At
which had a changing melody for each pair of metrically dissimilar
which has changed the emphasis frpm harmonic elements to melodic
which here, as in the Middle Ages, had abandoned the teaching regarding
which in the medieval system counted as one note, caused the latter's
which not only suited the meter of the original text, but also were capable
which polyphony had at hand complicated this evolution. Already in
which presented an extension of the Gregorian melody by means of harmonic
which Scotus Erigena cites from the writings of the Hucbald circle, the
which therefore would for the most part be an extremist foray into experimental
which they gave a new theoretical presentation.
which took in every sort of form, the sequences were attached to the
which was essential to church music but quite infrequent in Neopolitan
which was in fact unknown to it, church music in the nineteenth century,
whIch WIll connect the different national Societies of Catholic Church
which, in broadening its part in worship, continued to maneuver for an
which, in their melodic shape, stemmed from musical experiences that
which, in this period, were gradually lost or at least transformed. In
whIch. IS used I~ the.first bo~ks to set the limits between music and grammar,
while at the same time there was a restriction of the choir in favor of
While for Ockeghem the intertwining of voices in every contrivable
while Johann Michael Sailer and Martin Deutinger gave it a sound theoá
While on the one hand, from the fourth century on, the very core of the
While the divine service of early Christianity was conducted with the least
while the harmony depended on the cadence.
While the organ music intended for Catholic service gradually changed
while the ripieni were added as an enlargement of the tonal
who assimilated the voices into the instrumental lines. The use of wind
who both by his compositions and his theoretical writings had the greatest
who cultivated music within their chapels, and in the large monastic
who had become acquainted with ancient music and its mathematical and
who handed on the Roman tradition. A direct contact with Roman practice
who have granted the Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur agree WIth the OpinIOnS expressed.
who introduced the Roman melodies, with the result that in many places
who lacked not only the requisite liturgical and artistic taste
who remained faithful to his Catholic belief, created polyphonic
who reopened Choron's school under the name Ecole Niedermeyer. Pierre
who was influenced by Anton Bruckner. The Silesian s~hool developed
who worked in Bergamo, Simon Mayr (1763-1845).
whole and half steps, either on the reciting note or at the fifth. These
whole typescript.
whole, from the smallest village church to the largest cathedral, became
whole, or attempted to adapt it to less pretentious conditions as was done
whose formal structure becomes especially clear in the outline on p. 19.
WI e word and th t
Widor (1845-1947), Alexandre Guilmant {1837-1911), and Louis Vierne
Wilhelm Kurthen, Arnold Schmitz, J. Schmidt.G.org, Amedee
Willaert (c. 1490-1562), a Netherlander who had emigrated to Venice.
Willaert, Adrien, 84-{), 108
Willan, Healy, 211
William Montillet (b. 1879), and O. A. Tichy (b. 1890) have
Williams, Ralph Vaughn, 209
Winchester Troper, 48
wind instruments. While formerly two violins, bass, and basso continuo
wind orchestra to the vocal composition. By the profundity of its concept
Wipo (+ c. 1050), Veni Sancte Spiritus, probably by Stephen Langton,
wit~ ,.... _
wit~ the unaccompanied chant. Improvisation, using the themes of the
with a firm understanding of vocal technique. Other Austrian comp(\sers
with a more objective tendency in church music and soon sought its own
with a similar manner of performance, especially in the hymns. The thirdsixth
with a stark modal technique. The Schola Cantorum, center of liturgical
with an ecclesiastical text, was very popular there.
with Cardinal Wiseman in London, increased appreciation for
with Choir 0 - san -na in ex - eel- sis 0 san
with concertante themes. This choral style employed orchestral
with contrapuntal depth. The basically dramatic character of his church
with each other in much the same way that the individual voices
with every tradition of musical style. In close kinship with the Gothic
with impressionistic tonal effects is the special note of this type of
with its instrumental accompaniment and sanctioned purely instrumental
with its national and popular associations, music was given a new task,
with its stylization beneath a purely musical melody. The method of
with many various characters and uses during the course of the fourteenth
with movement provided in the instrument. Running basses as
with new devicep for achieving unity and balance than they were with
with polyphony, especially in the composition of masses with sections
with psalm verse, was of fundamental importance for liturgical music in
with regard to music in Latin and in the vernacular. The distinction
with songs in the vernacular; this is true especially among the Germans."
with systematic training in chant and polyphony.
