tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post1793588915801359891..comments2023-11-24T06:43:02.286+00:00Comments on Aspicientes in Jesum: Mass and MetrePastor in Montehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949810648656544072noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-57767548435410391652010-08-30T00:41:36.684+01:002010-08-30T00:41:36.684+01:00You can't go past Beethoven's Missa Solemn...You can't go past Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, or Vivaldi's Gloria for stirring Mass music, but I do recognise that either would be beyond the capability of most parish churches.Andrew Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-86569524533064029792010-08-29T21:07:55.758+01:002010-08-29T21:07:55.758+01:00I picked up my copy this morning. It is a pity tha...I picked up my copy this morning. It is a pity that it has obviously been produced in a hurry but it will be good to be able to follow the ceremonies with it.<br /><br />I see Thursday 16th is followed by Thursday 17th which is followed by Friday 17th! I do hope people attend the correct ceremonies on the correct days - confusion reigns!pelerinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-79271195316246943092010-08-29T20:13:44.459+01:002010-08-29T20:13:44.459+01:00I'll be interested to hear the Macmillan, Fath...I'll be interested to hear the Macmillan, Father. I quite like Murray. In its third incarnation as the "New People's Mass", his work has become the setting of choice in Anglo-Catholic parishes using a congregational setting. The church in which I was confirmed used its second incarnation as "A People's Communion Service", and I've heard the original Latin version at Brum Oratory years ago at a Sung Mass on a holy day of devotion. But I don't think I've ever heard it sung in English in a Roman Catholic church.<br /><br />My slight worry about Macmillan arises from a recent experience when my polite companion at a concert described one of his works as "challenging". A person of less ladylike mien might have been less polite.<br /><br />I hope that your new translations may help, but I fear that the Roman Catholic probelm of poor liturgical music isn't just English. I write after a wince-inducing performance this motning in the land of Palestrina, ina parish of the diocese of Verona which had better remain unnamed.Alan Harrisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-22331685186734195962010-08-27T22:46:58.484+01:002010-08-27T22:46:58.484+01:00Picked up a copy at my local parish earlier this e...Picked up a copy at my local parish earlier this evening.<br /><br />I can't say I'm impressed by the majority of the hymn selections (too many (words and/or music) of non-Catholic origin), but there are a number of good commentaries throughout the book. So it will a good source of spitiual reading as well as texts for the various liturgies.<br /><br />However, it is a pity that it wasn't proof-read more carefully. There are a number of simple typos that should have been picked up. But the thing that really caught my eye were the two musical settings of Credo III, which leaves something to be desired - not least because for the most part it is set (in modern notation) in the key of 'C' but, inexplicably, moves to 'D' for the last few lines. Might be troublesome for some of the 2000 or so musicians not familiar with plainchant, yet capable of reading music - they might assume a key change (similar to what one often hears in modern musical ditties), which could make for an interesting, modern interpetation of the ancient chant.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-57327271775633684082010-08-27T21:28:53.442+01:002010-08-27T21:28:53.442+01:00The website which has the words and MP3 files of t...The website which has the words and MP3 files of the <a href="http://mulier-fortis.blogspot.com/2010/08/learning-chants-for-papal-mass.html" rel="nofollow">melodies for the Papal Mass</a> actually explains that the repeating bits (cantor and people) are only for the Papal Mass in Bellahouston Park... as written, there aren't any repeats.<br /><br />(And the reason that they couldn't have MP3 files with the words being sung was something to do with copyright)Mulier Fortishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01186202810919174492noreply@blogger.com