Category: Music: Mass settings
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Sacred Treasure: Understanding Catholic Liturgical Music, by Joseph P. Swain
A principal purpose of the book is attempting to redress the balance between liturgical thought and musical thought. This is why he has written, not a handbook of Catholic church music, but a book which takes as its starting point the very nature of music itself.
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A New Hard-bound Hymnal on the Horizon for WLP
Close to 900 titles.
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Music for the Church’s Worship 3: Liturgical Music by Dr. Lynn Trapp
In my experience it is quite rare to find a composer who can write idiomatically in both “classical” and “folk” styles, let alone one who has such a sense of what is appropriate for ritual, conducive to prayer, and within the capabilities of most parish musicians. I hope that Dr. Trapp will continue to bless…
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The Sacred Music Cardinal Bergoglio (Pope Francis) Likes: Misa Criolla
Contacts from Argentina tell me that Missa Criolla is the Pope’s favorite Mass and was a favorite gift for him to give visitors to Argentina.
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Blessed Fire!
I say this should be the second chant setting in the U.S. Roman missal, after the ICEL chants based on Latin chant. Whaddaya think?
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Hymnal Review, Part Five: Conclusion, Hymnody and Justice
By James E. Frazier Neither the Vatican II Hymnal nor the Adoremus Hymnal provides a listing of copyright permissions.
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What Mass Settings Are We Using?
At the recent Collegeville Conference on Music, Liturgy, and the Arts, Michael Silhavy (now at GIA Publications) gave a plenum presentation on Mass settings with the revised Missal translation. This post is based on his remarks and the participants’ comments.
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Hymnal review: The Saint Augustine Hymnal
An attractive volume, The Saint Augustine Hymnal provides a respectable range of musical styles and publishers … But it feels like ILP is providing hundreds of new songs that most congregations won’t have time to learn.
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A Review of Worship–Fourth Edition
by James E. Frazier “GIA has successfully kept in touch with the evolution of liturgical music since Vatican II, monitored the changing temper of the musical times, and in its latest volume, despite its faults, the company’s Worship–Fourth Edition presents a mature proposal for a liturgical music that is worthy of the church and its…