Musical Settings of the Catholic Mass

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Nick Strimple
Nick Strimple is Assistant Professor of Choral Music at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. In addition to his expertise in choral music and his work composing and conducting, he is an internationally recognized authority on the music of the Holocaust, as well as an accomplished arranger who has done instrumental or choral arranging from artists as diverse as Air Supply and Frank Sinatra. Ensembles he conducts have appeared in festivals and conventions both in the United States and Europe. His acclaimed book, Choral Music in the Twentieth Century, was released in 2002.

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Nick Strimple, Professor of Music at USC's Thornton School and Music Director at Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church, explains how music is used in the Catholic Mass, the difference between the Ordinary and Proper Mass, and discusses why composers have done so many musical settings of the service. He also discusses how certain composers (Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Haydn) approached setting the Mass to music and why.

Shoot Date: November 2007