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Archive for category Music: General
The Newman Hymnal
Oct 28
Some are welcome
Oct 23
“[Bishop Morlino says] to us that [Marty Haugen's "All Are Welcome"] cannot possibly be ‘appropriate-for-liturgical-use’ because the chorus is not true and hence not beautiful.”
“This step is necessary in order to prevent the papal choir from becoming a museum piece,” the director of the Sistine Choir said.
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Finding Common Ground?
Sep 23
In the midst of conflict and division, we know it is you who turn our minds to thoughts or really, really terrible music.
Worship 4 indexes online
Sep 14
GIA has put all the indexes to Worship – Fourth Edition, and sample hymnal pages, online.
At Pray Tell’s invitation, Michael Silhavy reviews the Saint Michael Hymnal.
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.
Some $30,000 in scholarships was given out to young people.
A Few Days at NPM
Jul 20
I estimate that a quarter or a third of the convention hall joined in the Ave Maria chant by heart.