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Catholic Hymns - The St. Charles Choir

The St. Charles Choir – Catholic Hymns A1 O God Of Loveliness A2 Adoramus Te A3 O Sanctissima A4 Hail Holy Queen, Enthroned Above A5 Ave Maria A6 Panis Angelicus B1 Soul Of My Savior B2 Ave Verum B3 O Sacrum Convivium B4 O Lord I Am Not Worthy B5 O Salutaris Hostia B6 Tantum Ergo B7 Holy God, We Praise Thy Name The below is taken directly from the album cover: Music has ever been an integral part of worship in the Catholic Church. The Christian dispensation was ushered in with the angelic symphony ringing round the hills of Bethlehem; the Last Supper was concluded with a hymn; St. Paul told his early converts to "teach and admonish one another by psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing in your hearts to God by his grace." (Col. 3:16) It was natural that the Church would soon develop a style of music of her very own that would adequately clothe the texts of her prayers. This she did by drawing upon the resources of the three cultures represented in the title of Christ's Cross on Calvary: Hebrew, Greek and Roman. From the first she took the synagogue worship format with its emphasis on a litany type of song with responsorial use of the psalms; from the second she took the intricate system of modality with its delicate melodic nuances; from the third she took the aesthetically pleasing organized collocation of texts. From these various strands she wove a delicate fabric which holds first place in her musical treasury - Gregorian Chant. It took the Church 600 years to build the repertoire of Chant and another 600 years to develop her second great style of music, classic polyphony, which began with simple harmonizations of Gregorian melodies and culminated in the magnificent settings of the Mass and Divine Office by such masters as Palestrina, Vittoria and Lassus, who mirrored in their copositions the magnificence of the Renaissance basilica. With the advent of the homophonic expression, the Church began to employ in her worship the hymn form, examples of which are featured here by the St. Charles Choir under the direction of Paul Salamunovich. - Father John Cremins, Mus. D, Director of Music, Archdiocese of Los Angeles https://www.discogs.com/master/218567...