The Arts and the Beautiful

For Arvo Pärt’s 90th Birthday: Gregorian Chant at the Origins of Tintinnabuli

I encourage those who are receiving this post in their email, or seeing it online, to consider listening to the voiceover.

Sep 11 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Interview with Dr. Kwasniewski on Music: The Good, the Bad, and the Holy

The music we make or listen to has serious moral and spiritual implications

Jul 31 •

Peter Kwasniewski

One of the Most Beautiful Depictions of Human Love in the History of Art

Rembrandt’s “The Jewish Bride” (1665–69)

Jul 7 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Favorite American Folk Songs and Musicians

From Appalachian Hillbillies to Maritime Canada

Jul 3 •

Julian Kwasniewski

Iconic Initiation into the Mystery of the Holy Trinity

Andrei Rublev’s "Trinity icon" is an ideal point of departure for contemplating that which must ever exceed any image or thought

Jun 12 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Easter Music to Sing and Listen To [+Free PDF to Download & Print!]

From Gregorian chant to Baroque beauty

Apr 24 •

Julian Kwasniewski

Three Poems for Good Friday

Oscar Wilde, Hilaire Belloc, and John Fitzpatrick

Apr 18 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Unusual Artistic Depictions of the Agony in the Garden

William Blake, Alessando Magnasco, El Greco, and Eric Gill

Apr 14 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Gregorian Chant: Music of the Holy Spirit (Part 3) + List of Resources

Further examples of the perfection of this ideal liturgical music — and recommended websites for instruction, recordings, and scores

Apr 10 •

Peter Kwasniewski

A Musical Analogy for Antiquity, Development, and Deviation

Can Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" help us better to understand the difference between organic expansion and reformatory rupture?

Feb 20 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Gregorian Chant: Music of the Holy Spirit (Part 2)

How the Church, a master of human psychology, marks times and connects the times through her chants

Feb 6 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Gregorian Chant: Music of the Holy Spirit (Part 1)

Only the eternal and infinite God could have begotten music of such perfection

Jan 30 •

Peter Kwasniewski

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