WIth t~e lIturgy. Thus polyphony, in spite of its link to the liturgical
With the beginning of the seventeenth century, this very personal piety
with the continued fortunes of traditional forms. In church music the old
wIth the efforts of ~thers who sought to eliminate the boundaries by
with the expanded melodic treatment afforded by the aria, with its emphasis
with the Gregorian chant resulted in a setting aside of the Gregorian cantus
with the help of Joseph Salzmann, then rector of Holy Family Normal
with the liturgy. Rheinberger considered the a cappella ideal as the special
with the neumatic notation acting as a support. The musical laws
with the non-Catholic population. Since the scattered congregations
with the officia~ liturgical prayer of the church. Musical composition
with the Roman type. Among other things the Introit psalm was shortened
with the severe expressive art of Bach and Handel.
with the special forms that developed, were the results of a musical viewpoint
with the symphonic form. Its chief exponent was the German composer
With the very first Spanish colonial foundations the Americas were
with their clean lines and balance. Johann Nepomuk David, Hermann
with their emphasis on themes, started trends for ecclesiastical solo and
with them little or no musical culture; they had scarcely any liturgical
With this means Desderi produced a cappella settings with the clarity
with thorough-bass. In southern Germany, this art was made the vehicle
with those of Haller and Nekes, were among the best imitations of the
with traditions of the new races it gained a form alI its own in the vicinity
with which they were associated had nothing at all to do with the
with Witt in the German Caecilian Society was Franz Xaver Haberl
with, and out of, the liturgical form. As liturgical song, church music was
within a generally traditional style. The variety of creative materials
within the confines of the liturgy and later independently. By the ele~enth
within which an artistic cultivation of chant was possible. As early as the
withm a gIVen system was not rediscovered until many centuries after the
without artistic worth. Many valuable works created outside the Caecilian
without being liturgical, a form whose influence was quite important duro
without critical insight into its shortcomings. Little consideration was
without letting the freedom of movement do away with the link to the
without necessarily taking into account the words of the text.
without understanding, the masterful shaping of mood gave Schubert's
Witt also desired to promote the new church music with organ or
Witt, Franz Xaver, 176, 185, 187
Witt, Theodor, 182
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's (1756-1791) church music first unfolded
Wolter, ~aurus, 199
Woltz, Johann, 88
wome~ and ~he a~gel hold a dialogue like the following: Mariae: Quis
won for Christianity, were gradually added to the l~rge store of liturgical
Wood, Charles, 209
WOOLDRIDGE, H. E. Early English Harmony. Vol. 1. London: B.
Woollen, Russell, 211
wor -tone r ahonshl Th b .
WORD AND TONE IN CHURCH SONG
words created a musico-textual art of expression which developed a
words of Pope St. Pius X, a functional part - parte integrante - of divine
words the choral part preferred a declamatory solution of the harmonic
WorId War I, made the strongest break with tradition. Other Dutch
work 1D the manner of Ockeghem, which cultivated thorough-imitation
work for the late nineteenth century. Through the work of Michael
work of the church choir, has been countered by the broad comprehensiveness
work still remained within the restricted limits of the divine service, but
working against each other: the one attitude, conservative, linked to the
works in the second and third decade of the twentieth century. In fact it
works of Palestrina (1881) and other musicological research. Another
works of Philippe de Vitry (c. 1290-1361) and Guillaume de Machaut
works were all part of the area of reform, along with the
works, a flood of poor Caecilian church music was printed. It was accepted
works, his ideas were spread far and wide and given an attention they
World War I that the Liturgical Movement attained any prominence.
worship and musical conception had overstepped the balance of form and
worship, could adapt itself only with difficulty to the grand developments
worship, serving both the glory of God and the edification of the
worship. Each of the styles had its own powers of interpretation. The
worship. Since the fifteenth century portative and positive organs were
would hardly have occurred if the instrument had not won great
writing is found in works conceived throughout as stile antico, but it was
writing. The aria (A-B and A-B-A) was the chief form employed. Contrast
writings of Caesarius and Aurelianus, and in the Ambrosian Breviary
writings of Stephen Luck (1856), Joseph Proksch (1858), Raimund
written entirely in canon, is a demonstration of his extraordinary craftsmanship
written notation assumed importance. The schola cantorum promoted the
wrote a large number of church-music compositions ranging from
wrote works for all circumstances. Hundreds of persons, often with more
X
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X Hymnal. . .
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Xaver Haberl still attempted to defend the Regensburg edition in his
Xaver Sussmayer's completion of Mozart's Requiem is indicative of his
XI (1678), and Innocent XII (1692) condemned the abuses in
XII Ariae seu OfJertoria in which the author arranges favorite operetta
XIII acknowledged these new labors, especially of the Benedictines of
XXII we find an attempt to solve the problem by rejecting any means of
year 1700, the unity between church music and the liturgy, as it existed
year at Boys Town, Nebraska. The National Catholic Music Educators
years its range has been considerably restricted. This holds true, in a way,
Years of lecturing at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and
years, for what it was. That awesome reverence for its tradition had disappeared
yet, from a higher viewpoint, organized these muvements into a still
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Zacconi, Lodovico, 85
Zach (1699-1773), Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792), Placidus von
Zach, Johann, 160
Zarlino, Gioseffe, 86
Zelenka, Johann D., 153
Ziani, Marc Antonio, 129, 144, 152
Ziani, Pietro Andrea, 129
Zielenski, Nicholas, 113
Zingarelli, Niccolo Antonio, 142, 181
Zuiiiga, the Mexican composer, must also be mentioned, as well as Hector
zum Licht der
zur Komposition (1790), Albrechtsberger collected all the teaching