Posted on 07/24/2009 10:25:33 AM PDT by NYer
Did you catch Fr. Joel Martin, OSB on EWTN Live, Wednesday night? The topic of the show wass "The Revival of Gregorian Chant." He spoke about the Musica Sacra web site which I'm sure would be of great interest to you. It is an association of Catholic musicians, and those who have a special interest in music and liturgy, active in advancing Gregorian chant, Renaissance polyphony, and other forms of sacred music. Here is the link:
Oh, we do lovely music for Christmas! In fact, we did “Hodie, Christus Natus Est” this past year! We do some Early, but mostly Modern music. We’ve done at least one John Rutter piece each Christmas, which is fine by me! For both of the last two Christmases we also did “Rorate Caeli”, and it was just beautiful!
Our choirmaster is big into Musica Sacra. He’s there a LOT. It’s an extremely valuable resource for anybody who’s serious about REAL church music.
It was made in 2003; Mexican manufacture. I’m in NYC
**A, Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again, is pending approval as an additional proposal. Kelly Dobbs Mickus, GIA senior editor and National Association of Pastoral Musicians publicity committee chairwoman, explained: Composers are trying to do settings, and they dont know whether or not to set that. So, weve been asking them to set it, and if we need it, we need it and if we dont, we dont. **
Oh, I pray they dump this. I hate it and will not sing it.
**Since Marty Haugen set that acclamation in his well-known Mass of Creation, it is frequently used in the United States. On the other hand, it is the only memorial acclamation in the post-Vatican II Roman Missal that speaks of Jesus in the third person rather than the second. It has no counterpart in the Latin Missal. **
I just re-read this and found this. Please, please, bishops, dump it.
Barfaroni......I don’t want to know what he would do. Get this as close to the Latin as possible!
Let's all write, email, call, etc. our bishops and ask them to get rid of this. (Even if we know it won't happen right now, the seed will be planted!)
I wish they’d dump the Leonard Cohen Hallelujah. Every time I hear it my mind wanders to that fourth verse.
I attended the Ruthenian Liturgy for years here in Portland but my family wanted to continue in the neighborhood Latin Rite parish. I love the Eastern Rite. I have heard that indeed changes were made in the last year or so. It is upsetting many worshippers because the changes were unnecessary and unauthentic. What were the changes?
Cue “The Vatican Rag” by Tom Lehrer.
Actually, the changes were really minor. We say "Theotokos" instead of "Mother of God," and instead of saying "May our lips be filled..." we sing "May our mouths be filled..." The processions and rites are still all the same. I am not aware of other changes beyond some translation adjustments.
I know what you mean about loving the Rite.
The Vatican II Council declared that "all should realize it is of supreme importance to understand, venerate, preserve, and foster the exceedingly rich liturgical and spiritual heritage of the Eastern churches, in order faithfully to preserve the fullness of Christian tradition" (Unitatis Redintegrato, 15). These are the jewels in the crown of the Catholic Church.
Like freeper redhead, I too am a RC that has found a home in the East. More than 5 years ago, I joined a Maronite Catholic Church; it has been a veritable blessing in my life. I especially appreciate the fixed liturgical calendar. Its constancy is most welcome, especially after experiencing 40 years of continual change in the Latin rite liturgy.
Because of Bl. Theodore's mission status and the distance to the mother parish, we sometimes have our fixed feasts transferred to the nearest Sunday by the bishop. It makes it easier for us to get to Liturgy for that feast, but as a cantor, I have to say that it can sure COMPLICATE the music! I've been singing with the cantors for almost two years, and I'm still unsure of what goes where. Father does a good job of keeping us supplied with a list and page numbers, so I can only chalk up my lack of confidence to lack of confidence. LOL!
I especially love the reverence of the prayers, and all the smells, bells, and processions, and ESPECIALLY mirovanjie! (anointing with the Oil of Gladness). I thank God every Sunday for putting this little parish where I could find it.
Congratulations on joining the cantors! Every voice is a shared gift. It’s wonderful to hear how you have immersed yourself in the parish and been joyfully blessed with increased faith.
Some of us have been preparing for this for a while - and the moaning started when we heard that Marty Haugen was working to shoe-horn the "new" words into the Mass of Cremation.
We did a simple, modern, antiphonal chant Gloria this morning and it worked just fine - and only took two minutes. Why do composers feel the need to make it all so complicated?
A: Ego.
I HOPE we will get rid of the Massive Cremation when they change the words, and just use our music director's own-composed Mass. It's chant based, the melody is very simple, but the harmonies are out of this world. So the congregation gets a simple melody, and the choir gets to play. Everybody's happy.
And since it's chant-based, it's a very simple matter to adjust it slightly for the new words! I'm sure he's up to the task.
I knew that one years before I became a Catholic. It's still a hoot. Boy did Lehrer have that whole thing pegged!
My typical gear
We do different settings for different seasons. Unfortunately the Mass of Cremation is in the rotation.
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