Seeing Calkins talk about the importance of praying the mass through the use of the missal,
Not for me, people vary. Reading a play is, for me, a very poor substitute for attending a performance. Liturgy is, of course, a very different matter, but I tend to 'say silently' the Office and not just look at it in the book. I know there are books of sermons, but doubt they have the same effect as listening to the preacher. However, people vary.But reading it--seems to me--"prints" into one's mind much more effectively.
Many thanks to Dick Siegel for supplying this additional information:
The music director at Holy Name Cathedral, seen as the choir director
in the movie, was Rev. Edwin V. Hoover. A Chicago native, Hoover
studied theology at the North American College in Rome where he also
had the opportunity for private study with Refice and Perosi. Upon
his ordination and return to Chicago in 1926, Father Hoover was named
director of the Cardinal's Cathedral Choristers at Holy Name Cathedral
and Professor of History at Quigley Seminary, positions he retained
until 1941 when he was transferred to St. Raymond Parish in Joliet,
IL. Hoover's accomplishments in Chicago also included conducting
appearances in Orchestra Hall with the Chicago Symphony and the
Cathedral Choristers in the Chicago premier of Pietro Yon's "The
Triumph of St. Patrick", and bestowal of an honorary doctorate in
music from DePaul University.
Upon coming to Joliet, Hoover formed a Boy's Choir and insisted that
music be a regular part of daily curriculum in the parish school. With
St. Raymond's being raised to the dignity of a Cathedral in 1948,
Hoover actively presided over the formation of an all-male (30 men, 70
boys) Cathedral Choir which would be engaged for all pontifical
ceremonies. (This group was disbanded in the late 1970s.) In 1959, the
Vatican honored Hoover by elevating him to the rank of Protonotary
Apostolic. Monsignor Hoover took emeritus status in 1969 and died on
April 21, 1970.
The Organist in the video is believed to be Holy Name Cathedral
organist Al Wideman.
The Mass ordinary setting is listed in the movie credits as the "Mass
of Christ the King." Its actual title was the "Mass in honor of the
Holy Family" which was dedicated to Chicago's Archbishop Cardinal
Mundelein. The reason for the change in title is unknown. The original
movie contains the entire setting of the mass rather than the
truncated version available in the on-line version.
The Mass propers were chanted by the St. Mary of the Lake Seminary
Choir under the Direction of Rev. Joseph Kush, a graduate of the
Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome.
Other music presented in the original movie included "Victimae
Paschale Laudes" by Pietro Yon, "Regina Coeli" by M. A. Melvil, and a
snippet of the "Grand Responsive Chorus" by Gigout played as the
ministers process into the sanctuary.
Other music presented in the original movie included . . .
where has gone our glorious tradition?
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