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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The sound reverberates through the space, immersing hundreds of spellbound listeners. Eyes fall closed, heads bow in prayer and fidgety limbs come to rest. The crowd is lost in a Byzantine soundscape ...

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 ...