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Liturgical Music Document Literacy Challenge

eft94530 August 2009
Posts: 1,577

THE CHURCH DOCUMENTS
LOS DOCUMENTOS DE LA IGLESIA

1903-nov-22 Tra Le Sollecitudine
[Italian]
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_x/motu_proprio/documents/hf_p-x_motu-proprio_19031122_sollecitudini_it.html
[English, no vatican]
http://www.adoremus.org/TraLeSollecitudini.html
[Espanol]
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_x/motu_proprio/documents/hf_p-x_motu-proprio_19031122_sollecitudini_sp.html

1928-dec-20 Divini Cultus Sanctitatem
[Latin]
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xi/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_p-xi_apc_19281220_divini-cultus-sanctitatem_lt.html
[English, no vatican]
http://www.adoremus.org/DiviniCultus.html
[Espanol]
__no hay: Google Translate ?

1947-nov-20 Mediator Dei
[Latin]
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_19471120_mediator-dei_lt.html
[English]
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_20111947_mediator-dei_en.html
[Espanol]
__no hay: Google Translate ?

1955-dec-25 Musicae Sacrae Disciplina
[Italian]
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_25121955_musicae-sacrae_it.html
[English]
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_25121955_musicae-sacrae_en.html
[Espanol]
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_25121955_musicae-sacrae_sp.html

1958-sep-3 De musica sacra et sacra liturgia
[English, no vatican]
http://www.adoremus.org/1958Intro-sac-mus.html
[Espanol]
__no hay: Google Translate ?

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1963-dec-04 Sacrosanctum Concilium
[English]
http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html
[Espanol]
http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_sp.html

1967-mar-05 Musicam Sacram
[English]
http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_instr_19670305_musicam-sacram_en.html
[Espanol]
__no hay: Google Translate ??

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1998-may-31 Dies Domini
[English]
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_05071998_dies-domini_en.html
[Espanol]
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_05071998_dies-domini_sp.html

2001-mar-28 Liturgiam Authenticam
[English]
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20010507_liturgiam-authenticam_en.html
[Espanol]
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20010507_liturgiam-authenticam_sp.html

2001-dec-17
[English] Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20020513_vers-direttorio_en.html
[Espanol] Directorio sobre la piedad popular y la liturgia
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20020513_vers-direttorio_sp.html

2004-mar-25 Redemptionis Sacramentum
[English]
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20040423_redemptionis-sacramentum_en.html
[Espanol]
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20040423_redemptionis-sacramentum_sp.html

2005-dec-01
[English] Sacred Music: a liturgical and pastoral challenge
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/letters/2005/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20051201_musica-sacra_en.html
[Espanol] Musica Sacra: un reto liturgico y pastoral
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/letters/2005/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20051201_musica-sacra_sp.html

2007-feb-22 Sacramentum Caritatis
[English]
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis_en.html
[Espanol]
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis_sp.html

2007-dec-24
[English] Midnight Mass Homily
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/homilies/2007/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20071224_christmas_en.html
[Espanol] Misa de Nochebuena
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/homilies/2007/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20071224_christmas_sp.html

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2000-mar-xx
[English] GIRM
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20030317_ordinamento-messale_en.html
[Espanol] IGMR
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20030317_ordinamento-messale_sp.html

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Here are the preparatory actions:

(*) go to your nearby office supply store and purchase
a 2-inch binder
a set of dividers (5 tabs to start, probably will need 15 or more)
a ream of paper (500 sheets)
a set of hilighters

(*) pick the language citation best suited to your needs, print the document, three-hole-punch, put into binder

Here is the challenge:

(*) read the documents in historical order (old to new)

(*) a document must be skim-read in one sitting
use a hilighter to place a mark [punctum?] at each music word (chant, sing, instrument, ...)
maybe use different colors for different words or purposes
(e.g., orange for ordinary-related [kyrie,gloria,...], purple for proper-related [introit/entrance,psalm,...])
the marks will help whenever you re-visit the document in the future

(*) visit this discussion and post your status and thoughts on the doc you just read

Notes:
I will edit the LIST so there is only one place to need to look for the complete list
I will locate and include SPANISH references to facilitate common knowledge in our bi-lingual communities
I will favor Vatican pages
(their traffic logs will indicate that people care about these documents)
I will add a post to this discussion when there are updates
G August 2009
Posts: 1,397

Excellent apostolate you have assigned yourslef there, eft.

(Save the Liturgy, Save the World)
eft94530 August 2009
Posts: 1,577

Since the beginning of April, I have had this on my "Things to post on the CMAA Forum" list.

I have been intending for years to post more widely this collection of materials.
mel51 February 2011
Posts: 2

A wonderful exercise, and yes, we should all take the time to do this!

In reading these documents in consecutive order, and reading quickly as suggested, it is clear that the participation of the people is important and desired, that Latin is still in force as the preferred language, that it provides unity as does the use of chant. While using the vernacular is acceptable, it is clear that it is desired the people learn their parts and where possible learn in Latin.

There is so much here, I am merely at the tip of the iceburg so to speak. There are clearly themes that are concerns throughout the years, the encouragement to use Latin and to use chant does not change.
francis February 2011
Posts: 10,668

Yes, but be sure to understand the true meaning of "actuoso participatio" before you commit it to the quantitative movement of congregational lips.
Charles in CenCA February 2011
Posts: 2,416

Yikes. Serious. Makes the Joncas survey a Cliffs Notes.
I've got an apprentice coming in with a comp degree from Schoenberg/USC under Lauridsen; I'll put him on it, saying "You're 25, I'm 60, guess what?"
Great job, eft. East Bay Rules.

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MaryAnn Carr Wilson February 2011
Posts: 1,738

I did this last summer. Nice big binder, and very eye-opening. The tone of docs before and after the council is notable. Now, I aim to do it again next summer and hopefully absorb a little more. And I want to digest more liturgical history.
Summer it is for me. Right now Lent has my brain. Did I mention there are something like 39 proper chants between Palm Sunday and Easter Vigil? Good times. :)

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Geremia September 2017
Posts: 261

Is there a book that collects all the 20th centuries magisterial documents on music?

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Cantus67 September 2017
Posts: 207

And which of the music directors here who are full time musicians/music editors/lyric tenors/countertenors has time for all of that? Sure, I have to research but I research on subject matter, not massive amounts of motu proprio's that I've already read and have a good idea of their subject matter.
francis September 2017
Posts: 10,668

I would say the definitive book that you need to buy is Heyburns Papal Legislation on Sacred Music. which covers everything from the beginning of the church until 1960. Anything after that is questionable in terms of the magisterium on sacred music.
a_f_hawkins September 2017
Posts: 3,369

Chapter 6 of the LTP book Documents on the Liturgy takes the story on to 1979. However the only legislative text, if such it be, is Musicam Sacram, which was published in 1967. The problem with this is that it applies directly neither to the EF (by explicit statements of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei), nor to the OF which had not been defined at that time (though it had been drafted and trialled).

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