[bornacatholic]

WAGNER, Origine et Developpement du Chant Liturgigue, tr. BOUR (Tournai, 1904). 14 sqq. Gives a good summary of the history of the earliest congregational singing. Two articles in the American Ecclesiastical Review (July, 1892, 19-29, and August, 1892, 120-133) give history, references, limits of vernacular singing, and methods of training. See also Manual Church Music (quarterly) (December, 1905), 21-33 for methods; also DICKINSON, Music in the History of the Western Church, 223, 242, 376 for congregational singing in Protestant churches.

H.T. HENRY

The expert in Congregational Singing chosen to write the entry "Singing, Congregational" for the Catholic Encyclopedia is more credible than Buckley.

All the citations within the entry prove it so.

[dsc]

Gregorian chant and choral singing are not in any way the same thing as browbeating parishoners to refrain from contemplation and croak along with puerile and musically retarded ditties.

And every citation you've produced has been by somebody bemoaning the *lack* of singing and calling for "reform."

Looks to me like Buckley is well supported.