Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-09
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L|TURG|CAL MUSIC
School Is Established With
Trust Fund of 81, 900, 900,
Rector Announces.

establishment Of q School of Liturgi-
cal Music at Catholic University OF
America. with a trust fund of 81 900. 900,
was announced last night by Right Rev.
James H. Ryan, rector Of the university.
The fund was made available through
the Dom Mocquereau Schola Cantorum
Foundation, q New York corporation.
whose object is education in Gregorian
chant and classic polyphony md other
closely allied branches of music.
The trustees of the foundation are
Rev. William J. De Longchamps Of the
Catholic University, Mother @. Stevens,
r. S. C. j.. of the Plus X Sschool of LII
turgical Music, in New York, and Mrs. J.
B. Ward of New York, who Is the found
err of the latter school and through
whose generosity the foundation was
made possible.
Courses to Be Offered Soon.
The task of establishing the new
school of music was completed by the
executive committee and board Of trus-
tees of the university.
The university, at its coming Sum-
rner session. will give limited num-
Der of courses in liturgical music.
The university board of trustees has
already assigned a site on the campus.
where the building for the School Of
Liturgical Music will be erected at once.
This building will be close to the Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception, the uni
verSity church now under construction.
Mgr. Ryan hopes that construction Of
the new music school building will be-
gin at once.
The School Of Liturgical Music will
be administered by Dr. DeS Longchamps,
v1AN lNna Ixy lne knAv alnafAd ~
the school. DR.. DeS Longchanlps has
been professor of music at Catholic
University for the past four years. He
prepared for his teaching work in the
best schools of nturgtcal music in Eu-
rope, in Rome, Vienna, Beuron, and
with the Fathers of SoleSmes. A facul.
ty, many of the members Of which are
leaders of international fame in their
respective fields, is being organized by
DeS Longchamps and will be ready to
give regular instruction at the opening
of the new school year. Special en-
phaSis will be placed on teaching and
research in the liturgy of the church,
under the direction of a prominent Eu-
ropean scholar, whose name Will be an
nounced shortly.
Open to Undergraduates.
The school will be open to under
graduate students preparing for the
degree B. S. in music. The aim will
be not only to prepare choir leaders
and teachers of Church music, but also
research students in the various de-
partmentS of this important. branch OF
artistic knowledge. The school VIII
offer courses in liturgical music, school
music. applied music, theory, harmony,
counterpart and fugue, and graduate
courses leading to higher degrees. The
curriculum will follow closely the courses
of study now being given at such famous
schools as the Pontitlcal School OF
Sacred Music in Rome and the Academy
of Church Music in Vienna.
The School of Liturgical Music VIII
confine it's work to the field OF chant
and classical church music, and viii
not engage in general musical educa-
ton. It's fundamental purpose Is 10
build up a better understanding ano
appreciation of Gregorian chant and OF
classic polyphony. All modern vocal
church music composed since Pales-
trina is excluded expressly from the
detectives of the school.