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Posted on by Jeffrey Tucker

The New Economics of Music Composition and Distribution

This roving intellectual/musician named Adam Wood continues to impress me with his thoughtful posts. This one is on the new economics of music composition and publishing. There is so much to say about this, but let me just note that MusicaSacra.com has tended to favor the donor/patronage model (thank you all contributors) plus free downloads with a bit of per-copy royalty thrown into the mix depending. No one is paying all the bills this way, but the work is getting out there and no one’s human rights are being violated (such as happens when the publishers take rights away from composers).

This is new thinking and there are no final answers yet. By the way, please see our sidebar and contribute to the English Psalms book we are doing in October. After that — think of it — we’ll have all the resources we need for a beautiful vernacular ordinary form Mass (chanted and choral propers plus Psalms) all available in print and for free download.

Posted on by Jeffrey Tucker

Kent Tritle and the Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola

Organist and choirmaster Kent Tritle is profiled in the Wall Street Journal today. He directs the music at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, New York, and you can see the wonderful parish choral lineup here.

At the parish website, Kent himself writes the following:

Here at St. Ignatius we take these ideals seriously. There are no “four hymn masses” here because we believe that the first priority of music in worship is to support the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist, namely in singing most of the Mass Ordinary (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei) and more importantly the central acclamations surrounding the reading of the Word of God and the consecration of the Eucharist.

Posted on by Adam Bartlett

Council and Continuity: International Symposium on The Interim Missals

This fall the Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix and Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone, Bishop of the Diocese of Oakland are bringing to the American Southwest a very exciting and groundbreaking liturgical symposium: Council and Continuity.

The topic of the symposium is the interim missals that were released between Sacrosanctum Concilium of 1963 and the Missal of Paul VI of 1970. These transitional missals are most fascinating and mysterious. They come up ever so often in liturgical conversations, blog posts and comment box discussions and are a most interesting documentation of a most interesting and mystifying period in modern Church history. This international symposium will explore these missals as a means of getting into the minds of the council fathers and understanding their intentions in the course of liturgical reform. It will surely provide invaluable insights for the liturgical apostolate in our day.

Here’s the press release:

An international liturgical Symposium, “Council and Continuity: The Interim Missals and the Immediate Post-Conciliar Liturgical Reform,” to be held October 3-4, 2011 at the Pastoral Center of the Diocese of Phoenix, will delve into the question of the little known “Interim Missals,” that is, those editions of the Roman Missals issued between the time of Sancrosanctum Concilium and the definitive edition of the Roman Missal promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1970. Given their immediate proximity to the Second Vatican Council, these Missals can provide a valuable means to gaining insights into the mindset of the Council Fathers and what they had envisioned in setting the course for liturgical reform. The goal of the Symposium is to arrive at a deeper and clearer understanding of this vision through an examination of these Interim Missals.

The symposium will be of interest to scholars, priests, deacons and lay liturgical ministers, to those who teach, plan or coordinate liturgies whether professionally or as volunteers, and to anyone who has a particular love for the Church’s Liturgy and desire to learn more about it.

Click here for program details and registration.

Here’s the schedule of presenters. There are many names that will be familiar to Chant Café readers:

MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2011:

1:00 – 1:30: Opening: Greetings and Introduction – Bishop Thomas Olmsted, M.A.Th., J.C.D.

1:30 – 2:15: “The Historical Development of the Mass from its Origins to Sacrosanctum Concilium” – Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Feulner, S.T.L., S.T.D.

2:30 – 3:15: “The Historical Development of the Mass from Sacrosanctum Concilium to the Present” – Rev. Prof. Douglas Martis, M.Div., S.T.L., Ph.D., S.T.D.

4:00 – 5:00: “The Latin-English Missals of 1964/66 (US)” – Andreas Bieringer, M.A., M.A.Th.

5:15 – 6:00: “The Liturgical Renewal and the Ordo Missae (1965)” – Rev. Deacon Prof. Dr. Helmut Hoping, S.T.D.

6:15 – 7: 00: Vespers with Homily – Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, B.A., S.T.B., J.C.D.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2011:

7:30 – 8:15: Eucharist

9:15 –11:00: Minor Lectures:
* Church Architec­ture: Understanding “Inter Oecumenici” in the Context of the Liturgical Movement [D. McNamara, Ph.D.]
* The Development and Application of English Sacred Language Through the Post-Conciliar Interim Missals [Th. Book, S.T.B., M.A., S.L.L.]
* The Origin of the Latin-German Missal of 1965 [A. Kaiser, M.Eng., M.A.Th.]
* Catholic Continuity – How to Make the Church Year a Living Reality [C.F. Phillips, C.R., B.A., M.Div.]
* The Propers of the Mass: Then and Now [M.D. Kirby, O.S.B., S.T.L., Ph.D.]
* The Latin-Polish Missal of 1968 [A. Hoinkis, S.T.L., S.T.D.]
* The Book of Divine Worship: A Catholic Claim to Anglican Patrimony [Ch. G. Phillips, B.A., M.Div.]
*The New Lectionary for Mass: The Church‘s Preparation of the Table of God‘s Word Since the Council [Michael K. Magee]

11:15 – 12:00: “Liturgy – Continuity or Rupture? Possibilities for Further Liturgical Development and Its Pastoral Relevance” – Bishop Peter Elliott, M.A., D.D., S.T.D.

12:00 – 1:00: Panel Discussion, Summary and Closing of the Symposium

This event is not to be missed! Click here to register.