countertenor highest male register Psalm 126 Douay-Rheims https://www.drbo.org/chapter/21126.htm#:~:text=1%20Unless%20the%20Lord%20build,eat%20the%20bread%20of%20sorrow. “Even after his voice changed at age 13, Scholl continued to sing as a countertenor…In an interview with iclassics.com, Scholl said, ‘Singing is just very natural; I’ve always done it, every day, and I’ve always enjoyed it.’” -Encyclopedia.com Some tenors can reach this register with practice, but it remains fairly hard to do. I’ve heard Andreas sing at a lower register, he says baritone, but it sounds tenor.
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In 1703, Vivaldi was hired by the Ospedale della Pietà, an orphanage for girls in Venice, a position he was to hold for the next 36 years. Initially hired as a violin teacher, he was given more and more responsibility. The girls often stayed at the orphanage for the rest of their lives. They were divided into two groups, those who received a musical education and those who received a general education. At Mass, they performed behind screens (grill work) so as not to distract the congregation, which explains why, traditionally, musicians and choir singers were in a loft at the back of church. This is the correct way to do it. The modernist church puts choirs in front, sometimes right in the sanctuary, if there is one. The right focus is the altar. Though they would have worn the white veils to cover head and shoulders (to require that would make a television production less appealing), here is an authentic re-creation of how it was done. There are biblical reasons for a veil. I think it makes a woman more beautiful.
The red lamp is the sanctuary lamp, lit when Our Lord is present in the tabernacle. During research I read something else about Vivaldi. I don’t know if this is true, but it has been written that he left the altar while saying Mass to write a musical thought and returned after several minutes, and did this more than once. If true, this would explain his request for dispensation as a priest. There are other explanations, including severe asthma attacks at the altar. Sung at St. Willibrord. Willibrord, Bishop of Utrecht, died in 739. Mozart died in 1791. Both were fluent in Latin. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes Laudate eum, omnes populi Quoniam confirmata est Super nos misericordia eius Et veritas, veritas Domini manet, manet in aeternum Gloria Patri et Filio Et Spiritui Sancto Sicut erat in principio Et nunc, et semper Et in saecula saeculorum Amen, Amen, Amen Praise the Lord, all ye nations, praise him, all ye peoples. For his loving mercy has been bestowed upon us, and the truth of the Lord endures for eternity. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. After Vatican II, Utrecht wanted to sell and demolish the Gothic revival church built in the years 1875-1877. Lay people and Father Winand Kotte (Assumptionists) bought the building and kept the interior intact. The SSPX offers the Latin Mass every Sunday at 5 pm, in a country where Catholicism is practically dead. Between 2008 and 2011 the number of parishes went from 326 to 48. Attendance at Sunday Mass was 13% in 2021 and, following COVID, is now 2.5%. And still the cardinal there thinks the drop has nothing to do with Vatican II. In the real world, he would get the boot. About 2 1/2 hours from Prague is the Cistercian monastery at Vyšší Brod, and the best place for school. The ideal plan would be reordering every diocese and its schools, and independent Catholic schools, around a monastery as the center. Did you know of two inventions, the interim Mass (1967) followed by the new Mass (1969)? Oremus: let us reverse and renew our direction. Altovadum: ford, high or above If God is calling you to monastic life, say, "Yes," even if you can't sing. I'm told you learn.
from YT's 85 (b. 1985?), qu4tre vingt cinq
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921, French composer, conductor, organist, pianist What is a mode in music? It doesn't contain any notes but refers to how the intervals between the notes of a scale are arranged, a particular set of whole steps & half steps (white/black keys of a piano).
I need constant math reminders: Synopsis “The story is from the Book of Judith in the Apocrypha, in which Judith, a Jewish widow, saves her people from the army of Nebuchadnezzar. With her city besieged by the enemy, Judith and her maid Abra secretly make their way to the camp of the general Holofernes to sue for peace. “Holofernes falls in love with her, and, after giving a feast in her honor, he falls into a drunken sleep. Judith seizes the opportunity and beheads him with his own sword. His servant Vagaus discovers the body and raises an alarm, but Judith and Abra have escaped. “The Jews then attack and drive away the leaderless and demoralized Assyrians.” https://baroque.boston/vivaldi-juditha#:~:text=The%20story%20is%20from%20the,Holofernes%20to%20sue%20for%20peace. Music Vivaldi received a commission to celebrate the victory of the Republic of Venice over the Turks at the siege of Corfu in July 1716. The Turks had landed on Corfu and had set siege to the island. His composition is an allegorical description of the victory of the Venetians over the Turks. Historical Note In 1546 the Council of Trent canonized the Apocrypha, which includes the Book of Judith, making its acceptance mandatory. "The Book of Judith does not exist in the Hebrew Bible, and is consequently excluded from the Protestant Canon of Holy Scripture. But the Church has always maintained its canonicity." https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/book-of-judith https://www.drbo.org/chapter/18001.htm Title: Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, Artist: Artemisia Gentileschi
Date: c. 1625 Location: Detroit Institute of Arts Gift of: Mr. Leslie H Green Photo: Bridgeman Images Vivaldi wrote over 500 instrumental concertos and sacred choral works. He also composed 40 operas, not for the school where he taught violin (Ospedale della Pietà), but for public performance in Venice. That is exceptional, given his poor health. The single complaint he made about that was in a letter, saying that he had a tightening of the throat. He and Chopin, who suffered from poor health, too, were geniuses, and if anyone hears me complain ever again, smack me. Vivaldi and Chopin had different dispositions: Chopin kept his Catholicism private. See Piano under the More Tab for more about what he said to his closest friends, and the girlfriend he never married.
