A reporter asked me for a few sentences to sum up the driving force of the chant movement. Here is what I wrote:
One of the musical aspirations of the Second Vatican Council was to make a decisive move away from Low Mass with vernacular hymns, an exception that had become the norm, toward a fully sung Mass that made chant the basis of all singing, whether by the celebrant, the schola, or the people. This is why the advocates of Gregorian chant were so excited about the Council’s documents on liturgy. History didn’t turn out that way, however. The rise of the new chant movement is to recapture that original vision so that Catholics can sing the Mass itself rather than just sing during Mass.
Sorry Jeffrey, that's a travesty of the aspirations of the Council. There are reliable historical accounts of the Council, and copious exegetical sources concerning Sacrosanctum Concilium. I'd suggest greater familiarity with both as a remedy for pious fantasy.
I read everything on this subject that I can get my hands on, and have for decades. Tell me what resource you suggest.