Pope Francis on musical quality: “mediocrity, superficiality, and banality”
“Sometimes a certain mediocrity, superficiality and banality have prevailed, to the detriment of the beauty and intensity of liturgical celebrations.”
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“Sometimes a certain mediocrity, superficiality and banality have prevailed, to the detriment of the beauty and intensity of liturgical celebrations.”

The psalm verses are optional—making this piece as long or short as you desire.

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Considerations from Tolstoy

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The «Kyriale» contains very few melismatic morae.

Along the “via pulchritudinis” (the way of beauty) they will come to know Him Who is Beauty itself.

The revolution continues!

“Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”

Hope vs. Certainty

“O God, who seest that we put no trust in ourselves…”
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