CharlesW

OCP Additions/Deletions in ‘Breaking Bread’ and ‘Music Issue’ for 2022
The priests in my area who celebrate the TLM are diocesan clergy with appointments to regular diocesan parishes. They celebrate the NO as their primary job with the TLM as an 'add-on' to their regular duties. All the flap about what Pope…

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OCP Additions/Deletions in ‘Breaking Bread’ and ‘Music Issue’ for 2022
It seems rather spiteful to wish for the elimination of the Mass in the form it was celebrated for hundreds and hundreds of years simply to stick it to "trads"... I think that the TLM, although not the current norm, is a perfectly valid …

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OCP Additions/Deletions in ‘Breaking Bread’ and ‘Music Issue’ for 2022
He wrote devil music.

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OCP/GIA Financial Model
It's the same in the organ world. Too many composers write/play for their colleagues, not for a general audience/congregation.

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Happy Fourth!
Chris, not familiar with that film.

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Happy Fourth!
I think the constant warfare during the time of Louis XIV and the expenses of building Versailles rarely get mentioned. Louis tore up the receipts to keep anyone from knowing the costs. France was in debt and the extravagance of Louis XVI added su…

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How many of you would cleanse the Temple if you heard this at Mass?
I had wondered if those pipes were real or display.

Comment by CharlesW June 2021 permalink
How many of you would cleanse the Temple if you heard this at Mass?
I question whether or not these performers actually have any real talent. Bad music done badly. As for myself, I wouldn't attend there.

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Can an Ordinary Form Mass be termed "Solemn"?
My own observation is that it is not always about how the celebrant feels. Many priests are never taught about appropriate music, how to chant much less sing, and how to project their voices in both speaking and singing. Some are ill prepared for …

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Can an Ordinary Form Mass be termed "Solemn"?
The Novus Ordo can be celebrated as solemnly as any TLM. It just takes a will to do it. Many look at Renaissance foppery and declare it essential for a solemn mass. It isn't.

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Anyone going to the NPM convention?
I think the problem of not eating meat came from a time when the nobility ate little else. It was a way of getting them to fast and didn't apply all that much to the peasants. Similarly, it doesn't mean so much with people today, since w…

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Organ method for adult beginner
Roger Davis, "The Organist's Manual..." was in use at the organ dept. where I received my masters. I had already been corrupted by Gleason, so I didn't pay much attention to the Davis, other than noting it was expensive.

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Organ method for adult beginner
Another thing you might look at is the Montreal Organ Book. French Baroque for manuals, although you can add parts for pedal. Simple, short pieces that are lovely. Available online for free.

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Organ method for adult beginner
I always recommend the Flor Peeters Little Organ Book. He uses Catholic hymns and develops them from simple melody to more complex arrangements. he gives some good but simple methods to learn pedals. It's like $13 on Amazon so not a big invest…

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Can an Ordinary Form Mass be termed "Solemn"?
Supposedly, there is one mass which can be celebrated with more or less solemnity. The designations solemn and low have been discarded.

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Are English (Anglican-rite) settings approved for use in Catholic liturgy?
I never used anything other than the currently approved and promulgated translation. That would now be the 2010 Third Edition of the Roman Missal. Yes, I know the mass might have been more beautiful, accurate, traditional, and so forth before they…

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Are English (Anglican-rite) settings approved for use in Catholic liturgy?
If in doubt, ask the pastor - especially if you happen to work for him.

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Dobson Pipe Organ Fire
I am not sure anyone gets super rich in the organ building industry these days. The demand just isn't there. I know Moller was shipping one organ per week from its factory in the early part of the last century. I wouldn't be surprised …

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Anyone going to the NPM convention?
A priest who was at that early meeting told me about the fisticuffs. It really happened. He also said some of the early leaders hoped to reform and refocus the organization but abandoned it when they realized it was impossible.

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Anyone going to the NPM convention?
I have known about them for years but the church stopped paying the membership fees a good 15 or so years ago. The pastor at the time said we had grown past anything they had to offer. I haven't paid much attention to NPM since. Now that I a…

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GIA acted despicably
Great minds think alike, Francis.

Comment by CharlesW June 2021 permalink
GIA acted despicably
They could change it to GAIA to complement some of the music they publish.

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GIA acted despicably
Don't know, but it didn't sound like Haugen. I think GIA may have stepped in it up to their Haas on this one.

Comment by CharlesW June 2021 permalink
Dobson Pipe Organ Fire
I saw this early this morning. Their founder retired, I think, last year so I don't know who is in charge there now. Maybe they can rebuild but sometimes a tragic event can push a company out of business. Who knows what will happen next.

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GIA acted despicably
I would now think twice before buying anything from them.

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What Are You Reading - New Books -
Good to hear from Stimson again.

Comment by CharlesW June 2021 permalink
GIA acted despicably
Greg Gutfeld just covered this story on his show. He noted that GIA stands for Groveling Idiotic A-holes. He named corporate officers and mentioned something along the lines that if Christ were here they would write an apology for him to the Phari…

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GIA acted despicably
GIA has needed its panties seriously yanked for some time. I am glad he didn't give in to them.

Comment by CharlesW June 2021 permalink
GIA acted despicably
Didn't GIA look the other way for years at the Haas escapades? Oh yeah, they were making money on that. They are hypocrites.

Comment by CharlesW June 2021 permalink
No Difference In Church Attendence Based on Worship Style - LCMS Data
Francis, the Vatican is the Vatican. What can you do? You can't live with them, you can't live without them. They can be like the old aunt you would like Teddy to bury in the canals he is digging in the basement.

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