Roman Catholic Church Accompanist
Script error: No such module "Draft topics".
Script error: No such module "AfC topic".
Roman Catholic Church Accompanist[1] (also known as the Accompanist or Collaborative Pianist of the Universal Church[2] at the universities) is a position usually performed by a church pianist[1], organist[2], professional or musician, and is mostly trained in church music in the parish of the Roman Catholic Church (the word "catholic" means "universal", that is the universal church[3]—a heavenly gathering of everyone who belongs to Christ’s kingdom). Depending on the instrument an accompanist may find at a universal church, a church accompanist may choose to play the piano, the organ, or any other musical instrument. A church accompanist, who may be called either a church pianist, an organist, or a musician depending on the instrument an accompanist chose, may serve any church worldwide collectively known as the Universal Church[4]—One Church made up of all believers in Jesus Christ worldwide. Those who play the piano, are often asked to play the organ for a Catholic Mass.
Most of the church accompanists are laity[5], that is, the people of God specified in the catechism. Basically, a church accompanist will receive music training from a Catholic Church, and then plays the Mass in his or her own way according to the divine grace each individual gets.
Church Pianist or Organist[edit]
A Church Pianist (also known as Church Organist[3]) is asked to play the piano or the organ during the Catholic Mass, concert events, and church holidays, or help the choir sing during rehearsals. The most difficult accompaniments to play for pianists are those to Bach Cantata on Christmas as mentioned by the Accompanist, the notable Collaborative Pianist Gerald Moore in his monograph known as The Unashamed Accompanist. When the cantor—a leading singer who leads people in singing or the member of the choir cannot sing an upper or lower key, the pianist or organist will transpose melodies and modulate to different keys for the person who is singing due to different vocal range. Like Transposition, Sight Reading[6] is a common approach to help the pianist or organist quickly find the right key of a song for the accompaniment. It’s also a desired skill for this position.
Church Musician[edit]
A Church Musician is one who served the church or was invited to play the musical instruments at the church. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was a raised Catholic laity, can be one of the most notable church musician of the Roman Catholic Church. In his early childhood, the music prodigal Mozart had tremendous experience in organ playing, and he played the organ at various places in Europe, including the Church of Holy Ghost in Heidelberg and the Royal Chapel in Versailles. During the mid-1770s, Mozart was engaged as a church musician by the archbishop of Salzburg[7] where he wrote plenty of church music—concertato masses, litanies, and trio for the violins, bass, and organ used in Salzburg at the gradual or alleluia, one of the five items of the Catholic Mass[8]. In his adult age, he was invited to play the organ in the Strahov Monastery in Prague in 1787. In Mozart’s life, he had witnessed four keyboard instruments—the harpsichord, clavichord, pianoforte, and the organ, but he never had a chance to play a modern piano.[9] He liked organ very much and had spent a lot of time studying the organ and organ playing in his childhood. This instrument had a great influence on his musicianship: the skills he developed in playing the four keyboard instruments.
WIP[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ Citation: Of all orchestral accompaniments by far... the most difficult are those to Bach's Cantatas. Last paragraph. Gerald Moore, ed. (1984) The Unashamed Accompanist, Revised edition. London: MacRae P. 68 ISBN: 978-0862034962
- ^ Citation: It clearly defines the universal Church to be the worldwide Church. 1st paragraph. Douglas H. Knight, ed. (2016) The Theory of John Zizioulas, 2nd edition. London & New York: Routledge. Page 174. ISBN: 978-0754654308
- ^ Theophane, ed. (1961) Handbook for Catholic church organists, Revised edition. Boston: McLaughlin & Reilly Co. OCLC: 43285798
References[edit]
- ↑ The Church pianist. Dayton, OH: Lorenz Pub. Co. 1984. ISSN 0890-9032. OCLC 14444358. Search this book on
- ↑ M., Theophane (1961). Handbook for catholic church organists (Revised ed.). Boston: McLaughlin and Reilly Co. OCLC 43285798. Search this book on
- ↑ Bathrellos, Demetrios; Knight, Douglas H. (2016). The Theology of John Zizioulas : Personhood and the Church. Taylor and Francis. p. 174. ISBN 9781317014294. OCLC 1018149134. Search this book on
- ↑ Citation: It clearly defines the universal Church to be the worldwide Church. Church. Douglas H. Knight, ed. (2016) The Theory of John Zizioulas, 2nd edition. London & New York: Routledge. Page 174. ISBN: 978-0754654308
- ↑ The church needs the laity : the wisdom of John Henry Newman. New York or Mahwah, NJ,: Paulist Press. 2021. The Church Needs Laity. ISBN 9781587689161. OCLC 1176328255. Search this book on
- ↑ Moore, Gerald (1984). The Unashamed Accompanist (Revised ed.). London: MacRae. p. 61. ISBN 9780862034962. Search this book on
- ↑ Crocker, Richard L. (2014). History of Musical Style. Dover Publications. p. 387. ISBN 9781306862486. OCLC 881366615. Search this book on
- ↑ Citation: Introit, gradual, alleluia, offertory, and communion are sung by the choir. The five items constitute the main part of the Gregorian repertory. Crocker, Richard L. (2014). History of Musical Style. Dover Publications. P. 6
- ↑ Komlós, Katalin. "Mozart and the Organ: Piping Time". The Musical Times. 143: 56–61.
External Links[edit]
- St. Gregorian Chant（Latin Church's literature）
- Chinese Page (WIP)
This article "Roman Catholic Church Accompanist" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Roman Catholic Church Accompanist. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
