What was formerly a rant at full gallop is now more of a meandering moan, although some sections still retain the acidulous punch of the first edition.
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Jeffrey Tucker on “Five Ways to Ruin the Mass”
I believe that this article is worthy of our thoughtful (not splenetic) discussion.
Read moreAmerican Catholic parishes prepare for new Mass translation that sticks closer to Latin
Here’s an AP story on the missal.
Read moreChant may gain traction under new missal, but hymnody’s place secure
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.”
Singing the Mass
by Jeffrey Tucker, managing editor of the journal Sacred Music.
“Many Council fathers hoped for a liturgical reform that would put an end to the pre-conciliar practice of vernacular hymnody dominating the Mass. They wanted to universalize the high Mass with music that is native to the ritual. It didn’t turn out that way, for a variety of reasons.”
The mystery of the leaked missal
by Jeffrey Tucker
Read moreThe Grail Psalter’s surprise showing
by Jeffrey Tucker
Read moreJeffrey Tucker’s latest
You perhaps saw that Jeffrey Tucker departed from the NLM team.
Read moreGrail for $ale – UPDATE 4/23
It is a problem, I think, when you have to pay a publisher and a monastery to use the Church’s official text.
Read moreTo Sing or Not to Sing
“The job of singing belongs primarily to the schola and the cantor, not the people” ??
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