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November 25, 2011 by Jeffrey Tucker

NPR on the New Missal

NPR has taken interest in the great topic. I was interviewed for about 45 minutes, and I suspect that there is another story coming out tomorrow that is more focused on the music question in particular.

I just listened to it and I think my quotation might be a bit confusing. Where I’m caricaturing the paranoid thoughts of the Missal critics, it nearly sounds like I’m offering my own point of view. I’m not entirely sure if listeners will figure this out or not. In any case, such is the way of radio. As I point out all the time, you take a great risk anytime you are interviewed for something like this. In general, the journalist did an outstanding job.

November 24, 2011 by Jeffrey Tucker

And now it begins, with Propers (we can hope)

Here is the moment for which we’ve waited 40 years. The new translation makes its first appearance in live use in the United States. Here is one suggested way to sing the propers.

November 23, 2011 by Jeffrey Tucker

The Mistakes of Historians

One of the huge mistakes musicologists and historians make is not realizing how LITTLE has been preserved through the centuries. They need to realize that we currently possess mere fragments, many of them preserved by accident. Yet, historians and musicologists so often forget this fact. So often, they make the terrible mistake of looking at what has survived and making assumptions based only on these things. A more sensible approach is to realize and admit that we have very little, and what has been preserved does not necessarily represent the entirety of (for example) the Gregorian repertoire.

More at The Propers, Installment 6

November 23, 2011 by Jeffrey Tucker

Another pew aid

Roman Missal Chants-With Cover No Logo

November 22, 2011 by Jeffrey Tucker

Sacred Music Colloquium Registration is Open

You have heard about the legendary Sacred Music Colloquium. Now is the time to make the commitment and come. Edition XXII runs June 25-July 1, 2012.

This year, the program is being opened up even more and in two ways. The presence of a far larger and more diverse faculty makes it an ideal place for professional musicians. At the same time, the extensive programming and lectures make it possible for people who do not intend to sing all week or even at all to enjoy the events and learn. Both of these changes are new. The idea here is to make room for people who do not necessarily want to sing all day every day. There will be classes on every topic you can imagine, and extensive opportunities for socializing and learning.

I haven’t mentioned the main extraordinary thing actually. The location is Salt Lake City. The venue is the Cathedral of the Madeleine. This place is absolutely among the most beautiful liturgical spots in the United States if not the world. The Cathedral has been fully opened up to us, as has the wonderful choir school that is connected to the cathedral. In so many ways, this move represents a glorious new epoch for the sacred music colloqium and for the CMAA – and for sacred music generally!

November 22, 2011 by Jeffrey Tucker

What are the Mass Propers?

Corpus Christi Watershed is running a wonderful series of short but interesting historical points about the propers of the Mass. The site is already on part 5. See the entire series here.

November 21, 2011 by Jeffrey Tucker

In Praise of Oost-Zinner English Psalms

A very experienced musician wrote yesterday:

This year, I decided to do some volunteer work at a couple of local parishes, mostly so that my son could learn to sing chant!

We’ve been using Arlene’s responsorial psalms exclusively. They are so beautiful, so faithful to the text, expertly pointed exactly as the psalm tones ought to be sung, and the children love them and sound beautiful singing them.

Thank you so much for making these psalms available to the world!

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