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Archive for category Music: General

Liturgical Pioneers pull out

This is the parish where they celebrated Dialogue Mass before the Second World War.

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The Organically Developing Requiem Mass

Masses for the dead seem to have developed a few distinctive features that, at least in the States, seem almost universal, without any diktats from on high.

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J. Michael Joncas wins 2012 Sophia Award

The Sophia Award is one of the highest honors WTU grants to a scholar whose work defines national excellence in theological scholarship contributing to the ministry of the Catholic Church. There is a lecture and reception, open to the public, accompanying the award.

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New Music Terms

Making the rounds now on the Internet are the following definitions…

In Memoriam Gerre Hancock (1934-2012)

Gerre Hancock, one of the most acclaimed and accomplished organists and choral directors in the service of the Church, has died at the age of 77.

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National Catholic Youth Choir 2011 CD available

Now available: NCYC 2011 CD, “Called to be Holy.”

New Vatican commission cracks down on church architecture

That’s the headline in La Stampa.

I Advent (Rollout Sunday) – How They’re Doing It In Minnesota

Some samples of congregational leaflets for I Advent 2011.

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New Book on Worship Music Practices in U.S. Congregations

The Sounds of our Offerings: Achieving Excellence in Church Music has just been published by the Alban Institute in cooperation with the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. The work details a research project involving nine congregations: three Catholic, three Episcopal, and three Presbyterian, located in the Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, and Northeast of the United States.

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Halloween Treat: Mark Schweizer’s “Liturgical Mysteries”

The major character and narrator is Hayden Konig, who is the Chief of Police of St. Germaine, North Carolina, organist at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, and an aspiring crime noir writer.

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