Father Anthony, Gordon Truitt, and I were asked to write about the missal of Pope Benedict XVI for the GIA Quarterly. My contribution is intended to be a contribution to the conversation about the relationship between the ordinary and the extraordinary forms of the liturgy, particularly the Mass.
Archive for category Music: Chant
By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service
“When the church uses ‘chant’ in the General Instruction, Father Hilgartner told Catholic News Service, it is “really talking about what texts are sung, not the musical form.”
Requiescant in Pace
Aug 26
Two notable passings of scholars whose lifework influences our discussions: László Dobszay and Eugene Nida. An interview with the latter is especially worth reading.
Sitting in a living room with ten other people, worshiping with nothing but the human voice, gave me a real understanding of how our music can be “on earth as it is in heaven.” I started to realize how much more prayerful, how much more natural, this approach to music was than the over-produced concert music of contemporary Catholicism.
No. Big. Deal.
Jul 8
This just in: the updated translation of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal says the same thing about proper chants and other songs as did the 2003 translation!
Thanks to Jeffrey A. Tucker at The Chant Café, I have become aware that the Holy See ordered ICEL to coordinate the three extant English translations of the GIRM (US, Australia, and England and Wales) into one translation, and to add the approved US variants….
by Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth, ICEL executive director
It is permitted to repeat “Agnus Dei” as many times as needed.
In giving priority to Gregorian chant and to classical liturgical music, the Catholic Church is not trying to limit anyone’s creativity but is showcasing a tradition of beautiful prayer, Pope Benedict XVI wrote.
Then the question arose: What about folks who want to publish the missal chants in 4-line in their own publications? Would that be permitted, though it’s not the ‘approved’ ICEL notation?