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As the seat of the Papacy, the Vatican City and its predecessor, the Papal States, has played an important role in the development of Christian music. They perform chants of ancient origin, such as Gregorian chants, as well as modern polyphonic music. The papal choir is a well-known institution that dates back more than four hundred years ...
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The music was composed in 1869 by Charles Gounod, for the celebration on 11 April 1869 of Pope Pius IX's golden jubilee of priestly ordination. The purely instrumental piece in three parts, [ 3 ] originally called "Marche pontificale" ( French for "Pontifical March"), became extremely popular from its first performance.
Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop is the third studio album by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released on March 26, 1996, through Atlantic Records. After a brief hiatus throughout 1995, the band regrouped to record the album together at Westerly Ranch in Santa Ynez, California , where they also lived at the time. [ 4 ]
Concert ticket prices are at an all-time high, but it comes at an even greater cost. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images)
Dio vi salvi Regina (santino) Dio vi salvi Regina (Italian for "God save you Queen") is a Corsican folk song.It is considered the de facto "national anthem" of Corsica.It is customarily sung it at the end of concerts of Corsican folk music.
A music box (American English) or musical box (British English) is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or lamellae) of a steel comb.