For For church musicians and readers interested in sacred music; a single lecture.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
2 of 5worth a look
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
3 of 5demanding
His 1985 lecture opening the International Congress of Church Music in Rome.
How it proceeds
Philosophic3 of 5
Scriptural2 of 5
Experiential2 of 5
Sociological2 of 5
Historical2 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
The lecture with which Ratzinger opened the Eighth International Congress of Church Music in Rome on 17 November 1985, in the European Year of Music, published by Sikorski in 1987.
