Reviving the “Forgotten” Art of Sacred Music

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By Emily Chaffins, Catholic Exchange, April 22, 2024 

Emily Chaffins is a fiction writer who has won multiple awards, including a Silver Key Award in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (Humor Category) and First Place for Undergraduate Fiction in the Florida International University Student Literary Awards. …

Avatar photoA new Mass setting has ranked #1 in Billboard’s Traditional Classical Albums chart this month.

After its release on March 15th, Frank La Rocca’s “Requiem for the Forgotten” immediately earned #2 in the chart during its first week of sales (the week of March 30). It re-entered the charts as #1 on the week of April 13, ranking above Bach renditions and even the “Beethoven for Three: Symphony” album featuring Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma!

What is it about this Mass setting that has earned it such acclaim, and what does this say about the role of sacred music in the modern world? We’ll unpack these questions to explore how sacred music changes lives and moves us toward encountering God. ….

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