offertories — n. collection of donations, monetary donations, ceremony of collecting donations (at a church)of·fer·to·ry || É”fÉ™rt É”rɪ , É‘ / É’fÉ™trɪ … English contemporary dictionary
Gregorian chant — is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic liturgical chant of Western Christianity that accompanied the celebration of Mass and other ritual services. This vast repertory of chants is the oldest music known as it is the … Wikipedia
Antiphonary — An Antiphonary, Antiphonal, or Antiphoner (Latin antiphonarium, antiphonarius, antiphonarius liber, antiphonale ; Greek ’antíphonon, antiphon, antiphone, anthem ) is one of the present Catholic liturgical books. It is intended for use in choro (i … Wikipedia
Beneventan chant — is a liturgical plainchant repertory of the Roman Catholic Church, used primarily in the orbit of the southern Italian ecclesiastical centers of Benevento and Montecassino, distinct from Gregorian chant and related to Ambrosian chant. It was… … Wikipedia
Old Roman chant — is the liturgical plainchant repertory of the Roman rite of the Roman Catholic Church formerly performed in Rome, closely related to but distinct from the Gregorian chant, which gradually supplanted it between the 11th century and the 13th… … Wikipedia
Louis Archimbaud — (1705 ndash;1789) was a French composer. He was one of the last representatives of the Baroque style of French organ school.Archimbaud was born in Carpentras and educated there in the Carpentras Cathedral school. He became an acolyte, then a… … Wikipedia
Antiphonary — • One of the present liturgical books intended for use in the liturgical choir, and originally characterized, by the assignment to it principally of the antiphons used in various parts of the Roman liturgy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… … Catholic encyclopedia
Walter Guernsey Reynolds — (* 6. Januar 1873 in Tioga/Pennsylvania; † 27. Januar 1953 in Seattle/Washington) war ein US amerikanischer Organist und Komponist. Reynolds studierte am Mansfield State Normal Conservatory of Music und nahm privaten Orgelunterricht bei Alexandre … Deutsch Wikipedia
Offertory — Of fer*to*ry, n.; pl. {Offertories} . [L. offertorium the place to which offerings were brought, in LL. offertory: cf. F. offertoire.] 1. The act of offering, or the thing offered. [Obs. or R.] Bacon. Bp. Fell. [1913 Webster] 2. (R. C. Ch.) (a)… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (3 February 1525 or 2 February 1526 – 2 February 1594)[1] was an Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music and the best known 16th century representative of the Roman Schoo … Wikipedia
