To: NYer; AnAmericanMother
Sorry I haven't been around. One of my siblings is a new parent as of Wednesday and things have been nutty.
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?
36 posted on
07/26/2009 1:27:10 PM PDT by
Desdemona
(True Christianity requires open hearts and open minds - not blind hatred.)
To: Desdemona
Q: 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.
37 posted on
07/26/2009 1:37:14 PM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: Desdemona
Congrats on being an Aunt! It’s one of the best jobs there is.
42 posted on
07/26/2009 1:44:26 PM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: Desdemona
One of my siblings is a new parent as of Wednesday and things have been nutty. Auguri! Boy or girl?
43 posted on
07/26/2009 1:45:28 PM PDT by
NYer
("One Who Prays Is Not Afraid; One Who Prays Is Never Alone"- Benedict XVI)
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