Married Medievalists Try to Persuade Catholic Church to Make Beautiful Music

5 Minutes With 2 Married Medievalists Who Are Trying to Elevate Music at Catholic Churches 1

Matt Cashore, U. of Notre Dame

Margot Fassler

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Matt Cashore, U. of Notre Dame

Margot Fassler

It's unusual for most colleges to have even one full-time faculty member specializing in medieval church music, but the University of Notre Dame has two of the nation's best-known scholars in that field. A few years ago, the university attracted Peter Jeffery and Margot Fassler, husband and wife, from Princeton and Yale Universities, respectively.

The couple say their love of early liturgical music not only brought them together but continues to form the backbone of their

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