@Andrew_Malton I have Paul Ford's By Flowing Waters . While I respect the work he has done, and I have found it quite useful on an individual basis, I believe it to be more a work of his own doing inspired by the simplex.
The translations aren't as faithful to the Latin as I would prefer them to be, especially considering how the others are more faithful to the given texts of the Mass. I would not feel good using the work as a whole, but would be happy to be selective. As such, I don't feel that it makes the list as something that I would feel good buying 30-40+ copies.
Too picky? Perhaps. Elitist? I pray not. Erring on the side of caution for the sake of the propers of the Mass given to us by Holy Mother Church? Most definitely.
It shows the driving impulse behind Bugnini, but how generally that was shared is unclear. He encountered ferocious opposition from the musical establishment, and derision from the revolutionaries who largely carried the day while proponents of chant squabbledthe mysteries of the intentions of liturgical musical renewal of the Second Vatican Council
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