#145: A Historical Intervention on the Basis of Chant (with Brother John Glasenapp) (part 2 of 2)

Today is part 2 of a discussion on chant, featuring my conversations with Brother John Glasenapp. Brother John is a Benedictine monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in southern Indiana, where he currently serves as the Director of the newly-formed Saint Meinrad Institute for Sacred Music. Br. John earned an M.A. in Medieval Studies from Fordham University and a PhD in Historical Musicology from Columbia University, specializing in chant. Last week we explored the deep historical context of chant. But how do we apply chant to our modern, mostly American churches? How can we adapt chant to our needs?

Brother John joins me from the archabbey in Saint Meinrad, Indiana.

SHOW NOTES

ADDITIONAL CHANT RESOURCES

NPM: Chants of the Roman Missal (npm.org)

Free ICEL English-Language Chant Mass (provided by Saint Meinrad Archabbey and Oregon Catholic Press)

Saint Meinrad Chant Downloads

John Glasenapp Headshot

Bio: Brother John Glasenapp

Br. John Glasenapp OSB is a Benedictine monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in southern Indiana, where he currently serves as the Director of the newly-formed Saint Meinrad Institute for Sacred Music. Br. John earned an M.A. in Medieval Studies from Fordham University and a PhD in Historical Musicology from Columbia University, specializing in chant. His doctoral research was supported through grants from the Alliance-Council for European Studies and the U.S. Fulbright program to Belgium. His article on chant in late-medieval monastic reform will appear shortly in a volume entitled Gendered Perspectives on Monastic Reform in the Medieval West, c. 800 – 1500 published by Boydell and Brewer.

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#144: A Historical Intervention on the Basis of Chant (with Brother John Glasenapp) (part 1 of 2)

Today’s topic is a 2-part episode which features my conversations with Brother John Glasenapp.

Brother John’s viewpoint on chant in the Church is deeply rooted in a full historical context, which is what we’re to discuss today. Why can chant be challenging to today’s pastoral musicians? What are the roots from which chant was created? What are the roots of chant in the Catholic Church? How did we get here? And what can we do next?

#143: Engaging Youth and Fostering Inclusion (with Stephen Steinbeiser)

Today on the podcast I sit down with Stephen Steinbeiser.

For 33 years Steve served as Director of Music and Liturgy for Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. During his time at Duquesne, Stephen also served as the national Chair of the Campus Ministry section for NPM.

Steve’s strengths always lies in inclusion and activation. He always made sure that all campus ministry musicians were included and that their gifts would be fostered and grow. And in our case, campus ministry musicians didn’t necessarily mean music majors! Nevertheless, they all had a place at the table to minister, and Steve taught us how important that was.