S1E7: What's the Purpose of Liturgical Music?

22/10/2022 56 min Temporada 1 Episodio 7
S1E7: What's the Purpose of Liturgical Music?

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Send us a textToday on the podcast, we're discussing the purpose of liturgical music, and why understanding the purpose of liturgical music matters. We chatted about how liturgical music also includes music for the Liturgy of the Hours, took a detour into Eucharistic miracles, and touched on the difference between sacred music and liturgical music. This is a scratch-the-surface episode on liturgical music, so here's what this episode isn't:An authoritative guide on liturgical musicA deep dive into Church documents on liturgical musicUs telling you exactly what music should be played at MassWhat this episode is:A discussion on how the function of liturgical music is to reflect what's happening in the MassA chat about how contributing our musical gifts to the liturgy is a great honor and privilege, but also a great responsibilityAn opportunity for us to talk about Eucharistic miracles, aka one of our favorite topics *ever*Cecilia's favorite work of liturgical music: W.A Mozart's VespersTara's favorite work of liturgical music: Roman Hurko's VespersLinks: Music and Meaning in the Mass, by Annamaria Cardinalli Sing the Hours