The price of praise and faith. Study of the musical environment of a semi-rural parish in Hainaut in the 18th century
(2023) ISM Liturgy Conference 2023 — Location: Yale University (12.June.2023)
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- The price of praise and faith. Study of the musical environment of a semi-rural parish in Hainaut in the 18th century During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Low Countries were renowned for the excellence of the musical choirs and chapels that surrounded cathedrals, collegiate churches and parish churches. This musical environment within the church continued until the end of the ancien régime, with substantial ensembles even in parishes located in towns of relatively little political, judicial or ecclesiastical importance. This is the case of the town of Ath (Hainaut), which maintains, in the 18th c., a large choir for one of its parish churches (six to eight choirboys, six to eight cantor vicars, a music master and some instrumental performers). This paper aims to analyse the importance, for the ecclesiastical and civil authorities, of this music device in the service of God, in a region still marked by the Wars of Religion. Beyond the socio-cultural aspect, it is also important to analyse the financial stakes and the economic model behind this organisation at the service of divine praise and faith.
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Van Wymeersch, B. (2023). The price of praise and faith. Study of the musical environment of a semi-rural parish in Hainaut in the 18th century. ISM Liturgy Conference 2023, Yale University. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/26747