Liturgical Music in Lutheran Benedictine Monasticism 1993 David Nicholson, OSB ~ Gregorian Chant ~ Monasteries ~ Lutheranism ~ Liturgics

Title: Liturgical Music in Lutheran Benedictine Monasticism

Author: Dom David Nicholson, O.S.B., Monk of Mount Angel Abbey, Oregon

Description: Burgundy card wraps with gilt title on front cover. Some minor wear to covers. Interior is clean and unmarked. Illustrated with nine b/w photographs. 27 pages. 10.25 x 7 inches.

The third and final monograph by Monk David Nicholson, preceded by Liturgical Music in Benedictine Monasticism:The Monasteries of Monks and Liturgical Music in Anglican Benedictine Monasticism.

This volume profiles six Lutheran monastic communities, outlining their history and liturgical and musical practices.
The monastic communities are:

1) St. Augustine's House, Oxford Michigan
2) Sisters of the Holy Spirit, Alsike Kloster, Sweden
3) Ostanbacks Kloster, Ostanback, Sala, Sweden
4) Sisters of the Risen Saviour, Overselo Klostergard, Stallarholmen, Sweden
5) The Community Casteller Ring, Rodelsee, Schlos Schwanberg, Germany
6) Priorat Sankt-Wigbert, Werninghausen, Germany

Monk David Nicholson (1919-2009) began his studies at the University of Ottawa, in Ontario, Canada in 1941, and completed his theological studies in 1950. After ordination, his life as a monk emphasized music, primarily Gregorian Chant, which he studied at six universities in the U.S. and in England. Nicholson also had two extended periods of study of Gregorian Chant at Solesmes Abbey in France, which is a highly-regarded center for the study of Gregorian Chant. In 1968 he earned a master's of music from Northwestern University, in Evanston, Ill. His work as a choirmaster at Mount Angel Seminary began in 1950 and continued there to 1965. During those same years he taught Gregorian Chant to novices and seminarians.

Binding: Softcover
Condition: Near Fine

Publisher: Mount Angel Abbey
Place: Saint Benedict, Oregon
Year: 1993

Keywords: Benedictines, Benedictines liturgy, church music, Gregorian chant, liturgical adaptation, liturgics, Lutheranism, monasteries, Mount Angel, music surveys, music in monasteries,