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by mcb
Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:15 pm
Forum: Sounds Off
Topic: Another copyright query?
Replies: 26
Views: 52518

Martin Foster wrote:Perhaps I should offer a pint (or other tipple) at Summer School for those who can help me!

Genoito moi kata to rhema sou. (:-))
M.
by mcb
Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:07 pm
Forum: Sounds Off
Topic: Another copyright query?
Replies: 26
Views: 52518

Any change needs to be balanced with the risk of reducing the congregation’s familiarity with a canonical text. I wonder if you'd say the same if we were talking about a musical setting of [bible]Mt 5:3-12[/bible], say, or [bible]Phil 4:4-9[/bible]? Should the composer feel obliged to stick to a ...
by mcb
Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:49 pm
Forum: Sounds Off
Topic: Another copyright query?
Replies: 26
Views: 52518

Thank you for the explanation, Presbyter, but in that case, why were they beatitudes before? I'm not sure the question makes sense. The name Beatitudes comes from the Latin beatus , meaning, well, the same as the Greek makarios , something like 'happy' or 'blessed'. We've had this conversation befo...
by mcb
Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:40 pm
Forum: Sounds Off
Topic: Another copyright query?
Replies: 26
Views: 52518

To clarify one point it has long been the tradition of the Church to be selective in the verses it uses from scripture. Actually I think we all understood this. (Merseysider misunderstood ssgcgs's "How?", that's all.) To move the conversation forward what reasons might there be for changing the tex...
by mcb
Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:49 pm
Forum: Sounds Off
Topic: Another copyright query?
Replies: 26
Views: 52518

Re: Another copyright query?

The answer came back as a resounding "NO", basically on two counts: 1) They said I must use the whole psalm. I have used Vv 1-4, and v10 (as laid out in the lectionary). This, in particular, ruled out the possibility. 2) They also objected to the repetition of words in a couple of the verse: eg "On...
by mcb
Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:00 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Go Out to the Whole World…
Replies: 29
Views: 17881

I'll be there. I'm, like, so looking forward to it. (I'm trying to bluff my way into the youth workshop.) Like ssgcgs, I'm still waiting to hear what my homework is for the composers' workshop. Given how long it takes me to write anything, if we don't hear soon I'm going to have to pretend the dog a...
by mcb
Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:42 pm
Forum: Sounds Off
Topic: James MacMillan at your service
Replies: 7
Views: 13286

It was a rare treat I definitely agree! I've enjoyed every meeting of the Composers' Group I've attended, but this was easily the best. James Macmillan surprised me by being so informed and sympathetic about the practical concerns of liturgical musicians. I was expecting knowledgeable musical comme...
by mcb
Mon Jun 13, 2005 8:31 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Psalm 12th Sunday, year A
Replies: 2
Views: 2688

Re: Psalm 12th Sunday, year A

(Oh... urgh... er... oh dear. Someone fetch a mop.) Thank you Pirate. Good to know that someone somewhere has sung it the once! (You're the first I've ever heard of apart from my own establishment.) I wrote it for the 'farewell' celebration for Archbishop Kelly when he departed for Liverpool. Vaguel...
by mcb
Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:56 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Glory to God
Replies: 65
Views: 39514

musicus wrote:What a great post, mcb! Such occasional injections of intellectual rigour are very refreshing.


Gosh! I'm almost incontinent with pride. Intellectual rigor mortis is about the best I can normally rise to.

M.
by mcb
Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:06 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Glory to God
Replies: 65
Views: 39514

Re: Back to the Gloria...

It's a powerful argument I couldn't find much fault with Can't say I agree with you, Sid; looks like garbage to me. The argument (if you can dignify it with the term) is more or less based on the principle 'knock anything new and think of the reasons afterwards'. Over and over again the reasoning l...
by mcb
Fri May 13, 2005 10:35 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Explosive liturgy
Replies: 7
Views: 4691

All my hope on God is founded; He doth still my trust renew, Me through change and chance He guideth, Only good and only true. God unknown, He alone Calls my heart to be His own. Pride of man and earthly glory, Sword and crown betray His trust; What with care and toil He buildeth, Tower and temple f...
by mcb
Fri May 13, 2005 10:28 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Ratzinger, Liturgy and England
Replies: 67
Views: 36692

Hardly a complete answer, but would it be reasonable to suggest that Latin is useful because it has stopped evolving in the way that other languages do. Thus the meanings of Latin words have much more strict interpretation. If you say something in Latin, it's meanings are much more specific than if...
by mcb
Mon May 09, 2005 11:15 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Resurrecting Oppressed Musicians
Replies: 18
Views: 12510

Growth is the only evidence of life. John Henry Newman, Apologia pro vita sua, 1864

I stand corrected... instantly put right by someone who evidently knows her Newman better than I do. I'm not saying who, but I think she only pretends to be Japanese when contributing here.

M.
by mcb
Mon May 09, 2005 9:36 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Resurrecting Oppressed Musicians
Replies: 18
Views: 12510

I'm sure that John Henry Newman - for it is his supposition that growth is the only evidence of life - was thinking more spiritually, more philosophically than your basic KS2 science approach. You can move, reproduce, sense, breathe, feed and crap all you like, but if spiritually you never grow, ne...
by mcb
Wed May 04, 2005 10:19 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Resurrecting Oppressed Musicians
Replies: 18
Views: 12510

isn't it important to confine oneself to the hats that suit? I'd suggest not; or, at least, that you can't always see whether the hat suits when you're wearing it. Sometimes you take on a role not because you see yourself as suited for it, but because you know that someone is needed , and that you ...