Real Music: A Guide to the Timeless Hymns of the Church
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (946 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1618907026 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Cecilia Choir as your muse, join the Catholic Musical Renaissance, which is truly a recovery of the best that has been sung and prayed down through the ages. From the Inside Flap "With Anthony Esolen as your guide and the St. You'll be glad you did." -- Tan Books
In an age when sacred hymns of the past have either been "modernized" or utterly rejected as irrelevant, Real Music restores to us to a treasure trove, the vast heritage of glorious sacred music for congregations and choirs. John Cantius Church in Chicago) is a comprehensive and delightful guide to the great traditional hymnody of the Church. Whether you read the book and listen to, or perhaps even sing along with, the CD at home in your favorite easy chair, or among friends in an informal class at your parish, Real Music will enrich your spiritual life with magnificent music through which we may all offer praise and honor to God.. Real Music by Anthony Esolen (with accompanying CD of 18 hymns recorded by the St. Cecilia Choir as your muse, join the musical renaissance to recover and to restore to our churches the best that has been sung and played and prayed by Christians down through the ages. Join Professor Esolen on a pilgrimage into the realm of glorious poetry and incomparable music, all written to bring Christians ever closer to the faith of our fathers and to the Author of our faith. Real Music is a book meant to be savored. With the Church and Her precepts under assault from all sides, we need now, perhaps more than ever before, to contemplate the beauty and
Excellent introduction to great Christian hymns. An absolutely fantastic read. Dr. Esolen has a solid grounding in both theology and poetry, which allows him to "show forth" the skill of the original authors and translators of so many beloved hymns. As a translator himself, he is also able to show how a particular translation uses particular patterns, wor. LavalA must-read Laval49 So few people understand what "sacred music", thinking that if it is heard during Mass, it is automatically "sacred". This book explains why this is a fallacy: that when we stop trying to sing the kind of music which pleases God, we end up pleasing no one.Give God His due: Sacred Music has been defined by t. 9 said A must-read. So few people understand what "sacred music", thinking that if it is heard during Mass, it is automatically "sacred". This book explains why this is a fallacy: that when we stop trying to sing the kind of music which pleases God, we end up pleasing no one.Give God His due: Sacred Music has been defined by t. Five Stars a bit o'class.thanks