1956 it became by Pope Pius XII. drove 1997 out of Pope Johannes Paul II. on lifetime appointed. Now it - 89jährig - returned to the Vatikan.

(, Vatikan) Mons kreuz.net. Domenico Bartolucci (89) was in the Roman church music over decades an institution and a legend.

The priest and a high-talented composer was on lifetime appointed conductor of the Cappella Sistina and a large master of the Polyphonie.

The Cappella Sistina is the Kirchenchor for the papal Liturgien in the St. Peter's Basilica.

But in the year 1997 Mons became. Bartolucci chased away and by a new choir master replaces, who itself in music for the Massenzelebrationen with more easily music - were which to Pope Johannes Paul II. so much because of the heart - better was suitable.

In Vatikan Mons had. Bartolucci at this time no more many friends. One of them was a cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.

„Stops it through, Maestro, they hold on! “- cardinal Ratzinger the Kapellmeister of the St. Peter's Basilica is to have to course-call still after the fair of the holy Cäcilia on 22 November 1996. It did not help anything.

Only some months later the musician was defenestriert.

The Polyphonie had been driven in the St. Peter's Basilica for a long time by the ideology of the active participation of the believers to the Liturgie into the tightness.

Area for short Motetten or for the Gregorian Choral gave it only in few dead instants of the Liturgie.

In order to specify the masterpieces of the Polyphonie, the Cappella Sistina had to go on concert route - for example into the Soviet Union or to Japan. There Mons reached. Bartolucci the message that it had been set off.

The president of the Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Bruno Cagli - a Jew -, protested against the joggle and appeared with Secretary of State Angelo cardinal Sodano anxiously that „the inestimable religious and artistic inheritance of the Roman Polyphonie could be lost “. The world-famous conductor Riccardo Muti raised his voice.

The Vatikan did not show music hearing.

But the new Pope remembered now Mons. Bartolucci.

The still very rüstige Greis was invited to give with the choir of the foundation Domenico Bartolucci a concert in the Sixtini chapel.

Was sung the large polyphonische tradition, which one with the dismissal of Mons. Bartolucci had actually wanted to get rid.

The concert took place on past Saturday afternoon in presence of the Pope.

It contained works of Mons. Bartolucci and of his famous predecessor Giovanni Pierluigi there Palestrina († 1594).

At the end of the concert the Pope thanked Mons. Bartolucci for the concert and came then on the Polyphonie to speak:

„The works, which we heard and particularly the parallel arrangement of works from that 16. and 20. , It encourages century the conviction that the holy Polyphonie and that one are particularly the so-called `Roman Schule' an inheritance, who must carefully be retained, alive received and be spread. “

„Is not only useful to music scientists and lovers, but the whole church community, for which this excessive quantity represents an inestimable religious, artistic and cultural inheritance. “

Words, which one did not hear in the Vatikan for a long time any longer.

Cardinal Mazzella: the tendency to the banality

like many V also JP II an expressed tendency to the banality had 2 ideologists. The banality is in the religious range which the Virtuosität in the musical range is. Certain Bravourstücke is there in order to permit the implementing artist to form itself and demonstrate a its being able. Also JP had to form itself the expressed tendency. Fortunately Benedikt XVI this kind of Exhibitionismus is guessed/advised into the background since the choice

God hard: Musician life

1. Which sense does it make to assign a service lifelong? Was a strange decision at that time.
2. Why can't a 80jähriger be sent into the retirement? None is into the desert nevertheless sends.
3. If this leads today 89jährige a concert, nevertheless with one „rehabilitation does not have “anything to do…

Babylon †: @Philomena: There the church could

but again correctly coal make…

That on the idea did not come yet at all…

PhilomenaWolkenstein: @Sulpicius

The choir is also in the church a dishonor… and for the measuring celebrations in the St. Peter's Basilica the maps on Ebay is then auctioneered or how?

Hódmezövásárhelykutasipuszta: … Mr., your love is like grass and bank…

that is a sharp announcement… for the user also equal a cross brought in!

Count von Galen: Return to the tradition

Cordial thanks to the holy father for the rehabilitation of the person and the traditional, religious music.