Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Vol. 67 (1936), pp. 126-147 (22 pages) In the following paper, the Descensus theme or legend of the descent of Jesus into hell ...

A collection of medieval hymns perfect for Holy Week. This particular anthology of both Latin hymns and English translations was published in 2012, and after editorial kindness provided me with a copy ...

Laudario di Cortona: A Medieval Mystery. Ensemble Organum; Marcel Peres, director (Harmonia Mundi). The Laudario di Cortona is one of two great collections of vernacular religious chants from the ...

In a third-floor room in Ireland's oldest university a dragon balancing on two bouncing balls fires a ribbon from his mouth at a nun examining a caped man-seahorse hybrid with a traffic cone on his ...

These days, German church congregations have a wide-ranging choice between timeless classic hymns and contemporary church music - a mixture that is as colorful as the secular music charts. "Sing to ...

Million-selling medieval vocal quartet Anonymous 4 recently announced its eventual end as a going concern, and nothing underlines that as a sad fact like this marvelously produced disc. By Billboard ...