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Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music

Coordinates: 41°53′37″N 12°25′46″E / 41.89364°N 12.429405°E / 41.89364; 12.429405
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41°53′37″N 12°25′46″E / 41.89364°N 12.429405°E / 41.89364; 12.429405 The Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Template:Lang-it, Template:Lang-la, is an institution of higher education of the Roman Catholic Church specifically dedicated to the study of church music. It is based in Rome, Italy.

History

The Institute was established by the Holy See and Pope Pius X in 1910.[1] The institute was established as a body dedicated to teaching and performing "sacred music".[2]

On 23 September 1914, Pope Benedict XV referred to the institute as part of the legacy left to him by his predecessor saying he would support and promote it in the best way possible. Pope Pius XI's Motu Proprio, Ad musicae sacrae (22 November 1922) confirmed the connection between the institute and the Apostolic See.[3]

With the apostolic constitution Deus scientiarum Dominus of 1931, the institute took its present name and was included among the pontifical academic institutes. The institute moved to the former Pontifical Abbey of St Jerome-in-the-City in 1983.

Courses offered

The Institute grants the following degrees in sacred music: Bachelor (3 years), Licentiate (2 years) and a Doctorate. The degrees are offered with one of the following foci: Gregorian chant, composition, choral direction, musicology, pipe organ and pianoforte.

Instruction in Italian is offered in harmony, counterpoint, fugue, composition, acoustics, music history and analysis, musicology, bibliography, research methods, ethno-musicology, editing of music, notation, Gregorian chant, liturgics, piano, pipe organ, score reading, continuo (figured bass), keyboard improvisation, choral conducting and Latin.

Students of note

References

  1. ^ Adoremus - address by Pope John Paul II
  2. ^ ZENIT - Sacred music needs governing says director of institute
  3. ^ Vatican - Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music
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