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by Peter
Tue May 22, 2007 9:27 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: What to do with a non-viable choir?
Replies: 9
Views: 5200

The choir (or "singing group" as we rather more modestly refer to it) at my church rarely reached double figures and struggled to reach four parts. It never attempted in parts anything more ambitious than Taizé chants, in which it generally led the congregation instead of "performing...
by Peter
Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:48 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: New Mass Translation
Replies: 27
Views: 14588

Re: New Mass Translation

Are composers allowed to move the words around? M. You may live to regret actually asking the question rather than just hoping for some instruction that "composers must set exactly those words permitted by the translation"... To paraphrase Morecambe and Wise, Martin is proposing to set al...
by Peter
Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:18 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: wheezing organ
Replies: 27
Views: 16900

contrabordun wrote:Was it cowardice or kindness not to have made them sing it in E?

Playing it in E would not have helped, as you'd have lost your D# as well! D would have been both kinder to the congregation and easier for you.
by Peter
Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:21 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: What hymns?
Replies: 12
Views: 6615

presbyter wrote:LASST UNS ERFREUEN - how many beats on that last "lu"?


Should be three, though most congregations (not to mention some priests!) get impatient and settle for anything between one-and-a-half and two-and-a-half.
by Peter
Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:02 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Sacramentum Caritatis
Replies: 22
Views: 12507

Re: Sacramentum Caritatis

Not had chance to read it yet, but another question worth considering (not that we'll ever know the answer) is that of the meaning of the text in German (assuming Benedict penned the original in his native tongue) which has been rendered into Latin and then rendered into English? FWIW, The German s...