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Notes from last night.

Posted January 20, 2012 - 12:18pm by adam.wright

Those of you who were in attendance at Spirit & Truth South last night were promised links to some documents regarding sacred music. Below I've included links to Musicam Sacram (Instruction on Music in the Liturgy) as well as the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani (General Instruction of the Roman Missal). I've also included an example or two of what passed for liturgical movement following the council as well as some examples of sacred music for your edification. Without further adieu:

CMAA Sacred Music Colloquium XX: Video

Posted July 14, 2010 - 1:09pm by adam.wright

Once again, the folks at Corpus Christi Watershed have put together a video on the CMAA Sacred Music Colloquium. Far from the hour long documentary "Sacred, Beautiful, & Universal," this video is a 6.5 minute glimpse into the week I spent in Pittsburgh, PA.

Enjoy!

 

CMAA Colloquium XX Recordings [UPDATED 7/5/2010 3:16 am CDT]

Posted June 30, 2010 - 10:39pm by adam.wright

PLEASE NOTE: This blog entry will be updated from time to time as more recordings are made available. I will also endeavor to post translations as I am able. For a full selection of recordings, please visit Carl Dierschow's page.

And so it ends...

Posted June 27, 2010 - 9:43am by adam.wright

After mass this morning with Schubert's Mass In G with orchestra, I am checked out, waiting for the taxi and on my way home. Luckily, I've been able to get on an earlier flight so I can surprise my wife (Shhh... don't tell her). In your charity say a prayer that I might catch an even earlier one. See you in St. Louis (via Chicago or Baltimore first, depending on which flight I can get on).

-Adam W.

What is Beauty? Pt. II

Posted June 26, 2010 - 4:56pm by adam.wright

Before I begin, I want to apologize for my lack of blogging. The schedule is so greatly packed, that there has not been much time to write blog posts. Combine this with the lack of internet availability on the campus during the night hours, when I’m free to blog, and you have little to no posting. I also, apologize for the failure to post Fr. Kirby’s lectures. We are having some trouble getting around the file size issues.

 

Earlier this week, Dr. Mahrt, CMAA President, posed the question, “what is beauty?” While posing a possible answer to the question, he remarked:

 

“Thus beauty gives delight in the truth, and thus engenders a desire in the truth. And to desire it because it is good.”

 

[UPDATED] What Is Liturgical Theology?: The Rev. Mark Daniel Kirby, OSB

Posted June 22, 2010 - 9:23pm by adam.wright

PLEASE NOTE: Links to the audio files of Fr. Kirby's lecture are included below. You can click the link to listen on your computer, or right click (mac users control + click) to download the file as an mp3. Thanks to Carl Dierschow (http://www.music.dierschow.com) for hosting the audio.

The recorded lecture was given on Tuesday 6/22/2010 at the CMAA Sacred Music Colloquium XX as one of the afternoon breakouts. The lecture description reads:

 

“This session will approach the sacred liturgy as the wellspring and matrix of all theology and examine liturgical chant within this context as the sung theology of the church.”

 

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