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- Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:23 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Hymn to St Stephen
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6147
Re: Hymn to St Stephen
Abbotts Leigh also works well - but I guess you've made your choice. 'Ode to Joy' fits, but doesn't (for me) really do the job.
- Sun May 04, 2014 10:43 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Hymns that conflict with Catholic doctrine.
- Replies: 50
- Views: 72695
Re: Hymns that conflict with Catholic doctrine.
On the main thrust of the thread, I had an interesting experience transcribing and arranging a song by the Christian Rock band 'Caedmon's Call' for my junior choir. It's called 'We delight in the law of your word'' (m) and I found I had to 're-orientate' the lyrics quite a bit. Without treading on ...
- Sun Apr 06, 2014 3:34 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Palm Sunday for guitars and flute
- Replies: 25
- Views: 22594
Re: Palm Sunday for guitars and flute
Why does the Palm Sunday liturgy require any instrumental accompaniment at all? Be bold - be 'a cappella!'
- Mon Nov 11, 2013 10:48 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Post Baptismal Catechesis
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7880
Re: Post Baptismal Catechesis
Well, I will shoot my mouth off - not having heard Francesco Donega's talk and all... But, it seems to me it's time to step back a bit from the whole RCIA model, which is itself somewhat 'neo-catechumenal'. Yes, I know that's a 'cart-before-horse' characterisation, but I am mindful of a point made ...
- Sat Sep 28, 2013 11:02 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: New Secretary to the Department for Christian Life and Worsh
- Replies: 35
- Views: 22702
Re: New Secretary to the Department for Christian Life and W
This new team looks to me to be a group of Italian technocrats, which suggests that the Holy Father has done what Jesuits tend to do with issues that are on the periphery of their main apostolate - entrust them to "safe pairs of hands". Personally I think it's a shame that Uwe Michael Lang is no ...
- Sat Sep 14, 2013 9:10 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Adoremus in aeternum
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9016
Re: Adoremus in aeternum
I think the 'Doh-re-mi-re-doh' incipit for Adoremus is still the best known, although the 'la-soh-la-soh-fa-la-'doh-'doh-ti-la' is a finer melody. Incidentally, I suspect John is right to be suspicious of the theology behind the Antiphon - but there is another way of looking at it, if you take ...
- Wed Sep 04, 2013 8:57 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Traditional or Contemporary?
- Replies: 98
- Views: 84496
Re: Traditional or Contemporary?
Many good points have been made on the subject of chant Propers. Two details need highlighting however. Firstly, it is by no means clear that the Propers were developed by 'Cathedral or monastic musicians'; the origins of the Propers, and indeed the earliest strands of the Gregorian tradition are ...
- Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:39 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Will Francis restore our liturgy?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4542
Re: Will Francis restore our liturgy?
No need! Like an ancient cathedral, it (or parts of it) are continually being restored...
- Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:37 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Suggestions for a Choral Mass Setting
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11985
Re: Suggestions for a Choral Mass Setting
If your choir are really non music-readers, then going for a 4-part mass-setting may not be the way forward. Certainly anything polyphonic would probably need more effort than could be justified. I'd suggest the Proulx version of the Schubert 'Deutsche Mess', which you can find on the Decani website ...