“Hands down the best Catholic hymnal ever published.”?
  • Nisi
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    Is it true that the CMAA has made this statement about the Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal ? In email advertising from Sophia Institute Press today, is found the following: “'Hands down the best Catholic hymnal ever published.' —The Church Music Association of America"
  • irishtenoririshtenor
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    That quote was on NLM's blog in 2019

    “…hands down, the best Catholic hymnal ever published. […] It is such a fantastic
    hymnal that it deserves to be in the pews of every Catholic church.”
    — New Liturgical Movement website (10 June 2019)
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  • Nisi
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    Ah. I wonder if anyone who represents the CMAA might object to this extrapolation.
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  • TimTheEnchanterTimTheEnchanter
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    Former professional writer here: I agree that the way it is presented is misleading, and they should credit it to Peter Kwasniewski, who is speaking for himself and not the CMAA.

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  • irishtenoririshtenor
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    I agree
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  • janetgorbitzjanetgorbitz
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    Thanks for letting us know. The CMAA doesn't endorse any particular hymnal, so it was an attribution error. Sophia was happy to correct it.
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  • Nisi
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    Now that it's sorted out, I wonder if the Administrator of this forum might remove the discussion as unnecessary.
  • chonakchonak
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    For the record, here's the page where Peter made those nice comments about the Brebeuf hymnal:
    https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2019/06/what-catholic-hymn-should-be.html

    That e-mail from Sophia wasn't the only place where publicity for the book has attributed Peter's comment as an endorsement by CMAA; the same thing appears in an Amazon listing for the book.
    https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Jean-Brebeuf-Hymnal-Extraordinary/dp/1644134497

    The blurb on Sophia's website formerly made the same mistake, but it's been corrected.
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  • FSSPmusic
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    I had occasion to visit the Sophia Institute Press website today and see that the quote and attribution are still there.
    “Hands down, the best Catholic hymnal ever published.”
    –The Church Music Association of America
    https://sophiainstitute.com/promo/liturgy/

    My parish is now in a bit of a bind because so many of our first edition St. Edmund Campion Hymnals have fallen apart after barely a decade and can't be replaced. A parishioner took initiative and ordered copies of the third edition, which is just a missal, thinking it would be a compatible replacement option. I guess they'll be returned. If anyone reading this has copies of the first or second edition in decent condition for sale, please send me a private message.
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  • chonakchonak
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    I'm following up about that mistaken ad.
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  • chonakchonak
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    The ad has been corrected. Thanks for letting us know.
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  • francis
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  • GerardH
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    @chonak This page still has the misattributed quote up on the mobile version of the site.
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  • chonakchonak
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    Oh, dear; another page with tthe same mistake: that is at a differernt URL.
  • chonakchonak
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    I think they've corrected the additional page, so maybe we're caught up . . . for now.
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