SACRED MUSIC

Winter 2008Volume 135, Number 4

EDITORIAL

The Sacred | William Mahrt

ARTICLES

Sacred Music: An Integral Part of the Liturgy | Michael LawrenceThe Role of the Choir in the Celebration of the Liturgy:Notes on the Experience at Westminster Cathedral | Martin BakerThe Lectern in Liturgical Culture | Miklós István FöldváryHow to Read the Vatican Gradual | Jeffrey OstrowskiThe Church’s Unwritten Memo to Composers: “Set the Propers” | Aristotle Esguerra

ARCHIVE

ANote on

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

| Mary Berry

REPERTORY

The Anniversary of a Treasure: Considering an Overlooked Catholic Composer | Br. Jonathan Ryan, S.J.C.The Theosis of John Tavener: Dualities and Icons in

The Tyger

and

The Lamb

| Jennifer Snodgrass

COMMENTARY

Leisure and Liturgy | Richard CipollaBeauty, Subjectivism, and Liturgical Music | Fr. Robert J. JohansenATribute to Msgr. Schuler | William E. SandersonYour Choir, Your History: ASimple Guide to Documenting Your Experience | Mary Jane BallouThe Heroic Task of Chanting | Jeffrey Tucker

THE LAST WORD

An Education in Sacred Music | Kurt Poterack

NEWS

William Byrd FestivalMcLean Gregorian Chant WorkshopANew Chant Book from CMAA340495968213436681463525465666629

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