[Magdalen] Education.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Hi, M --

No worries!  The masses were very likely used in the private devotions of
the Petre family.  They had a long association with William, and they were
"discrete" Catholics.  I read that William published his masses as
"kiries," or some such thing, avoiding calling them masses. In the police
state that prevailed then, it is interesting that William apparently was so
highly regarded that he was able to function. The spies were everywhere,
and it is not believable that his faith and activities were not known to
them.

I had the pleasure of singing one of the masses a few years ago.  Marvelous
and compact things!



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 12:19 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> I remain amazed that Byrd and Tallis, two Roman Catholics who so
> wonderfully contributed to the music of our church, are used never (AFAICT)
> in the Roman Catholic church.
> -M, not a chorister
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > I still harbor a bit of resentment that various O/C's, all well
> musically
> > well-educated, didn't teach/inform the choirs about the music being
> > performed.
> >
> >
>