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- Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:21 am
- Forum: Sounds Off
- Topic: Liturgically Inappropriate Music
- Replies: 51
- Views: 220553
Re: Liturgically Inappropriate Music
I note that this thread, mainly seems to be concerned with text, as opposed to actual music. Should it not therefore be placed in the Liturgical section, as opposed to 'sounds off', which is supposed to be about musical composition? Alternatively, if the thread is kept here, should there not also be...
- Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:57 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Printing out words....! (of Mass Parts!)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9578
Re: Printing out words....! (of Mass Parts!)
Sorry, I am puzzled by the latest contribution. As I understand it one needs to distinguish between three things: [1] Copyright on the text [2] Copyright on the music [3] Copyright on the printing, reproductive, artwork processes. The latest response appears to discuss copyright on the music; but th...
- Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:12 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Ordering of options in GIRM
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13243
Re: Ordering of options in GIRM
Personally after a while I find all this 'rules and regulations' stuff baffling; and I am afraid it gets in the way of first principles. These surely are: [1] The service should serve the needs of the people who actually attend. It should provide opportunities for them to express themselves in ways ...
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 6:52 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Resource for Cantors
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4605
Re: Resource for Cantors
Many thanks for this. I had a look at the articles, and they look very useful. However, could there also be something on vocal technique? After all Cantors are supposed to sing.
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 11:07 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Cameo roles
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17943
Re: Cameo roles
Regarding VML's unfortunate experiences, I am inclined to be rather intolerant. [1] I think it outrageous that people give higher priority to music planning meetings over actually coming along to practices. It suggests that people want to command but not do the donkey work. The only modification I w...
- Sat Jan 04, 2014 10:27 am
- Forum: Sounds Off
- Topic: Canticles
- Replies: 9
- Views: 36899
Re: Canticles
Yes, the reply covers most of the points. Some parishes do use Common Worship's Morning and Evening Prayer; although this still seems to be comparatively uncommon, and Cathedrals appear to be exceptionally resistant to it. Part of the difficulty appears with Sung Morning and Evening Prayer; as there...
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 10:28 am
- Forum: Sounds Off
- Topic: James Macmillan to cease writing congregational music
- Replies: 4
- Views: 28441
Re: James Macmillan to cease writing congregational music
I have not read the Tablet article, although I have heard on the grapevine about James Macmillan's decision. Nonetheless it does highlight a series of problems concerning the relationship between Church music today and serious 'art' composers. [1] Many 'art' composers seem to prefer Latin or at leas...
- Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:58 am
- Forum: Sounds Off
- Topic: English Proper Chants
- Replies: 10
- Views: 37862
Re: English Proper Chants
The latest issue of the Monastic Musicians newsletter has several articles/transcripts/summaries about the composition of new English Propers including items by John Ainslie and Martin Foster. These are the fruits of their 'summer school' this year; which was devoted to that theme. All make for inte...
- Mon Nov 11, 2013 11:12 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Gloria at Mass for the War Dead on Remembrance Sunday
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6474
Re: Gloria at Mass for the War Dead on Remembrance Sunday
[quote="JW"] The Gloria is essentially a hymn to God, not to the fallen. Therefore note the text: 'Glory to God in the highest, and peace to God's people on earth...' ('old translation') The term 'Glory' of course is difficult: [1] I do not see why we should not celebrate the 'achievements...
- Wed Sep 18, 2013 3:24 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Traditional or Contemporary?
- Replies: 98
- Views: 81629
Re: Traditional or Contemporary?
I really don't see why a new translation of the same Latin text should imply or require musical stylistic innovation. . Logically this observation might be true. However, in practice major changes to text usually do result in stylistic shifts, especially if there has been a time gap of a decade or ...
- Fri Sep 13, 2013 10:47 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Traditional or Contemporary?
- Replies: 98
- Views: 81629
Re: Traditional or Contemporary?
Are we not in danger of getting off the original point? I thought the questions originally posed were: [1] What do we mean by 'traditional' and 'contemporary' music in a church context? [2] What, specifically, do these terms mean in an 'Anglican' context? 'Traditional', whether Anglican or Catholic,...
- Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:34 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Traditional or Contemporary?
- Replies: 98
- Views: 81629
Re: Traditional or Contemporary?
Ref. music in Anglican churches. Yes, interesting divergencies between what I encounter in the North of England(mainly rural parts of the NW) and what others find in the South and in London; although this is no more than what one would expect, given regional differences in Catholic behaviour. The di...
- Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:43 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Traditional or Contemporary?
- Replies: 98
- Views: 81629
Re: Traditional or Contemporary?
If we return to the original message, I note that it relates to an Anglican church. So, here is a 'narrow' response to the question. In the Anglican church 'traditional' and 'contemporary' is to some extent determined by the type of liturgy used. So, by this yardstick the following lines could be ta...
- Mon Jul 29, 2013 9:11 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Going down to one Mass
- Replies: 34
- Views: 19456
Re: Going down to one Mass
Just a couple of further thoughts relating to your particular situation. [1] Don't forget that you have the opportunity to try something new, or at any rate a new development from what already happens. For instance I see you are already thinking about how to make use of your East European traditions...
- Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:38 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Going down to one Mass
- Replies: 34
- Views: 19456
Re: Going down to one Mass
Yes, this is a difficult one, and the advice given above looks pretty sound. However, could I suggest looking at an alternative approach. Years ago (in the 1970s), when I was a student, I used to go to the 'family Mass' at Blackfriars, Oxford. The routine there was to have a rotation of 'music direc...