The Emergence of Catholic Music and Ritual in Colonial Maryland
The development of colonial Catholic music and ritual in the English-speaking American colonies is embedded in the history of colonial Maryland. The Catholic founders of the colony hoped not only for a lucrative return on their investment but also for a land free of the dangerous hostilities among p...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Catholic Historical Society
2003
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American catholic studies
Year: 2003, Volume: 114, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-35 |
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| Summary: | The development of colonial Catholic music and ritual in the English-speaking American colonies is embedded in the history of colonial Maryland. The Catholic founders of the colony hoped not only for a lucrative return on their investment but also for a land free of the dangerous hostilities among post-Reformation Christian sects. Catholicism suffered periodic setbacks in the 1600s but by 1700 was essentially outlawed. Within these constraints, a practice of Catholic music and ritual developed that maintained traditional practice while adapting to the difficult circumstances. A network of private manor-house chapels and circuitriding priests provided the sacraments to Maryland Catholics, and a few standard Catholic hymns and litanies from British Catholicism — evolving through an essentially oral transmission — formed a basic repertory. But the Catholic colonial experience of coexistence with other religious traditions also prepared the church well for the emergence of a new religious environment in the freedom it would experience following the American Revolution. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8534 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American catholic studies
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