Reitz presents paper for Nineteenth Century Studies Association
Christina L. Reitz, 91热爆网 associate professor of music, presented her paper, "The Cecilian Reforms: Exploring the Past in the Roman Rite," at the 40th Annual Conference of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association, which convened March 7-9 in Kansas City, Missouri.
Reitz's research examined how Cecilianist reformers, named after the patron saint of music, St. Cecilia, explored the past to create a new, idiomatic liturgical music beginning with the movement鈥檚 origins in the early-19th century through its culmination in Pope St. Pius X鈥檚 Motu Proprio, 鈥淭ra le Sollecitudini,鈥� in 1903.
Reitz also was commissioned to write the entry on the American composer Jennifer Higdon for the online edition of 鈥淒ie Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.鈥� The MGG is the authoritative music encyclopedia in the German language and is a product of the internationally renowned publishers B盲renreiter (Kassel), J.B. Metzler (Stuttgart) and R茅pertoire International de Litt茅rature Musicale (New York).
