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“These choices and options are not liberating; they are oppressive.”
July 11, 2010 by — 3 comments.
JT on preparing the CMAA Colloquium’s Ordinary-Form Mass: We’ve found that in preparing the colloquium, the largest share of work goes to one Mass: [Ordinary Form] in English. The complications are endless. It takes forever. These choices and options are not liberating; they are oppressive. The politics are excruciating. It takes too many mornings, days, [...]
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Gregorian chant: the acting voice of Christ in song
June 18, 2010 by — 1 comment.
On Chant Café, a new group blog spearheaded by Jeffrey Tucker of the Sacred Music journal (among other things), Adam Bartlett (SacredMusicProject.com) writes about his journey towards Gregorian chant and why it is given pride of place in the liturgy: The more that I have reflected on the way in which Gregorian chant gives a [...]
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Musicam Sacram: Preference for sung Masses; degrees of sung participation; my observations of 30 years
June 15, 2010 by — 2 comments.
Below are primary-source citations from the Church’s 1967 Instruction on Music in the Liturgy Musicam Sacram outlining the Church’s preference for the sung Liturgy, the degrees by which a parish may move toward the sung Mass, and my own observations of how faithful the members of the Church have been in instituting the sung Mass.
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Congregational music of the Mass according to the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite: a primary-source overview
June 14, 2010 by — 2 comments.
From Musicam Sacram (the Church’s 1967 Instruction of Music in the Liturgy) and the latest version of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, below are some points regarding the fostering of prayerful congregational singing during celebrations of the Ordinary Form of the Roman-Rite Mass. Rather extensive inline commentary on my part is included.
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Video: Sacred vs. secular music at Mass?
April 5, 2010 by — 3 comments.
From Jeff Ostrowski at Corpus Christi Watershed: Can you tell the difference?? from Corpus Christi Watershed on Vimeo. See also the discussion on the MusicaSacra Forum.
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SMTV Vol. III, No. 3.4 – Adoramus te, Christe (Palestrina)
March 26, 2010 by — 0 comments.
Adorámus te, Chríste, et benedícimus tíbi; quía per crúcem túam redemísti múndum. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you; for by your holy cross you redeemed the world. Choir: Pueri Cantores of Daegu Location: Pontificum Collegium Coreanum, Rome Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Scores: available on CPDL (H/T: John Sonnen: Orbis Catholicvs)
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Richard Proulx, RIP
February 19, 2010 by — 2 comments.
Word has trickled out today that Richard Proulx, former director of music at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, has died. He was 72. In addition to being a competent composer, Proulx served on the editorial boards of The Hymnal 1982 and the United Methodist Hymnal, two of the sturdier modern efforts in this vein, as [...]
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Teach us with thee to mourn our sins: Reflections on the past thirty years of church music
February 8, 2010 by — 4 comments.
It’s always a shock to me when it comes time to plan for Lent. It seems as if we suffer the double insult of Christmas getting away from us and Lent coming too quickly. I always resent this, until I start sinking my teeth into the work. There is something authentic about Lent, something that [...]
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“The Priest as Mediator: A Conversation with Rev. Allan J. McDonald”
February 5, 2010 by — 0 comments.
The NLM’s Arlene Oost-Zinner recently conducted an interview with Fr. McDonald, the current pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Macon, Georgia and author of the Southern Orders blog. Among the topics touched on are: his seminary formation in the 1970s, his longtime lack of access to music proper to the Roman Rite, a thoughtful [...]
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Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
January 31, 2010 by — 1 comment.
Music for Mass (Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite) St. Mary’s of Pine Bluff, Cross Plains, WI • St. Ignatius, Mount Horeb, WI Prelude: Improvisation on Introit: Laetetur cor and ST. ANNE Hymn: “O God, Our Help in Ages Past” (ST. ANNE), vv. 1–3 Introit: Laetetur cor, Mode II Gregorian chant (antiphon only) Sign of [...]
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