Greetings from Samford University in Birmingham, AL, the site of the 2010 annual conference of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.
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What Can the Middle Ages Do For Me?
The bewildering variety of the medieval liturgy need not scare us. It’s not necessarily a model for how things should be now.
Read moreTo Sing or Not to Sing
“The job of singing belongs primarily to the schola and the cantor, not the people” ??
Read moreCatholic Music Throughout the Ages by Edward Schaefer
Anyone looking for an apologia for the use (in the author’s ideal world, the use exclusively) of Gregorian chant in the Roman Catholic liturgy today will welcome this book, which contains a historical survey of the growth and development of music in the Church, a critique of the current situation, and proposals for the future of liturgical music.
Read moreA New ELCA Worship ‘Book’
Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW), published in 2006, is the new primary worship resource for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), also serving the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. The first thing you notice is that that word “book” is missing. It’s a new day.
Read moreFavorite Hymn of John Paul II
The Summer 2008 issue of The Hymn, citing the Polish American Journal, reports that John Paul II loved the hymn “Barka”…
Read moreSinging the Lord’s Song in Vietnam
Here is an interesting and moving report on Catholics in Vietnam issuing hymnals and singing hymns under adverse political conditions.
Read moreThe revised St. Michael Hymnal
You may not know about St. Michael Hymnal, but you’ll want to if you’re tracking grassroots conservative initiatives in the US Catholic Church. As part of a continuing series (we covered GIA here), PrayTell gives you the inside scoop on plans for the revised St. Michael hymnal. We spoke with hymnal editor Linda Powell Schafer.
Read moreComing from GIA
PrayTell gives the inside scoop on coming hymnals from GIA Publications in conjunction with the new missal. Our conversation partner is Bob Batastini, longtime GIA senior editor.
Read moreTry Again, Australia
Until now (both before and after Vatican II), Catholic hymnody has been a free-for-all in the English-speaking world. Sources tell me that Rome isn’t accepting the Australians’ vernacular hymn repertoire.
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