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Tenebrae
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Tenebrae in the Roman Catholic Church, matins and lauds for the last three days of Holy Week, at which candles are successively extinguished, in memory of the darkness at the Crucifixion. Several composers have set parts of the office to music. The word is Latin, and means literally ‘darkness’.
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Churches prepare for Tenebrae services.
Newspaper article from: Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL); 4/12/2006; 700+ words
; ...dates to the 12th century, the service of Tenebrae is a reminder of Jesus' suffering and death. "Tenebrae" is a Latin word meaning darkness or...and darkness came over the land." At a Tenebrae service Tuesday at Church of the Good...
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Tenebrae is symbolic of Jesus' death
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 4/8/2004; 360 words
; ...Lutheran will present "Behold the Darkness - A Tenebrae Service" by Benjamin Harlan. The Tenebrae service dates back to the 4th Century. It...and is often celebrated on Maundy Thursday. Tenebrae is a service of shadows and ends in almost...
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Tenebrae: Holy Week after the Holocaust
Magazine article from: Anglican Theological Review; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Tenebrae: Holy Week after the Holocaust. By Theresa...time in Germany. Theresa Sanders's Tenebrae arises from a similar trip to Auschwitz...Supper of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Tenebrae, and the Easter Vigil. Sanders examines...
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Artist looks at passion through the dark.(Melissa Weinman's "Tenebrae")(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 4/21/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...speculation. One recent effort is "Tenebrae," a large triptych by Melissa Weinman...contest for her "Study of Christ." "Tenebrae" is presently on view as part of a solo...triptych about grief. I call this picture Tenebrae, a liturgical term. Tenebrae, which...
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Oceana.1 Tenebrae.2 3 Songs3
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; GOLUOV Oceana.1 Tenebrae.2 3 Songs3 * Robert Spano, cond...Symphony, Oceana has charms all its own. Tenebrae consists of two solemn movements for...s settings of Lamentations for the Tenebrae service on Good Friday; it also has...
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'Were You There?' ends Tenebrae rite
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 3/24/2005; 328 words
; ...and New streets will commemorate Christ's suffering and death with a Tenebrae service on Good Friday at 7 p.m. "Tenebrae" is the Latin word for shadows. The Tenebrae service is one of lessons, hymns, anthems, and silence. The gradual...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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TENEBRAE SERVICE TO BE FRIDAY AT AUBURN CHURCH.(Neighbors West)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 4/17/2003; 342 words
; Six Auburn churches are joining together for a Tenebrae service 7 p.m. Friday at the Westminster Presbyterian...Methodist and United Church of Auburn will lead the worship. The Tenebrae service is based on an ancient monastic tradition of recreating...
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TENEBRAE SERVICE TO BE FRIDAY AT AUBURN CHURCH.(Neighbors Cayuga)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 4/17/2003; 333 words
; Six Auburn churches are joining together for a Tenebrae service 7 p.m. Friday at the Westminster Presbyterian...Methodist and United Church of Auburn will lead the worship. The Tenebrae service is based on an ancient monastic tradition of re...
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TENEBRAE SERVICE WILL DARKEN CHURCH.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 3/17/2004; 343 words
; ...Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia will conduct a service of Tenebrae at 8 p.m. April 8. The service will include meditative...responses from the church's senior choir. The service of Tenebrae, Latin for shadows or darkness, follows a tradition in the...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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MUSIC Tenebrae/ Chester Cathedral; ARTS DIARY.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 7/25/2007; 570 words
; ...That, for the most part, was the major selling point for Tenebrae's recital in the Chester Summer Music Festival. Chester...assuming it was possible to ignite a damp blue touch paper. Tenebrae, the choral consort, proved to be highly disciplined and...
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Tenebrae
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Tenebrae [Lat.,=darkness], in the Roman Catholic Church, ceremony performed on the Wednesday and following evenings of Holy Week...
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tenebrae
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
tenebrae Holy Week devotion (matins and lauds) at which candles lighted at the beginning are successively put out. XVII. — L. (pl.) darkness.
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Nordheim, Arne
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...Tempora noctis , sop., mez., orch., tape (1979); Tenebrae , vc., orch. (1981–2); Varder , tpt., orch...tape (1968); Partita II , electric gui. (1969); Lux et tenebrae (1970); Pace (1970); Osaka-Music (1970); Dinosauros...
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Rubbra, (Charles) Edmund
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...3 is Donne's Hymn to God the Father ); Missa Cantuariensis , Op.59; Missa in honorem Sancti Dominici , Op.66; 9 Tenebrae Motets , Op.72; 3 Motets , Op.76; Agnus Dei , Op.143; 3 Greek Folk Songs , Op.151; Prayer for the Queen , Op...
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Maxwell Davies, (Sir) Peter
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...chamber ens. (1971); Hymn to St Magnus , sop., chamber ens. (1972); Fool's Fanfare , sop., ens. (1972); Tenebrae super Gesualdo , mez., gui., chamber ens. (1972); Stone Litany , mez., orch. (1973); Fiddlers at the Wedding...
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