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| Nathan confronts David with his sin: the occasion for Psalm 51 |
For centuries Catholic artists have been creating beautiful
things to honor God. We have accumulated
a treasury of works of unequaled loveliness – including a veritable horde of
the most beautiful music ever conceived.
Sadly, most of it is rarely heard.
I’m not going to take this opportunity to complain about the
contemporary music that is used in the liturgy today, although I certainly
could point out that most of it is banal, trivial, and, sometimes even
heretical. No, I’m simply going to point
out that in its place we could be praising our Lord with something truly
magnificent.
Case in point:
Josquin Des Prez’s setting for Psalm 51.
Allegri’s “Miserere” (which I’ve posted more than once) is the most
famous musical treatment of this Psalm; yesterday I posted another, Pergolesi’s version. Des Prez makes a contribution worthy of their
company:
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