Will interest in English propers endure?
Our talented young music director [at Grace Church Episcopal, Newark - ed.] recently told me that I had done the work of adapting Gregorian proper chants to English words quite well, but that the work...
View ArticleImplementing MS 33 – One Attempt
You know about the hymns vs. propers debate. As rich as the Latin propers (introit, gradual, etc.) are, they’re seemingly too difficult and inaccessible for most people, as the leaders of the...
View ArticleNo hymns permitted at Mass in England and Wales? Not quite.
It has been claimed (for example at the Chant Cafe, based on a comment here at Pray Tell) that the GIRM for England and Wales requires proper chants and does not permit other hymns. 1) The General...
View ArticleA liberal discovers chant and traditional liturgy
The question I was asked to answer was: “How is it that a liberal such as you has become interested in chant and traditional liturgy?” Implicit in that question is something like: How do you reconcile...
View ArticleCorpus Christi Watershed overshoots
Lalemont Propers is available from Corpus Christi Watershed, either for purchase or free PDF download. It provides extremely simple chant settings of English propers, as a sort of useful fall-back if...
View ArticleDid the pre-Vatican II Mass really have more Scripture than now?
Over at Chant Cafe, I just read a claim which is often made about the quantity of Scripture in the pre-Vatican II Mass compared to the reformed rite: Contrary to some underinformed claims, the 1962...
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