July 3, 2005
-
Requiem
Some links for Grete Sultan, 1906-2005, a pianist who died at 99 on Sunday morning a week ago– June 26, 2005:
Album with sound clips — The Legacy, Vol. 1
Album with Tantum Ergo — The Legacy, Vol. 2Tantum ergo
sacramentum
Veneremur cernui;
Et antiquum
documentum
Novo cedat ritui;
Praestet fides
supplementum
Sensuum defectui.Genitori genitoque
Laus et jubilatio,
Salus, honor,
virtus quoque,
Sit et benedictio;
Procedenti ab
utroque
Compar sit laudatio.Amen.
– St. Thomas Aquinas
Faith for all
defects supplying,
Down in adoration falling,
Lo! The Sacred Host
we hail;
Lo! o’er ancient forms
departing,
Newer rites of Grace prevail:
Where the feeble senses fail.
To The Everlasting Father
And The Son Who reigns
on high,
With The Spirit blessed
proceeding
Forth, from Each eternally,
Be salvation, honor, blessing,
Might and endless majesty.Amen.
The musical version of Tantum Ergo on the second Sultan album is by composer
1924-2004. Her Requiem apparently premiered
at Appalachian State University on April 30, 2005.
For other material on theology and Appalachian State University, see
and also the April 25 entry,
For more on music, theology, and Appalachia, see
