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by justMary
Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:23 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: A year on, what are we singing?
Replies: 79
Views: 42245

Re: A year on, what are we singing?

But it's the Gloria which is really causing us problems. We have three settings – one through-composed, one cantor/assembly and one choir/assembly. The assembly likes the first (which I can't stand) and sings it vigorously. I like the third, which the assembly really isn't comfortable with. And noo...
by justMary
Sun Oct 14, 2012 10:23 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Just in case...
Replies: 10
Views: 4792

Re: Just in case...

Well when it comes to church, I am an amateur who does things voluntarily, but I like to think that I have an ethical (and theological!) base for what I do. And thanks to our local bus service (about which I a professional information provider), I am not a member of the parish whose church-building ...
by justMary
Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:48 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Malurgy
Replies: 136
Views: 43670

Re: Malurgy

Doesn't work. Folk don't read these things. We see this time after time. Ha, ha! What do you think they do during the homily, Nick? Don't know what Nick thinks - but I can guarantee that the 23% of ours who are functionally illiterate aren't reading the bulletin during the homily. (I'm fortunate to...
by justMary
Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:53 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Church services and copyright
Replies: 15
Views: 7942

Church services and copyright

Well I sat through the whole thing and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'd welcome some advice on what the legal/copyright implications are for live feed transmissions as our cathedral may have this facility when we re-open. I'm not a lawyer, this is not legal advice, you need to consult a copyright lawyer ...
by justMary
Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:23 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: High esteem for the pipe organ?
Replies: 220
Views: 86216

Re: High esteem for the pipe organ?

OUCH! That actually hurts - a lot. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but REALLY! I think I shall get my coat and dismantle the coathook. Goodness! I would like to sincerely apologise for causing offence - that was totally not what I intended To be honest, I'm scratching my head about how you've r...
by justMary
Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:57 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: High esteem for the pipe organ?
Replies: 220
Views: 86216

Re: High esteem for the pipe organ?

I have a team of deputies (from "outside" - my one "in-house" deputy died earlier in the year) so weekend and Holyday masses are always covered. It is a privilege to count the previous DofM at Magdalen College Oxford amongst them!! Great - I'm genuinely pleased to hear that your...
by justMary
Sun Sep 23, 2012 12:55 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Greener grass?
Replies: 32
Views: 23920

Re: Greener grass?

Thank you - that is a fantastic explanation, far more than I expected. Ironically, I picked up a words-only edition of the St Andrew Hymnal in a 2nd-hand bookshop in Miltown Malby (a small village in Co Clare that holds an absolutely mad during "music week" each summer). This edition lists...
by justMary
Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:56 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: High esteem for the pipe organ?
Replies: 220
Views: 86216

Re: High esteem for the pipe organ?

Whilst not wishing to sound conceited, I have been Organist in my parish for nearly 20 years, and more musicians have "gone" than "come" and yet we have sustained - indeed, developed, a good music programme in which the congregation participates and choir and cantors play their ...
by justMary
Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:55 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: High esteem for the pipe organ?
Replies: 220
Views: 86216

Re: High esteem for the pipe organ?

Do be gentle with us organists, even the bad ones. We all take a lot of stick for doing a job (usually unpaid) that nobody else wants to do. And yes, the organ should be held in high esteem! Ahh, I would always aim to be gentle with musicians. I hold them, yes even the not-so-skilled ones, in great...
by justMary
Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:14 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Greener grass?
Replies: 32
Views: 23920

Re: Greener grass?

A small bump, I am interested in the answer still.
by justMary
Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:40 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Greener grass?
Replies: 32
Views: 23920

Re: Greener grass?

Peter Jones wrote:
justMary wrote:
John Ainslie wrote:: 'Holy light on earth's horizon' to start with,


I'm curious - is HLOEH published anywhere?


Try Laudate 328


What edition? Whatever one that http://www.hymnary.org/instances?qu=hymnalNumber%3ALHCB1957%20in%3Ainstances&sort=firstLine has listed doesn't include it.
by justMary
Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:17 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Greener grass?
Replies: 32
Views: 23920

Re: Greener grass?

: 'Holy light on earth's horizon' to start with, I'm curious - is HLOEH published anywhere? I've looked for it before, and found something that implied it was translated by Edward Casswall - but I didn't keep a note of where, and it doesn't seem to really be his style of English. And it's apparentl...
by justMary
Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:52 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: High esteem for the pipe organ?
Replies: 220
Views: 86216

Re: High esteem for the pipe organ?

Goodness! I never expected my little sideline comment to spawn a whole new thread. To respond to a few points: The "secular church choir" was of course an elongated typo - I meant "secular community choir". The reaction that I have is not to one particular building, organ, or org...
by justMary
Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:27 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Norrenough gud choons
Replies: 21
Views: 14706

Re: Norrenough gud choons

I wonder what you folks will make of this site: http://www.musicformass.co.uk/

I love her focus on singable, but unfortunately the sound-files on the site are dreadful MIDIs, and I'm just not skilled enough to assess the works from the scores along.
by justMary
Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:13 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: High esteem for the pipe organ?
Replies: 220
Views: 86216

High esteem for the pipe organ?

120. In the Latin Church the pipe organ is to be held in high esteem, for it is the traditional musical instrument which adds a wonderful splendor to the Church's ceremonies and powerfully lifts up man's mind to God and to higher things. Maybe you could settle for holding the organ itself in high e...