On Dec. 31 every year, the pope leads the Church in a solemn prayer of Thanksgiving to God for the civil year coming to a close. It takes place in St. Peter’s at the end of First Vespers for the ...
We all have our favorite prayers, novenas, devotions and aspirations. One of mine is a prayer that seems to have fallen out of popular use lately: the ancient “Te Deum”, commonly attributed to St.
Strictly speaking, a 'te deum' is a ritualistic prayer with a celebratory tone, usually chanted by clerics or other men and women who have taken holy orders. But many composers have used Latin te deum ...
(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 31 - Pope Francis on Friday attended the traditional end of year Te Deum prayers in St Peter-s Basilica but did not preside over the rite as usual, the Vatican said. The Vatican did ...
Te Deum laudamus settings-used in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries both for various liturgical and political occasions-are difficult to classify due to a lack of available particulars ...
The government of Cristina Kirchner has decided to “chastise” Church officials in Argentina for their criticism of its policies by announcing it will cancel a 198 year-old tradition and replace the ...
Joseph Parry composed well-known hymn tunes like Myfanwy and Aberystwyth The world premiere is taking place of a work by Welsh composer Joseph Parry written almost 150 years ago. Te Deum will be ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Founded in 1948, the Journal of the American Musicological Society welcomes topics from all fields of musical inquiry, including ...