[AGL] here comes Rome

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Frances,

We was me and my roommate.

I got an Early Music in Austin email about it. Liturgically it was a 
concert, not a service. What the concert solely consisting of the singing of 
a Requiem Mass really is in the eyes of J.C. is known only to Him. As 
Michele says, some truths are on the other side of the veil.

Architecturally, inside, the church, technically a cathedral, is a real 
loser. Nice outside. Vulgar imitation of English perpendicular with gaudy 
red marble columns. Fake di Robbia style medallions along the side walls. 
Ghastly wallpaper behind the altar. Rich folks provincial bad taste circa 
1880s I guess.

In Paris, church concerts are in HUGE 900 year old
neighborhood churches. Hearing plainsong masses in gothic space blows the 
mind.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frances Morey" <frances_morey at yahoo.com>
To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s" 
<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: [AGL] here comes Rome


>I didn't know they had Masses at night on Thursday. What do you mean "we" 
>white man? Who in the world could have persuaded you to attend Mass? I went 
>to a midnight Mass there one Christmas. It was SRO. We walked out when the 
>bishop's sermon somehow laced the birth of the baby Jesus with abortion 
>phobia.
>  The Cathedral on the inside resembles St. Louis Catholic Church in 
> Castroville in which I was married. It would have been one of Texas' 
> Painted Churches but some inferior desecraters (AKA architects,) not 
> knowing how to apply $250,000 allocated to "rehab" the building 
> built-to-last-250-years, slate roof and all, decided to give the interior 
> a fresh coat of paint. The original frescos appear in one of my wedding 
> pictures.
>  Best,
>  Frances
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> Michael Eisenstadt <michaele at ando.pair.com> wrote:
>  We went to a Mass at St. Mary's catholic church on 10th & Brazos last 
> night.
> Had never been inside so interesting to look around.
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> Voices plus viola da gamba, portative organ, and bass lute. The 
> occasionally
> heard timbres and sonorities of the instruments made it magical. The 
> Requiem
> Mass was composed by a student of Monteverdi named Cavalli.
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