''Musica sacra'' is a magazine about

sacred music Religious music (also sacred music) is a type of music that is performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence. It may overlap with ritual music, which is music, sacred or not, performed or composed for or as ritual. Relig ...

, published by the

Allgemeiner Cäcilien-Verband für Deutschland The Allgemeiner Cäcilien-Verband für Deutschland (General Association of the Cecilian Movement Germany) (abbreviated as ACV) was founded in 1868 and is an organization for choral singing of the Catholic Church. The official residence of the ACV ...

(ACV). It is the oldest trade paper for Catholic church music, especially liturgical music, still publishing in Germany., ''Grundriß Liturgie.'' Herder, Freiburg 1985, p. 59 The magazine informs also about

ecumenical Ecumenism (), also spelled oecumenism, is the concept and principle that Christians who belong to different Christian denominations should work together to develop closer relationships among their churches and promote Christian unity. The adjec ...

perspectives in church music. ''Musica sacra'' reports events of the association, and news from other organisations, such as the Bundesverband katholischer Kirchenmusiker Deutschlands and the . ''Musica sacra'' appears six times per year, printed by

Bärenreiter Bärenreiter (Bärenreiter-Verlag) is a German classical music publishing house based in Kassel. The firm was founded by Karl Vötterle (1903–1975) in Augsburg in 1923, and moved to Kassel in 1927, where it still has its headquarters; it also ...

Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...

in 3,500 copies.Musica sacra
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History

The magazine appeared first in 1868 as ''Musica sacra – Monatsschrift für Kirchenmusik und Liturgie'' by

Franz Xaver Witt Franz Xaver Witt (February 9, 1834 – December 2, 1888) was a Catholic priest, church musician, and composer. He was a leading figure in the Cecilian movement for the reform of Catholic church music in the second half of the 19th century.Williamso ...

, a monthly paper. On the occasion of the centenary in 1968, the paper changed to bimonthly. More recently, an online-version was published, and topics have included reports from the practice of church music, news and information, reviews of recordings, sheet music and books, a calendar of events, composer's portraits, presentation of new organs, and open positions.

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