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[3] [4] [5] The commission, for an Anglican service, was regarded as a surprise, as he is "now possibly the best-known Catholic composer in the world", but he is known as a "masterly composer of small-scale religious choral pieces" such as a setting of a poem by Henry Vaughan. [6] The composer said that he was "deeply honoured" by the commission.
After the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, on September 27, 1862, approximately 10,000 Chicagoans, accompanied by several musical societies such as Root & Cady, gathered at Bryan Hall and Court House Square to celebrate the occasion. "Kingdom Coming", which symbolized the proclamation's outcome, was one of the tunes chanted by the crowd. [38]
The Brazilian Republic Anthem, also known as the Anthem of the Proclamation of the Republic (Portuguese: Hino da Proclamação da República), is a Brazilian song commemorating the Proclamation of the Republic in 15 November 1889. It was composed by Leopoldo Miguez with lyrics by Medeiros e Albuquerque. It was published in an official document ...
The Exsultet in a Polish church. The Exsultet (spelled in pre-1920 editions of the Roman Missal as Exultet), also known as the Easter Proclamation (Latin: Praeconium Paschale), [1] is a lengthy sung proclamation delivered before the paschal candle, ideally by a deacon, during the Easter Vigil in the Roman Rite of Mass.
The Noveritis, also variously known as the Announcement of Easter and the Moveable Feasts (in the post-1970 Roman Missal) or the Epiphany proclamation, is a liturgical chant sung on the Feast of Epiphany that contains a summary of liturgical dates of moveable feasts in the year ahead. Noveritis comes from the incipit of the chant.
"Sleep, Dearie, Sleep" was played at the end of the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey. [4] The Queen's piper, Warrant Officer Class 1 (Pipe Major) Paul Burns, whose task was playing the bagpipes outside the Queen's window each morning to wake her up, performed the traditional lament.
[1] The song's lyrics are attributed to the regiment's white officer, Captain Lindley Miller. An almost identical song, "The Valiant Soldiers," is attributed to Sojourner Truth in post-Civil War editions of her Narrative. Recent scholarship supports Miller as the original author, or at least compiler, of the song.
The Alexandrian Rite is the liturgical rite of the Coptic Orthodox Church.The Memorial Acclamation is present within the conclusion of the Institution Narrative of all three liturgies of the rite, which are the Liturgy of St. Cyril, the Liturgy of St. Basil, and the Liturgy of St. Gregory.