Category: Music: Mass settings
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Reading suggestions for history of church music?
A colleague of mine at Villanova University is putting together a course on church history and as part of this course she wants to give attention to the history of music used in / for worship. She and I are looking for suggestions for texts that address this topic. Please share your ideas here on…
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CRCCM Composition Contest Results Announced
The winning antiphons were performed at the annual meeting of the Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians, January 4 – 8, held at Saint Joseph Cathedral in Hartford, CT and Saint Michael the Archangel Cathedral, Springfield, MA.
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Opening Rites at Mass with Pope in Kenya
Look what happens in the dance between the opening Collect and the First Reading.
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“Don’t Forget”: The Pope’s Final Mass in Philadelphia
All in all, “don’t forget” are some pretty fine words with which to end such a visit. I know that Pope John Paul’s visit to Chicago in the late 1970’s is still part of this city’s collective memory. I hope that in a similar way, the American Church will have a hard timing forgetting Francis’…
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Interviewing Liturgical Leaders: Margot Fassler
Knowing the liturgy and its sources and how to use them for building the church is the most important work we theologians have to do.
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Hymnal Review: One in Faith
Kudos to the WLP hymnal committee for providing the church with so worthy a “worship aid” as One in Faith. The book presents today’s congregations with a mature guide into a distant future.
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Non solum: What New Gloria Settings Do You Recommend?
Which through-composed settings of the “Gloria” that are out there have taken off since the implementation of the 2011 Roman Missal?
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Misa Criolla in St. Peter’s Basilica with Pope Francis on December 12
“When I heard Misa Criolla for the first time, I was studying theology. I really liked it! I enjoyed ‘Lamb of God,’ which is magnificent. I will never forget that I heard Mercedes Sosa singing it.” – Pope Francis
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Glory to God in the… Oh, Nevermind
Is “formal correspondence” more important than accuracy?