Mary and Music

While there may have been some hesitation to paint the face of Christ and his mother, the history of the Church shows no hesitation in addressing hymns of great beauty to Mary. It seems the she inspires so much love that people’s hearts spontaneously start to sing ...

We propose to explore with you the different forms this music took over the centuries and its extraordinary wealth,

The hymns of Saint Ephrem in the East, the first Gregorian chants in the West ...

Monteverdi’s Stabat Mater, J. S. Bach’s Magnificat ...

Mozart, with his "litanies of the Virgin Mary" and "Incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto ex Maria Virginis" ...

And up to the present day ... (We will not mention everything!)

We will also mention Corsican, Andalusian, Lebanese, Indian and Cuban music...

In addition to what we propose here, you will also find throughout the site a musical excerpt accompanying an article.