Lenten Music Through the Ages

Let the Rome Book Club guide you through the world of sacred music and the ways the artistic, religious, and intellectual communities in Rome helped to cultivate arguably the most creative environment for the development of sacred music in history.
Featured Speakers:
- J.J. Wright ’14, Director, Notre Dame Folk Choir.
- Professor Peter Jeffery, Michael P. Grace Chair in Medieval Studies and Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology, University of Notre Dame
- Margot Fassler, Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Music History and Liturgy
- Mark Doerries, Head of the Graduate Conducting Studio, Associate Professor of the Practice in Conducting, Artistic Director of the Notre Dame Children’s Choir
- Patrick Kronner, Organist and Choral Program Director at the University of Notre Dame, Director of the Magnificat Choir
- Tristan Cooley, Librettist for The Passion
- Students from the Notre Dame Folk Choir
Series Description
Format | Title |
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Video | Meet the Faculty |
Video | Getting started - A brief introduction to Gregorian Chant |
Article | Gregorian Chant |
Podcast | Listening Example 1 |
Podcast | Listening Example 2 |
Video | The Origins of Gregorian Chant |
Event | View the Event |
Article | Additional Resources |
Format | Title |
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Video | The Order of Mass and Renaissance Polyphony |
Article | Article: The Order of Mass and Renaissance Polyphony |
Podcast | Listening Example 1 |
Podcast | Listening Example 2 |
Event | View the Event |
Article | Additional Resources |
Format | Title |
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Video | Baroque Music and Religious Devotion in 17th Century Rome |
Article | From Polyphony to Homophony |
Podcast | Listening Example 1 |
Podcast | Listening Example 2 |
Event | View the Event |
Article | Additional Resources |
Format | Title |
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Video | What exactly is a Passion? |
Article | The Folk Choir’s Passion Project |
Podcast | Listening Example 1 |
Podcast | Listening Example 2 |
Event | View the Event |