Well, Tant, they’re NOT part of my heritage…
I wouldn’t really call our chants “music” in the literal sense as in our tradition there are no musical instruments in the Church.Thanks for the link, Patchunky, as I too am a big fan of sacred music of many languages.
Because the Holy Fathers have said that we should, including Blessed John XXIII (Veterim Sapientiae); the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Liturgy; Paul VI (*Jubilate Deo, *1974); John Paul II (Inaestimabile Donum, 1980; Redemptionis Sacramentum, 2004, and many in between), and continuing through the present pontiff.
Why are they not part of your heritage?
You don’t consider the human voice a musical instrument? or are the chants in your tradition more spoken than melodic?
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One must understand that not everything the Holy Father says or writes is directed at the Catholic Church as a whole.
Hmmm, Latin has never been a part of the Byzantine tradition so I do not really understand what you are trying to get at here.
No you are absolutely right but the average person does not think of the voice as an instrument. When they think of sacred music most automatically assume an organ is being used.You don’t consider the human voice a musical instrument? or are the chants in your tradition more spoken than melodic?
(as a music major whose “instrument” was voice and who loves accapella music, I’m just wondering what your definition of music is - I’m not doubting or disagreeing with it, I’m just confused
I have a BA in voice and that always bothered me too!You don’t consider the human voice a musical instrument? or are the chants in your tradition more spoken than melodic?
(as a music major whose “instrument” was voice and who loves accapella music, I’m just wondering what your definition of music is - I’m not doubting or disagreeing with it, I’m just confused
). Sometimes in prayer I feel like singing, and do, I would just like to add chant. It has that “other world” quality that, for me, doesn’t come through in the hymns I usually sing.
In some Protestant traditions in America the voice is known as “The Sacred Harp”. This is also the title of the main hymn book for the shape note singing which is unaccompanied. It is wonderful but not exactly easy to participate in when in North Wales.
Stop the nonsense. You know that the frame of reference in this particular thread is the Latin Church. You know that in this thread we are speaking about the Latin Church. You know that references in this thread to knowing certain Latin chants pertains to the Latin Church.
Yes I am aware that many in this thread are doing just this but there have been many threads on this forum pushing the idea that everyone needs to learn and pray in Latin.
Again, it was put forward that many popes in the past as well as our current one have said that we should learn more Latin and that was used in a way to say that all Catholics should do so.