Caravaggio, c. 1598–1599 or 1602 Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie. Judith is triumphant over the barbarians of Holofernes. The story is about a woman slaying a man, which is juicy. Fire-engine-haired Vivaldi wrote the Oratorio in 1716. Antonio was a Catholic priest, but at his own request, he was dispensed from his priestly faculties. “An angina pectoris from which he had suffered since birth must have sometimes manifested itself so violently that several times he had to leave the altar in the middle of Mass.” https://www.antoniovivaldi.net/2022/06/antonio-vivaldi-biography.html What an exciting adventure his music is.
I am riding a horse, being chased, escaping, slowing to let the horse eat some grass, and chased again. We jump over a creek, and I fall off, onto a sandy bend, and there, hands begin twisting the noose tight, tighter, tighter. Which one of the ladies is going to kill me? “Vivat in pace,” I yell! Vivaldi taught violin to girls. If you saw their faces day in and day out and heard their mistakes, would you not have had the urge to strangle an occasional girl or two there in the classroom? I thought so. They are singing in Latin. Haha. You thought it was a dead language. You will hear the Latin word video. It means I see. The video is communion at a Latin Mass on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Covadonga, one hour from Oviedo (Northern Spain). It is the conclusion of a pilgrimage, attendance 1,200. Latin Masses pack churches, despite bans on it that are coming from Rome. People want it. Do you have so many men in your modernist church? Music: Adoro te devote
Composer: Thomas Aquinas Painting: King Pelayo at the Battle of Covadonga Artist: Luis de Madrazo y Kuntz Art Style: Romanticism Genre: history painting Battle: AD 718/722 He kisses the altar because Christ is the altar.
Walk around the tomb and white linen in art. Music Title: Praise the Lord, ye children Bible passage: Vulgate, Psalm 112 Composer: Joseph-Hector Fiocco 1703-1741, Brussels, Greek/Latin teacher Musical influences on composer: François Couperin and Antonio Vivaldi Art Artist: Henry Ferguson 1665-1730, Dutch Golden Age Scene: St. Charles Borromeo performing charitable acts in a landscape with ruins Posted on YouTube by: Pau NG, Spain https://reciclassicat.blogspot.com/2019/06/fiocco-joseph-hector-1703-1741-petits.html Laudate, pueri
God is to be praised for his regard to the poor and humble. Alleluia. At the end of section three, the soprano reaches some very beautiful high notes. What Is It that makes the Latin Language so pure & beautiful? “With minor exceptions, Latin pronunciation is as straightforward as is possible. There are precisely five key vowels and predictable consonant sounds that once learned can be replicated across the near entirety of the language. “English, for example, is not like this at all; we are rife with different rules and applications of those rules, because of our strange but endearing development as a language, which was a complicated process of mixing over the centuries. … “But it’s a good starting point for consideration that, in the providence of God’s overarching, mysterious sovereignty and His absolute knowing of beauty’s value for the souls He created, He saw fit to allow such a pure language to develop in precisely the right moment for the birth of the Church.” https://cassiaandmyrrh.com/on-the-beautiful-purity-of-the-latin-language/ The omnipresence of letters m and n, the humming letters, and qu, the beautiful kw sound, make the language most melodious. In the 12/29/2023 entry, Thomas Becket, find the marvel quemadmodum, accent on ad, translated as as! Incubus Ante Natalem The Nightmare Before Christmas This is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical directed by Henry Selick and produced/conceived by Tim Burton. Is the film a Halloween story or a Christmas story? I think it is a rare-for-Hollywood allegory—Resurrection. Creator and Chief, Scorpio Martianus, aka Luke Amadeus Ranieri, classical Latin and Greek whizbang, funny and poetic.
