St Andrews Seminary - Mapav Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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4 A r' lj'-'Y ego 1 so.. ' Q 'x Jr? ' 1-5 if ' f-fikf . X i qi ww, ' , r eg. I7-, l X .vigh l p1,, ,' xg. ,gf ' . . Hd ,Q G I ' p 1 ., ... as , , J i Q IQ ff , ,,- . '-JN' Wh Y .5 fm? ,- ',4,ggQ,' gk , Mfffi.. fillltgs-5: .gr M61 f' rra f - cel? f r 26,22 Q .Els ffil' 3.1-,HS '-Leis Wg-, .41 'gg fl.g'1 f Church music is a universal language. I If one were to read WMM It l 155, the original works of St. Thomas Aquinas, of Dante, or of Fillion, Wig, sgxvglf it would necessitate the knowledge of Latin, Italian, or French. ifl f asked? In music, the original works of Palestrina, of D1 Lasso, or of ,,,,,5y,, 'Q5j',,,:5i Haller were all written in the same language! We all can hear f ' 'lp and distinguish Church music, yet, be it universal as it is, how Egg! few of us understand, or appreciate it. How few of us realize J that itibears a history of over nineteen centuries. It carries us, in Xml - 'J-If 2 memory, back to the early days of the Church when heresy and ' '- We heretics were bulfeting her steadfast truths. It brings to our ears hymns, which echoed and re-echoed throughout the stagnant 'gs' dungeons of the catacombs, and which possess, in the very veins ,g M of their notes, the pains and pangs of persecutions. It may also '45o!4. be, that when we hear the Chant ofa High Mass, we hear a faint - rf .Wigs melody of that far-off Mass said by our Lord on the eve of tlng 'if 'Eg' His passion, that hymn which St. Matthew and St. Mark men- fs, . tion in their Gospels. Indeed! this is music of an age gone by. , l gfliejte is lpisgoryl in every phase of it. It is the most inspiring and J 3, v iona o a music. 45,40 This music, which so beautifully paints the scenes of our - religion, and which the Church calls her own, was born of the it U, Church and bred up by the choir schools of the Middle Ages. 0 fir: It is the Gregorian Chant, named after Pope St. Gregory, the 'xy x Great, who labored so zealously to codify and to enrich it. He Ti ga Q' collected the -themes and chants, winged translations, which if? ', :jd monks had written in the cloisters in the early centuries, and 'xiii arranged them for the Liturgy of the Church. For Pope St. ..- Gregory realized that, while poetry and painting were great arts, 'T Nl, music was greater. He knew that music alone could express ,,i:,,4' ya 2 thoughts that are above the longest reaches of words or picturesf, , He knew that no one could translate Church music into words or 'W '35 works of art, for its impressions upon a conscious soul are so - X .4 infinite and so elevating that no words or signs can express them. So, all the portions of holy Liturgy, that are to be sung, have been set to the humble magnificence, the solemn splendor of the Ag 'Q Gregorian Chant. It is the Church's own song. She nourishes WPS and watches over it from age to age. wg? u The Church's music is the noblest form of prayer, it is the highest tribute which the human voice can offer Almighty God. mpg? It is the whisperings of angels,- the most spiritual of the arts Q i. x - the handmaid of Liturgy. Q., 5, ' ALBERT L. SIMONETTI, '30. - flf l'Nt1 self, A ivifif Jr 5 ' S 7145. K - fi' flfniitififgv ' ,wifi-54' ' f -Idsf 'iff 7' ibmfgm' We ffffaSvNS. , guage v-qyfggxh, ,uh , W, I ,bg . Rug., am ' Xsstgifg-5, , U ,lj 2,391 I X . P -. fhuffy-seven