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Reviews
Palestrina’s Sicut Cervus
There are few - some may argue none - who can match Palestrina's composition, and his ars perfecta, in full form here with his motet Sicut Cervus, based on Psalm 42, published posthumously in Venice...
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In Flanders Fields
In Flanders Fields
BY JOHN MCCRAE
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the...
Quotes
Teach nothing new, but instill into all men's breasts those things which the Fathers of revered memory have with harmony of statement taught... Preach nothing else than what we received from our forefathers... Accordingly,...
Nota in Brevis
Matthew Perry, A Troubled Friend
Matthew Perry died last week at the age of 54, found drowned in his hot tub by his assistant (which made me wonder whether all actors all have assistants at home with them) -...
Quotes
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future (Oscar Wilde)
Nota in Brevis
Dr. Richard Shaw – Talk in Ottawa this Friday
For those readers in the Ottawa region - Canada's capital! - there is a talk this Friday, November 10th, by Dr. Richard Shaw, a professor of history at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College....
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Sunday Musical Offering: The Time for Flowers, and Mozart’s 36th Masterpiece
A friend just sent along this poignant ballad, and as I wrote in reply, in gist, that I enjoy pretty much anything with a finger-picked guitar and a fiddle. The melody and the lyrics...
Quotes
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. (G.K. Chesterton)
