Comments on: On needless repetition in the Ordinary Form Mass http://www.cantemusdomino.net/2009/04/16/on-needless-repetition-in-the-ordinary-form-mass/ “...combines a wide range of information with a certain charming, existential angst.” — Dr. Peter Jeffery, Princeton University Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:22:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: G http://www.cantemusdomino.net/2009/04/16/on-needless-repetition-in-the-ordinary-form-mass/comment-page-1/#comment-3733 G Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:41:52 +0000 http://www.cantemusdomino.net/?p=1384#comment-3733 Thanks, I had missed this on the CMAA board. (I miss a lot this time of year) I also want to thank you for the truly helpful work you are doing here, footnoting, pointing out connections, offering easily digestible lessons, aids to learning chant.... and it's all done in charity! (Being not so much someone with a mean streak, as a mean person with a tiny kindly streak, I admire that greatly. It's rare among the knowledgeable bloggers.) This blog is becoming both a practical and a scholarly resource of immense value. Thanks. (Save the Liturgy, save the World) Thanks, I had missed this on the CMAA board. (I miss a lot this time of year)

I also want to thank you for the truly helpful work you are doing here, footnoting, pointing out connections, offering easily digestible lessons, aids to learning chant…. and it’s all done in charity! (Being not so much someone with a mean streak, as a mean person with a tiny kindly streak, I admire that greatly. It’s rare among the knowledgeable bloggers.)

This blog is becoming both a practical and a scholarly resource of immense value.
Thanks.

(Save the Liturgy, save the World)

]]> By: rightwingprof http://www.cantemusdomino.net/2009/04/16/on-needless-repetition-in-the-ordinary-form-mass/comment-page-1/#comment-3719 rightwingprof Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:55:11 +0000 http://www.cantemusdomino.net/?p=1384#comment-3719 We are also in the middle of our own musical reform. Peter the Great's Westernization of Russia resulted in the introduction of polyphonic music to the Slavic Christian world. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Slavic church music had become far too complex, and inappropriate for liturgy (but great for a concert). The monks of Valaam Monastery in Russia have been instrumental in popularizing simple Znammeny chant, the original Russian equivalent of Byzantine chant (two voices: one melodic, and one ison, or pedal tone). The Byzantine tradition churches, like the Greeks, Antiochians, Bulgarians, and to some extent, the Romanians, never adopted the overdone, baroque polyphonic music. My OCA parish (Russian), is doing more and more simple Znammeny. It's beautiful, it has a contemplative, timeless sound, and it inspires prayer. We are also in the middle of our own musical reform. Peter the Great’s Westernization of Russia resulted in the introduction of polyphonic music to the Slavic Christian world. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Slavic church music had become far too complex, and inappropriate for liturgy (but great for a concert). The monks of Valaam Monastery in Russia have been instrumental in popularizing simple Znammeny chant, the original Russian equivalent of Byzantine chant (two voices: one melodic, and one ison, or pedal tone). The Byzantine tradition churches, like the Greeks, Antiochians, Bulgarians, and to some extent, the Romanians, never adopted the overdone, baroque polyphonic music.

My OCA parish (Russian), is doing more and more simple Znammeny. It’s beautiful, it has a contemplative, timeless sound, and it inspires prayer.

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