In the Gelernter post you wrote this: “What is a Dark Age? It is a time of mass amnesia.” I am trying to start a Latin program at my little Catholic school. It has met with the usual concerns about ...
Vaughan Williams described himself as a "cheerful agnostic", though that did not prevent him hedging his bets and composing specifically liturgical pieces, such as his well known Mass in G Minor, and ...
It would be fascinating to know how Vaughan Williams conducted the first London performance of his Sancta Civitas with what was then his Bach Choir. Was his interpretation so well-mannered, so ...
Alexandra Coghlan for Building a Library recommends the best recording of Vaughan Williams's plea for peace, tolerance and understanding written in 1936, his Dona Nobis Pacem. The piece is on a huge ...
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