Benedict XVI and beauty in sacred music

Introduction: on the theological basis for church music according to Joseph Ratzinger
D. Vincent Twomey SVD

The new evangelization and sacred music: the unbroken continuity of holiness, beauty and universality
Raymond Cardinal Burke

Theological criteria for sacred music: from John XXII to Benedict XVI
Uwe Michael Lang CO

On the intellectual bond between Joseph Ratzinger and Johannes Overath
Sven Conrad FSSP

Gregorian Chant in the liturgy according to Joseph Ratzinger
Alberto Donini

Ut mens concordat voci: sacred music and actual participation in the liturgy
Alcuin Reid

Choral music in the celebration of the liturgy
Ite O’Donovan

The Propers of the Mass as integral to the liturgy
William Peter Mahrt

Singing the Propers of the Mass: a school of Christian prayer
Samuel F. Weber OSB

Listening to William Byrd
Kerry McCathy

Music in Orthodox liturgical life
Andreas Andreopoulos

Towards a renewal of sacred music
Stéphane Quessard

Actions, texts and images of the liturgy in contemporary musical creation
Thomas Lacôte

Appendix: Address at Pontifical High Mass, 11 July 2010, Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Cork
Raymond Cardinal Burke