The Blessed Virgin Mary is uniquely associated with Catholicism, and the century preceding the Second Vatican Council was arguably the most fertile era for Catholic Marian studies. In 1964, Pope John Paul VI published the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, or Lumen Gentium (LG), the eighth chapter of which presents the most comprehensive magisterial teaching on the Blessed Virgin Mary. As part of its Marian Initiative, the Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame invited scholars to a conference held at Notre Dame in October 2013 to reflect the rich Marian legacy on the eve of the Second Vatican Council. The essays unanimously stress that the Blessed Virgin Mary is not merely a peripheral figure in Christian faith and in the panorama of theology. More than fifty years after Lumen Gentium, students of theology as well as Marian devotees take their bearings from this document in order to promote the person of Mary and the study of Mariology, as well as grow in authenti...
In this impressive volume, music critic Paul Griffiths offers a succinct and comprehensive guide to the history, forms, and personalities of classical music. Here readers will find:
? Biographies of thousands of composers from Albinoni to Zappa, with in-depth treatment of major figures
? Coverage of individual works, including plot summaries of operas and ballets
? Articles on the history of music and instruments
? Entries on musical forms, from medieval plainchant to
z contemporary minimalism
? Clear definitions of technical terms and jargon
? And much more
This is a must for all those interested in the colorful and complex universe of classical music.
Product details
- Paperback | 896 pages
- 154 x 233 x 50mm | 1,139g
- 01 Sep 2005
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Penguin USA
- New York, NY, United States
- English
- 0140515593
- 9780140515596
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