Elmar

Just out of curiosity, are there national conferences of bishops with a non-simoniac relation to their vernacular translations? (Jeffrey Quick October 22) In the Netherlands, a website has been launc…

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Of course in an ideal world, liturgical improvements would be self explaining.
People would be attracted by good liturgy and chose to go to church on Sunday en masse by themselves.
In t…

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I also made this (anecdotal) experience.
During lockdowns our DOM introduced singing propers (by himself) and kept this practice afterwards; Itroit+verses was instead of the entrance hymn, Com…

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Just found a better one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otLRr7oQQgU
This is just the part mentioned above as a separate video.

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You mean this one, Chonak?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEM7a3mHMR4
It is still streaming and you can watch back the last 12 hours.
Generally this seems to be just a webcam, b…

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Can anyone help me to identify the polyphony sung by the schola?
(no mention of composers in the booklet)

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Personally, I am more worried about the waste of paper; especially by the use of those throw-away-missalets... You might re-use your psalm&acclamation pages in the three year lectionary cycle.

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We do not sing vespers at all... I am happy if our pastor finally (discussion pending, prayers please!) allows us to sing a choral Latin Sanctus at Mass in spite of 'Sing to the Lord' art. …

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Parish 1: attendance ~150, childrens' choir 10, 'youth' choir 15
Parish 2: attendance ~60, (was youth 40 years ago) choir 20
Parish 3: local church closed in July, choir …

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For what it's worth, the corrected pdf document on the ICEL site is dated August 19th, 2011.

Thanked by 4FSSPmusic CHGiffen irishtenor Liam
You made my day!
"...rebranding..." - "...unique Belief Method (TM)..." - "...marketing theories, consumer behavior research..." :-) :-) :-)
But what about…

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Nothing in the Mass is ever “too long”.

Is the Super Bowl “too long”? Is the concert at the symphony hall “too long”? Is the movie in the theatre too long? Is the opera you are attendi…

Thanked by 4PaxMelodious LauraKaz a_f_hawkins OMagnumMysterium
The alignment of vowels to the first note of the neume is fine and standard; it is a matter of neume spacing as far as I see.
In your example file, in most of the melodies of 'Tant um erg…

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æ seems to be missing in 'normal' text everywhere when bearing an accent.
Further, in some of the example chants it is typeset ae instead of æ, plus there are a few places where the …

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On the other hand, good liturgy should also 'feel' like good liturgy... same for the music.
If it doesn't, don't blame "them" too quickly.

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In the state of uncultivated nature there are no weeds.
The judgment about what is an unwelcome weed enters when you try to cultivate flora into an artistic garden. If you don't care abou…

Thanked by 2tomjaw MarkB
So do I. When pastor or staff members say how grateful they are that I did this or that extra thing, I regularly reply: it's such a fine way to show this gratefulness that I never get complaints…

Thanked by 4tomjaw Lars CHGiffen Paul F. Ford
In the past, if Catholic musicians weren't working a day job, then they were busy composing music, publishing music and hymn books, giving lessons, etc., in short, making something of themselves…

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Ask the two voices about transubstantiation and you will clearly hear the difference… unfortunately the Catholic may also be Protestant… Yet, I guess that a large majority among faithful Catholics ca…

Thanked by 2tomjaw MichaelRaney
I happened to spot an 'eius' instead of (everywhere else) 'ejus': p.15 right column 8th row.
Its really hard to find any typos!

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While I've got my favorites too, I prefer to stick to traditional conventions. Preferences in Latin hyphenation may depend on your mother tongue... well, so does the old convention to write …

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Nice booklet!
Another minor remark: ae is treated as æ until p.93, then as two separate letters (except the verses on p.109 and 112, where it is æ again).

The hyphenation looks …

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On one side of this dichotomy, are those who believe that all aspects of art, music, implements, vestments and architecture are intrinsic to the very act of liturgy, and that that ultimate expression…

Thanked by 3DavidOLGC Liam a_f_hawkins
I believe that possible in a manner appropriate to the vernacular language is the critical point.
You just need to read 20th century philosophical texts in order to argue that having sub-sub-s…

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As I understand GIRM 47...When the people are gathered, and as the Priest enters with the Deacon and ministers, the Entrance Chant begins. Its purpose is to ...... and accompany the procession of the…

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And their aggiornamento istn't bad either: the site does support https now.

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violations do get reported to the publishers. Cease and desist letters do go out"You will be sued for looking in your old book after its expiration date when you sang the responsorial psalm, rat…

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I become ever more confused... if 'performing' a copyrighted piece of music in a religious service is allowed in the US; and keeping a freely available, legally bought object cannot serious…

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This is in line with what I was taught: the 'processional' vers(es) at Introit and Communion are not integral part of the proper, but kind of 'add-on' to accompany the liturgical …

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It may not lawfully be used outside the diocese's boundaries, maybe not even sold outside the diocese Seriously? Even selling for private use may be restricted within the US? I mean, this is not…

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