Richard Burchard
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Richard Burchard is an American composer most noted for his Salzburg Mass, "Miserere Mei," and "When David Heard." He is the head of the music department at Bellarmine University
and was Kentucky's 2008 Commissioned Composer. He is a respected expert on Gregorian chant
.
Bellarmine University
Bellarmine University is an independent, private, Catholic university in Louisville, Kentucky. The liberal arts institution opened on October 3, 1950, as Bellarmine College, established by Archbishop John A. Floersh of the Archdiocese of Louisville and named after the Cardinal Saint Robert...
and was Kentucky's 2008 Commissioned Composer. He is a respected expert on Gregorian chant
Gregorian chant
Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic liturgical music within Western Christianity that accompanied the celebration of Mass and other ritual services...
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