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Today we go to the Ministry Monday archives and re-discover one of the most popular episodes. We speak to Brother John Glasenapp, a Benedictine monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in southern Indiana, where he currently serves as the Director of the newly-formed Saint Meinrad Institute for Sacred Music.
Today’s topic is a 2-part episode which features my conversations with Brother John Glasenapp. Brother John is a Benedictine monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in southern Indiana, where he currently serves as the Director of the newly-formed Saint Meinrad Institute for Sacred Music. Br. John earned an M.A. in Medieval Studies from Fordham University and a PhD in Historical Musicology from Columbia University, specializing in chant.
Brother John’s viewpoint on chant in the Church is deeply rooted in a full historical context, which is what we’re to discuss today. Why can chant be challenging to today’s pastoral musicians? What are the roots from which chant was created? What are the roots of chant in the Catholic Church? How did we get here? And what can we do next?
Brother John joins me from the archabbey in Saint Meinrad, Indiana.
This episode is replayed from March 1, 2021. Click here to view the original episode.
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Bio: Brother John Glasenapp
Br. John Glasenapp OSB is a Benedictine monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in southern Indiana, where he currently serves as the Director of the newly-formed Saint Meinrad Institute for Sacred Music. Br. John earned an M.A. in Medieval Studies from Fordham University and a PhD in Historical Musicology from Columbia University, specializing in chant. His doctoral research was supported through grants from the Alliance-Council for European Studies and the U.S. Fulbright program to Belgium. His article on chant in late-medieval monastic reform will appear shortly in a volume entitled Gendered Perspectives on Monastic Reform in the Medieval West, c. 800 – 1500 published by Boydell and Brewer.
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