p. The University of Notre Dame Schola Musicorum will present its 16th Abend-Musique concert Nov. 28 (Wednesday) at 9:30 p.m. in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on campus. The concert is free and open to the public.
p. The program will include Gregorian chant and primitive polyphony from Dutch sources. Seventeenth-century composer, Dietrich Buxtehude, coined the term “abend-musique” to refer to his evening recitals in the Marian church in Lubeck. The German-French name means “evening music.”
p. The Schola Musicorum is an ensemble formed in 1993 by members of Notre Dame’s Department of Music to study and perform Gregorian chant directly from medieval manuscripts.
p. For more information on this or other events sponsored by the Notre Dame Department of Music, please call (219) 631-6201, email congoers@nd.edu , or visit the concert series Web site at http://www.nd.edu/~congoers .
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