Because, among other things, publishers preferred not to have to pay royalties to the USCCB for using their copyrighted texts....
There are some cases where the text is mangled in order to emphasize (or invent) a particular theological point. I wouldn't say this is the majority case, but it certainly happens.
In my experience, any recently released psalm settings from OCP (in, say, the last five years or thereabouts; it may go further back) have tended to use the exact text, regardless of style.
And GIA recently released this "contemporary" set that uses the exact texts.
I believe that Bishops will not approve things marketed as Responsorial Psalms (or whatever else) if they don't use the correct text.
In the Dioceses of the United States of America, instead of the Psalm assigned in the Lectionary, there may be sung... an antiphon and Psalm from another collection of Psalms and antiphons, including Psalms arranged in metrical form, provided they have been approved by the Conference of Bishops or the Diocesan Bishop.
How about when another choir in my church chooses an entirely different psalm for the Sunday just because the proper one is too hard? Ridiculous...
How about when another choir in my church chooses an entirely different psalm for the Sunday just because the proper one is too hard? Ridiculous, and I don't know how the heck they actually get away with it.
use the PBP. Perfect for getting back to basics.It's not hard to use a psalm tone.
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