Sentence examples for major feasts from inspiring English sources

Polyphony was at first restricted to major feasts.

From this beginning developed the long tradition of liturgical drama, which, like the sequence, is centred upon the major feasts of the church year.

In 1605 and 1607 appeared the two books of the English composer William Byrd's Gradualia, a collection of polyphonic Propers for major feasts.

Bensonhurst celebrates two major feasts a year: the Feast of Padre Pio in June and the Feast of Santa Rosalia in late August and early September.

Life centered around the holidays of the Greek Orthodox church and family celebrations, with as many as 200 relatives showing up for major feasts.

1170; "Great Book of Organum"), probably by Léonin, or Leoninus, the first major composer known by name, who set chant melodies for the Graduals, Alleluias, and Responsories of the masses for all major feasts.

Today, there are major feast day dances, sites to visit and the San Lorenzo de Picuris church built in 1776.

The celebration of this event, called Easter, or the Festival of the Resurrection, is the major feast day of the church.

Monday is the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, a major feast day for the Catholic Church, during which the pope will bestow a woolen pallium, or scarf, on all of the archbishops he has recently appointed.

As the emblem of a major feast day, this version of the Nativity figured prominently, usually in its most complicated form, in the liturgical iconography of Byzantine church decoration.

The Christmas stints at Ronnie Scott's club in London became a major feast in the calendar of British jazz, and he often appeared at the Brecon jazz festival, near his home in Wales.