Painters and architects have for years been giving a contemporary look to liturgy. Composers and poets, while slower, have also produced some of their wares in church. A new example is a slim hymnal published last week.
It includes 40 hymns, responses, prayers, glorias and amens, all composed by 41-year-old Composer-Pianist Vincent Persichetti. to fit verses by more than a dozen poets, including famed versifier Anon. A teacher at Manhattan's Juilliard
School of Music, whose work has been performed by the Philadelphia and Louis ville Orchestras, Philadelphia-born Persi chetti is also editor of...
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