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People's Altar
The term people's altar was used to refer to the free-standing Altar in the Catholic Church, altar in Catholic churches, where the priest celebrates the Eucharistic part of Holy Mass turned towards the faithful ''(versus populum),'' as opposed to ''ad orientem'' (sometimes also called ''Ad Deum'') where the people and the priest face the altar together. That is so that those who join in the celebration can face each other, and so experience themselves as gathered around the altar. The usage of the term has diminished significantly in recent years, and is no longer commonplace in Catholic circles. As a result of the Liturgical Movement in the 19th and early 20th century and the (now sometimes disputed) work of Theodor Klauser and Otto Nußbaum, people's altars where set up especially after the liturgical reform (Inter Oecumenici, No. 91) following the Second Vatican Council and became ″the symbol of the new liturgy″. Some Catholics consider it as the "center of the thanksgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choir Stalls, Notre Dame, Paris, ZM
A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which spans from the Medieval music, medieval era to the present, or popular music repertoire. Most choirs are led by a conducting, conductor, who leads the performances with arm, hand, and facial gestures. The term ''choir'' is very often applied to groups affiliated with a church (whether or not they actually occupy the Choir (architecture), quire), whereas a ''chorus'' performs in theatres or concert halls, but this distinction is not rigid. Choirs may sing without instruments, or accompanied by a piano, pipe organ, a small ensemble, or an orchestra. A choir can be a subset of an ensemble; thus one speaks of the "woodwind choir" of an orchestra, or different "choirs" of voices or instruments in a Venetian polychoral style, polychoral compositi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
