There is no such thing as music for music’s sake, just as there is no such thing, despite what we are told, as art for art’s sake. The very fact that a composer or artist decides to create something means that it must have some purpose in his mind. Beautiful music and art are so because they fulfill a noble purpose.
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New Full-length Movie with Screenplay by Pontifex University Faculty Member, Caleb Brown
Blue Ridge - rent the movie, watch the trailer. A murder in a sleepy town at the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains shocks the community and refuels a longtime feud between two families. Screenplay by Caleb G. Brown; Starring: Johnathon Schaetch, Sarah Lancaster, Graham Greene.
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Lectures on How Modern Music and Modern Art Corrupt the Faith: Anthony Esolen and James Patrick Reid
The Institute of Catholic Culture is scheduling in September two interesting looking talks, available to all for free, on the intersection of modernity and culture.
The first is given by artist James Patrick Reid and is called Corrupted Concepts: Modern Art & the Philosophy of Nature it is offered online on September 1 at 8:00 PM EST.
The second is by Anthony Esolen and is entitled Music & the Corruption of Catholicism on September 15 at 8:00 PM EST
You can enroll online through the links above.