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 ...

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Works by two 16th-century masters of sacred music are here given sublime performances. The fluid counterpoint of Palestrina’s “Missa Tu es Petrus” and “Missa Te Deum laudamus” is contrasted with an ...

With the death of British choral composer John Tavener in 2013, we are left with a single living composer of similar distinction: Arvo Pärt. Estonian by birth (b. 1935), Pärt emigrated from the ...

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.

TEXARKANA -- The Texarkana Regional Chorale and Orchestra's concert Tuesday will feature a popular 19th-century version of a 4th century hymn of thanks. An ensemble numbering about 70, including four ...

Bishop Jesus Juarez of El Alto in Bolivia denied reports this week that he had challenged the government to attend the traditional Te Deum Mass to mark the city of El Alto’s anniversary, but he did ...

‘Possibly of Irish origin’, says Grove, but the booklet-note states firmly that Henry Madin (1698-1748) was the son of a soldier from Galway stationed near Verdun. Orphaned as a baby, Madin was ...