JAZZ BAND PLAYS MASS.—Parishioners receive Holy Communion from the Rev. Anthony P. Treasure, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Norwalk, Connecticut, as a four-piece jazz band plays a 20th Century Folk Mass,” written a few years ago by the British rector for his congregation. The music, with waltz rhythm in some parts and jazz-like tones in others, attempts to place words of the Liturgy within the framework of popular melodies and rhythms.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28869, 14 April 1959, Page 23
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72JAZZ BAND PLAYS MASS.—Parishioners receive Holy Communion from the Rev. Anthony P. Treasure, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Norwalk, Connecticut, as a four-piece jazz band plays a 20th Century Folk Mass,” written a few years ago by the British rector for his congregation. The music, with waltz rhythm in some parts and jazz-like tones in others, attempts to place words of the Liturgy within the framework of popular melodies and rhythms. Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28869, 14 April 1959, Page 23
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