Perosi

It is a sunny afternoon on the green hills of the Mugellan landscape, when we arrive on the Roman church of Montefloscoli, in the antique rectory full of memories the Maestro Perpetuo of the Sistine Chapel is enjoying the fresh air, behind him a framed photo of the hug the reigning pontiff is giving Monsignor Domenico Bartolucci, the successor of Lorenzo Perosi in the Sacred Palace.

Interview with Domenico Bartolucci 2009

In addition to the Propers and various motets by Perosi and Ravenello provided by a small schola, the Missa de Angelis was sung for the Ordinary.

Saint Paul Parish Philadelphia Concludes the Year of St. Paul and Begins a Weekly Missa Cantata 2009

The affected “Cecilianism” to which certainly Perosi was no stranger, with its tones that were so mild and enticing to the ear had introduced a new romantic sentimentalism, which had nothing to do, for instance, with the eloquent and solid physicality of Palestrina.

Interview with Domenico Bartolucci 2009

The affected “Cecilianism” to which certainly Perosi was no stranger, with its tones that were so mild and enticing to the ear had introduced a new romantic sentimentalism, which had nothing to do, for instance, with the eloquent and solid physicality of Palestrina.

A bombshell of an interview. Mons. Domenico Bartolucci on the liturgical reforms and the reform of the reform. 2009

He was born in 1917 in Borgo San Lorenzo Florence., Tuscan by birth, Roman by pontifical summons, in 1952 he became substitute next to Perosi in the Sistine Chapel and from 1956 he became its Maestro Perpetuo.

A bombshell of an interview. Mons. Domenico Bartolucci on the liturgical reforms and the reform of the reform. 2009

He was born in 1917 in Borgo San Lorenzo Florence., Tuscan by birth, Roman by pontifical summons, in 1952 he became substitute next to Perosi in the Sistine Chapel and from 1956 he became its Maestro Perpetuo.

Archive 2009-08-01 2009

The affected “Cecilianism” to which certainly Perosi was no stranger, with its tones that were so mild and enticing to the ear had introduced a new romantic sentimentalism, which had nothing to do, for instance, with the eloquent and solid physicality of Palestrina.

Archive 2009-08-01 2009

I think, like Perosi impeachment is a pipe dream too many people have too many vested interestsat stake for it to happen unfortunately.

Gelding Congress: House Censure Would be the Final Cut of the Knife 2007

Perosi, the Benedictine priest, whose oratorios, tentative, childishly sincere mixtures of Palestrina and Wagner, were forced upon Europe in the late 'nineties with the full driving power of his Church, and who, when his musical insufficiency became palpable, was dropped in favour of

Recent Developments in European Thought Various

The handsomely abused Perosi, for instance, writes many a page, which, if held at arm's length, you would swear was one of Palestrina's.

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