November 08, 2018

Maria Mazzenga, educational archivist, was quoted in a Catholic News Service story on the discovery of an anti-nazi Catholic radio broadcast that was discovered in the University Archives in the 2000s. This broadcast inspired Joseph Santo, professor of music, to compose music incorporating texts from the broadcast. That composition and selections by Jewish composers will be performed at an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht on Nov. 16.

... The free event will feature performances by faculty and students of musical selections by Jewish composers, and a composition written by Catholic University music professor Joseph Santo, “Malachey Elyon” (“Messengers of the Most High”), which incorporates texts from the broadcast. ...

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