...possible from secular suggestion; in its ineffable calmness and an indescribable tone of celestial exultation, pure from every trace of struggle, with which it vibrates, it is the most adequate symbol of that eternal assurance to which the devotee aspires and yearns. Such piety was that of Palestrina,...

...Edward Dickinson says, "in its ineffable calmness, and an indescribable tone of chastened exultation the most adequate emblem of that eternal repose toward which the believer yearns" It is because the later polyphonic style of Bach, with i's harmonic purity and solidity, its diatonic...

...embodiment ever realized in art. It is as far as possible removed from profane suggestion ; in its ineffable calmness, and an indescribable tone of chastened...eternal repose toward which the believer yearns. It is not true, however, ns often alleged, that this form of music altogether lacks characterization,...

...realized in art. It is as far as possible removed from profane suggestion; in the ineffable calmness, pure from every trace of struggle, with which it vibrates,...eternal repose toward which the believer yearns." PALESTRINA Now just as what most strikes anyone with a modern point of view in this description is...

...realized in art. It is as far as possible removed from profane suggestion; m the ineffable calmness, pure from every trace of struggle, with which it vibrates,...eternal repose toward which the believer yearns." This pure and remote beauty was: of little use to the Camerata, who wished to represent the play of...

...calmness and indescribable tone of chastened exaltation, in re-enforcing the Catholic rituals make it the most adequate emblem of that eternal repose toward which the believer yearns. 1'hat music though given only through the medium of clear, mellow human voices is best fitted to merge...