my last recital at 15, sixth of six to play C.P.E. attended St. Thomas in Leipzig, founded by the Augustinians in 1212, one of the oldest schools in the world and still serving. I attended St. Ignatius in San Francisco, founded by the Jesuits in 1855. photo taken by Josef Ketzer, Nativity Scene, yesterday,
St. Stephan's Cathedral, Vienna, the Baby Jesus still covered transcribed for piano levels based on my judgment The first part is Level 9, advanced. The second part is Level 5, intermediate. The third part is Level 9, advanced (x pattern). Level 10 is master of the piano. The video goes into four categories: Faith, English, Music, and Art. Alexander gave me Writing Dice for Christmas. The dice are nine in number and serve as inspiration for creative writing. The dice are made by Two Tumbleweeds LLC www.twotumbleweeds.co.
It occurs the night before the Feast of St. Nicholas (Catholic Santa), a night when people dress up as the devil Krampus and chase naughty children through the streets. Krampus scolds them and gives bundles of 'ruten,' a cluster of twigs, so they don't forget Krampus after he leaves. Central and Eastern Alpine. I bet Austrian Josef Ketzer has been chased. Alexander the Demon Boy sang his own lyrics and made me laugh.
Composer (Fr.) Antonio Vivaldi
Latin Arma, caedes, vindictae, furores, angustiae, timores, Precedite nos. Rotate, Pugnate, O bellicae sortes, Mille plagas, Mille mortes, Adducite vos. English translation Weapons, slaughters, vengeances, furies, anguish, fears, Go before us. Turn, Fight, O warlike fates, A thousand plagues, A thousand deaths, Bring them, you! Music What you see is an autographed score (music notes and Latin), written in 1716. Old Testament Book of Judith https://www.drbo.org/chapter/18001.htm The easiest way to read the music is to follow the top line or the vocal line. Sardinian trapassadu - passed through The Latin roots of the word trespass are trans and passus, "to pass through". Sardinian developed from Vulgar Latin, a variety of Latin spoken in the late Roman Republic. Seven swords
The left forearm is almost transparent, hinting that through death and walls He will pass through. Without breaking her virginity, wherein the walls of her womb, He had passed through. Jesus dies in the 33rd year of His era. It is thought that Mary died in the 47th year of her Son's era. Tradition holds that she died out of love, 14 years after her Son. Artists through time have chosen to enfold her virginity. Of course, we know she received Him in Holy Communion. Catholicism is a physical (body) and spiritual (soul) religion. Unfortunately, Puritanism tainted America and rubbed off on American Catholicism.
In Spain, people exchange copious amounts of affection. American Catholics have forgotten that Judas kissed Jesus on the cheek, as was the custom, one sadly we have lost. The Zadar basilica dates to the 4th and 5th centuries, while much of the 12th and 13th century standing building is constructed in Romanesque style. Paul, born near Leipzig, is up there under the pipes. It seems that an organist must look around the music stand to see the priest. Seventy-nine percent of the population is Catholic. Tony, one of my friends, served in the Croatian and US armies.
This one is for Ryan, parishioner at Saint Stephen Catholic Church, Sacramento, and Saint George Melkite Greek-Catholic Church, Sacramento. Author of song - Nectarios of Aegina
Painter of the purple - Diego Velázquez Copyright DC Comics: Superman is an American superhero created for DC Comics by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. Superman first appeared in 1938 in Action Comics No. 1. See the similarity to one of the Mary paintings? SSPX seminarians sing Compline. The official public prayer life of the Church is the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours. So, is it the SSPX men you want to suppress, or the FSSP or ICKSP? Francis and his allies do. Will you stand with us, or bail by keeping quiet? Are you man enough to fight, or submissive sheep? And what’s the issue with Latin? It’s not easy, but it’s not hard. The last song is Salve Regina. A priest must dedicate himself to his new mother, Mary, Church, and that is the only woman in his life. My mother knew, and because that was a problem for her, she did not want priesthood for me. I acquiesced. One day I will find out if that was His general plan all along.
Schubert 1797-1828 This is my first time posting his music. This is good for young musicians and their first duet. “His ‘Ave Maria’ dates from 1825 [he was 28], apropos of which he writes that at the time he was filled with overpowering devotion to the Blessed Virgin.” https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13591b.htm Franz Schubert never married. He met Therese Grob in 1814. He was 17, but the Marriage-Consent Law passed in 1815 required that he show he had the financial strength to support a family. In this life we experience time passing, but not so in the next. Maybe you can say a little prayer to help him along in case.
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