Category: “Catholic Punditry” (12 posts)
Super flumina: A look at the synthetic propers
March 25, 2009 by — 2 comments.
People have asked me if I’m a composer. I usually respond that I write music, but that whether or not I’m a composer I’ll leave entirely up to the judgment of others. For certain, I am no Igor Stravinsky. I say this because I’m about to criticize the work of others in rather unmitigated tones, [...]
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Catholic Punditry.
Imagining the Future of Sacred Music: Part 1 — Small-Scale and Self Publishing
March 17, 2009 by — 1 comment.
Jeffrey Tucker highlights a major milestone at the Choral Public Domain Library — 10,000 scores and counting. That the site has seen this moment is a testament to the inspired initiative of Rafael Ornes (a one-time student of chant expert William Mahrt). Some items that are worthy of further discussion: Today, all is changed. I [...]
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Catholic Punditry; Liturgical Reform.
Theology’s aural side
March 12, 2009 by — 2 comments.
Scelata highlights a recent ZENIT Letter to the Editor: A response to: Theology’s Visual Side When one reads this article I believe you could easily replace the words “icon/iconography” with “liturgical music” and the same principles should apply. The principles described in this article are so often lacking when it comes to the arrangement and [...]
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Catholic Punditry; Contemporary Religious Music; Devotional Music.
Two devalued cents on the SSPX situation and those who would comment on it
January 25, 2009 by — 1 comment.
Pundits and would-be pundits who don’t have a grounding in the liturgical angle of this decision are missing a big part of the picture. I would even go so far as to say that pundits and would-be pundits who would weigh in on this decision without considering its liturgical angle — in light of the [...]
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Catholic Punditry.
Blogs of Colloquium XVIII alumni, new to me
July 7, 2008 by — 0 comments.
While at Colloquium 2008 I had the opportunity to meet some fellow musician-bloggers who (I think) started their blogs during my approximately 18-month blog sabbatical. In alphabetical order (and roughly ascending order of activity): “PrayingTwice” of Cantate Deo Kimberly of Catholic musician of the NLM Scelata* (frequently updated)
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Catholic Punditry.
Questioning organ volume levels
May 20, 2008 by — 0 comments.
Amy Welborn revisits the topic of excessive organ volume levels, relating the moment she began to question them: It was Holy Thursday two years ago. Some of you might know that after the Gloria on Holy Thursday, there is not supposed to be any more musical accompaniment in Mass until Easter Vigil. A Capella is [...]
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Catholic Punditry.
“Beauty, Subjectivism, and Liturgical Music”
May 16, 2008 by — 2 comments.
Gavin on the MusicaSacra Forum points to an excellent essay posted today by pastor and Catholic blog pioneer Fr. Rob Johansen. On numerous occasions, in my efforts to explain and promote the authentic vision of Vatican II regarding liturgy and music, I have heard from parishioners and others a response something like this: Well, Father, [...]
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Catholic Punditry; Liturgical Reform.
Paul VI’s “Smoke of Satan” revealed
May 15, 2008 by — 0 comments.
Shawn Tribe at NLM links to an interview of Virgilio Cardinal Noe, Pope Paul VI’s Master of Ceremonies, who addresses the question of what or who Paul VI was referring to when making his famous “Smoke of Satan” statement in his homily on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul in 1972. Here is the [...]
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Catholic Punditry; Liturgical Reform.
“Re-Thinking Music History”
April 28, 2008 by — 0 comments.
Michael Lawrence posts an insightful essay on the NLM in which he questions the collectivist view of music history: …The practice of looking at music history in the collectivist or telescopic way cheats much great music of its timelessness. To look at a work of art as “Medieval” or “Baroque” is to lay the groundwork [...]
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Catholic Punditry.
Music and liturgy, musicians and liturgists – today on BlogTalkRadio
April 26, 2008 by — 0 comments.
At 5PM EDT, Host Brian “Commander Craig” invites Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ, Todd Flowerday of Catholic Sensibility, and Jeffrey Tucker of Sacred Music to discuss liturgy and music planning for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year A in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Those who wish to see what the Church generally teaches [...]
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Catholic Punditry; Program Planning.
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