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Last Rites and Matins of the Dead

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

In this guest blog, Senior Music Specialist Ray White discusses the Music Division's recent acquisition of "Last Rites and Matins of the Dead" (ca. 1375-1425), which represents liturgical text, traditions and music of the "Triduum," a three-day period (that includes Halloween and Día de los Muertos) focused on honoring the departed in Western Christian faiths.

Posted in: Early Music, Guest bloggers, Holidays, Latin American History, New Acquisitions, Newly Cataloged, Sacred music, Sheet Music, Uncategorized

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Biber Fever: Baroque Remix

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

Approximately 350 years before young pop artist Justin Bieber joined planet earth, the original Biber (pronounced Beeber, as “Bieber”) was born in Wartenberg, Bohemia. Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (baptized August 12, 1644, died May 3, 1704) was the rage in Austria and Central Europe for much of the seventeenth century (top that Justin!). His …

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