The Recovering Choir Director

The Propers of the Mass: The Neglected Handmaid of the Liturgy

December 21, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 9 comments.

Whenever I see debates about Church music, they are generally about stylistic issues, instrumentation, and the like. These debates usually center around music selection — which hymns to select and why. It’s been this way for at least as long as I’ve been involved in church music (13 years). I wish to change the terms [...]

Filed under: Contemporary Religious Music; Liturgical Reform.
Tags: Anglican Chant; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Rite (Ordinary Form); Second Vatican Council; Third Sunday of Advent; Vernacular Plainsong.