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- Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:29 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Catholic influence on the wider Church
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11890
Re: Catholic influence on the wider Church
You asked for my definition of 'folk' musicians. Here is my approach (not necessarily the official one). I mean smallish instrumental groups consisting of Guitars (playing rhythm chords but unable otherwise to read music), singers (usually untrained voices and the same as the Guitar players) and (so...
- Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:47 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Catholic influence on the wider Church
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11890
Re: Catholic influence on the wider Church
Yes, Catholic musical influence on other churches is certainly more extensive than it used to be. However, there are still many serious problems: [1] If all denominations have Sunday services at more or less the same time this reduces the potential for cross-over, not so much amongst the 'rank and f...
- Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:14 am
- Forum: Sounds Off
- Topic: Communion Antiphon Lent 5 music setting
- Replies: 2
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Communion Antiphon Lent 5 music setting
Last Saturday evening I noted that the prescribed Communion Antiphon text was this: 'Has no one condemned you, woman? No one, Lord. Neither shall I condemn you. From now, sin no more.' Note the problems this poses to the composer: This is a dialogue, and therefore needs to be sung by 2 solo singers ...
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 3:15 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: It's a bit too much work reflection.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3422
Re: It's a bit too much work reflection.
Yes, I know exactly the sort of problems you face. However, at the end of the day, people need to understand that if performances of music are to be any good - or least give confident firm leads to congregations - then rehearsals are necessary. If people are not prepared - or able - to find time to ...
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:00 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Regulation of New Hymnals and their use
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11885
Re: Regulation of New Hymnals and their use
Many thanks for these helpful replies. Peter, you say some of this has been discussed on other threads. Before I wrote my message I did run a bit of a search on the forum without finding anything particularly significant recently (I glanced back through about 7 'pages' worth of threads). Obviously t...
- Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:33 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Regulation of New Hymnals and their use
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11885
Regulation of New Hymnals and their use
I am a bit uncertain about the 'state of play' as regards official ecclesiastical policy in the Catholic Church in England and Wales concerning Hymnals. Could anyone enlighten me, especially on the following points: [1] What sort of advice or instructions are being given to parishes by the ecclesias...
- Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:25 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Making time for prayer before Mass
- Replies: 25
- Views: 15337
Re: Making time for prayer before Mass
A useful distinction can be drawn between: [1] The needs of musicians. Grim experience teaches me that there are usually only two times they can be rehearsed (a) after Mass the previous sunday and (b) before Mass on the day. Having rehearsals at other times obviously produces better results, but mus...
- Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:41 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Choral Workshop with James Macmillan
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3639
Re: Choral Workshop with James Macmillan
Do you know yet what is going to be sung? It might be interesting, for instance, to try some of James Macmillan's own choral works!
- Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:47 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Guide for Accompanying Mass
- Replies: 37
- Views: 18261
Re: Guide for Accompanying Mass
I'm dealing with a music co-ordinator stepping down from the role, and a PP who had said that our solution is that - the liturgy committee will pick four hymns for each Mass at each monthly meeting (sure there's only 4 weeks, it will only take us 20 minutes!), - we give the selections to the parish...
- Sat Dec 22, 2012 12:11 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Carols at Midnight Mass
- Replies: 48
- Views: 28198
Re: Carols at Midnight Mass
I face two basic problems with a Midnight Carol service in the Anglican church where I play: [1] Very few people turn up. Most people go to the Children's Nativity service at 6.00 pm. (The same sort of thing happens at the local Catholic church I previously played at). If I make elaborate musical pr...
- Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:30 am
- Forum: Sounds Off
- Topic: Guide to accompaniment (4) Instrumentation/Registration
- Replies: 1
- Views: 13619
Guide to accompaniment (4) Instrumentation/Registration
Here is a fourth subtopic: Instrumentation and registration (selection of stops, buttons on Pipe Organ or other Keyboards). As before feel free to add your own ideas/advice/experience. Here are some random ideas for starters: [1] Instrumentation: (a) With music groups, because you have more players ...
- Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:49 am
- Forum: Sounds Off
- Topic: Guide to accompaniment at Mass (3) Tempi
- Replies: 2
- Views: 14012
Re: Guide to accompaniment at Mass (3) Tempi
To encourage others to contribute practical advice of their own I will start something on: [1]the choice of tempi Ideas in random order - please feel free to add more of your own. [a] In general don't slow up at the end of each verse - congregations tend to re-start at the slower tempo you have reac...
- Wed Dec 05, 2012 6:16 pm
- Forum: Sounds Off
- Topic: Guide to accompaniment at Mass (3) Tempi
- Replies: 2
- Views: 14012
Guide to accompaniment at Mass (3) Tempi
I thought that here I would raise the issue of tempi. However instead of writing a lot of stuff of my own I would just porduce a list of subtopics/headings under which people could give their advice. And of course there is nothing to stop people adding other headings of their own. For convenience on...
- Fri Nov 30, 2012 1:17 pm
- Forum: Sounds Off
- Topic: Guide for accompanying Mass (2) Transposition
- Replies: 7
- Views: 20825
Guide for accompanying Mass (2) Transposition
Many thanks for the responses on my first thread with this title. I hope more keep coming. As there are so many sub-topics I thought I might run a number of separate threads to cater for each of them. This is the next one - on transposition. Here are my preliminary thoughts, based as before on my pr...
- Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:41 am
- Forum: Sounds Off
- Topic: Guide for accompanying Mass
- Replies: 5
- Views: 17031
Re: Guide for accompanying Mass
Many thanks for this. Just what is needed, as I am sure different people have worked out different strategies to deal with their particular situation. In any case, on a thread like this I tend to write 'on the hoof' and only afterwards realise there are things that should be said, or said more caref...