by Guest » November 26th, 2004, 2:01 pm
Hi, Stan!
Singing grace, oratorio ... I don't particularly remember that passage from when I re-read Perelandra ... oh, within the past year-and-a-half it must have been.
So my initial thought (which may in fact have little to do with what Lewis was about, there) had to do with the Eucharist, and the fact that traditionally, the entire Liturgy is sung. One might sing grace before a meal, and it would be a most gracious grace; but for the sacramental Meal which is more than physical sustenance, an Oratorio would not be overdoing things, at all.
You know the Mozart Ave verum corpus, of course ...?
Pace e bene,
~Karl