Catholic Liturgicl Music Today

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The course will survey the key elements of the development of Sacred Music as seen through the prism of 2000 years of musical development in the RomanCatholic Church. The course will explore the music as it developed within the Mass and the Church’s Liturgy of the Hours. It will also chronicle the music as itdeveloped along geographical, political and social contexts of the explored period. A core element of the class will be the student’s learning to sing Gregorian Chant.