Edinburgh Research Explorer Music, memory and faith Citation for published version: O'Regan, T 2014, 'Music, memory and faith: How did singing in Latin and the vernacular influence what people knew and thought about their faith in early modern Rome?', Italianist, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 437-448. https://doi.org/10.1179/0261434014Z.000000000101 Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1179/0261434014Z.000000000101 Link: Link to publication record in Edinburgh Research Explorer Document Version: Peer reviewed version Published In: Italianist Publisher Rights Statement: © 2015 W. S. Maney & Son Ltd. Originally Published at: http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/0261434014Z.000000000101in Maney Online: www.maneypublishing.com General rights Copyright for the publications made accessible via the Edinburgh Research Explorer is retained by the author(s) and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Take down policy The University of Edinburgh has made every reasonable effort to ensure that Edinburgh Research Explorer content complies with UK legislation. If you believe that the public display of this file breaches copyright please contact
[email protected] providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 29. Sep. 2021 ABSTRACT This study examines some of the ways in which the post-Tridentine Catholic Church harnessed music’s reiterative and suggestive powers to promulgate its message. In particular music could stimulate memory and, in Christian Doctrine classes for the young, singing was used widely to sweeten the pill and to aid the memorising of items like the Creed, Pater Noster and Ave Maria.