At the recent Collegeville Conference on Music, Liturgy, and the Arts, Michael Silhavy (now at GIA Publications) gave a plenum presentation on Mass settings with the revised Missal translation. This post is based on his remarks and the participants’ comments.
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Be honest
“The new Missal asks us to eliminate hymns in place of chant.” “The new Missal wants us to sing more Latin.” “The new Missal demands that only the Grail translation of the psalms be used.” (Now there’s a whopper.)
Read moreWhat Mass setting on roll-out Sunday?
Michael Silhavy continues to report on Mass settings in parishes of Minneapolis-Saint Paul archdiocese on the First Sunday of Advent.
Read moreSurvey says: 22 parishes, 19 Mass settings –UPDATED 10-14
I swear to God on a stack on 1985 Sacramentaries that these are the first 22 responses that have come in. UPDATE: 57 responses.
Read more“Twin Cities Mass Settings” – not just for Minnesotans
Michael Silhavy is an astute commentator on things musical.
Read moreReview essay: Saint Michael Hymnal
At Pray Tell’s invitation, Michael Silhavy reviews the Saint Michael Hymnal.
Read moreWhat Settings Will We Sing?
But to start the conversation: What Mass settings will you be using?
Read moreUPDATED: US Musical Settings of the Revised Order of Mass
The listing is intended to be a work in progress with new settings being added as they are announced or published. We welcome your additions and corrections.
Read moreImplementation in the real world
This was to have been our great opportunity to learn the same Mass settings, get our celebrants singing, and get our congregations catechized. In the end, I sense faith-filled pragmatism will win out, as it always has. – Michael Silhavy
Read moreA Tribute to Richard Proulx
For the past many years I had the good fortune of working with Richard in creating an annotated catalog of all his works. –Michael Silhavy
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