There is a difference between a polka Mass and a Polish American Folk Mass. The latter can be very reverent.If there are two types of music I very much dislike it is RAP and polka. We are having a polka mass at our church and I am wondering if anyone has ever attended a polka mass. Is this …or CAN this …be done in a beautiful sacred way or will it really sound like polka?
Thanks for this. I’m off to listen.Here’s a link. You can listen to the samples.
amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/185-1746687-7393846?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=polka+mass&x=0&y=0
Our bulletin very clearly states “Polka Mass” and the polka “fun” continues after mass at the school with the advertised polka band.As our VERY GERMAN priest used to tell us, there is no such thing as “Polka Mass”. However, there can be a mass with Polka music. In other words, the mass goes as it normally does, but the tunes to the responses are simply set to Polka melodies.
Whenever we had a mass with Polka music, it was one of the most well-attended masses around.
They can be very well done.
Now I wish you would elaborate on that. Personally, I would prefer to go to the TLM about 20-30 minutes away. Polka? No way. And people complain about Latin? SHEESH! No comparison. It’s like Beauty and the Beast as far as I’m concerned.Whatever you do, don’t go. Just don’t. You’ll thank me later.
Go to Mass, just not the polka Mass.
Then attend a different Mass.Our bulletin very clearly states “Polka Mass” and the polka “fun” continues after mass at the school with the advertised polka band.
I’ll say it again…I really hate polka music.
I don’t know about “Polish American Traditional” music. Our bulletin just states that such-and-such a band will “help us celebrate the liturgy”. The bold title is “Polka Mass”.Actually, polka masses are not even allowed.
Again, the distinction should be made between polka mass and Polish American Traditional music at Mass.
Here is a sample (although the video is not at Mass). This is one of the songs played. It is very beautiful and reverent.I don’t know about “Polish American Traditional” music. Our bulletin just states that such-and-such a band will “help us celebrate the liturgy”. The bold title is “Polka Mass”.
I make it a point to pray every word of the mass and am continuously praying in my heart throughout every moment of mass. This just doesn’t seem like a very reverent approach. But then again, our church does not make use of all the great talent we have in our congregation but there’s a lot of (sorry) protestant music …no thanks to OCP.
Thank you, Buffalo, for your great information. I love Zenit.org. Never thought to look over there for such information.
Thank link didn’t work for me and I would really love to see it. Could you try just the link, please?Here is a sample (although the video is not at Mass). This is one of the songs played. It is very beautiful and reverent.
Polish Lyrics
Serdeczna Matko, Opiekunko ludzi
Niech Cie płacz sierót do litości wzbudzi!
Wygnańcy Ewy, do Ciebie wołamy,
Zlituj się, zlituj, niech się, nie tułamy. **
Rough Translation**
Beloved Mother, protector of the people
Have compassion on the cries of orphans:
Eve’s banished children, we implore you
Care for us, care! Do not let us wander.
youtube.com/watch?v=FP7BPTs5T08Thank link didn’t work for me and I would really love to see it. Could you try just the link, please?
Thanks, Buffalo.
Thank you for all your efforts. Guess you have to be polish to appreciate. Who is to say which instruments are associated with secular music that should not be allowed.
Right - I have heard with drums and without. The link I showed was not a mass setting. In any case there will be an accordian, maybe a trumpet/sax and bass. Remember though a pipe organ has all those instruments too. (except drums)Thank you for all your efforts. Guess you have to be polish to appreciate. Who is to say which instruments are associated with secular music that should not be allowed.
However, I will say this…the drum beats of the music most definitely do not lift my soul to God.
Until people understand the invisible world, they will never be able to understand the importance of sacred music, I guess.
I’ll find a different mass this next weekend. I think this would only interrupt my prayers.
Actually, I would be too afraid to show it to him. I’m a coward. I love our priest and my “cousin-in-laws” do, too. When I told him we were having a polka mass he was shocked and dismayed. I do know our priest once told us he gets his news from Zenit so I had subscribed to their newsletter.Right - I have heard with drums and without. The link I showed was not a mass setting. In any case there will be an accordian, maybe a trumpet/sax and bass. Remember though a pipe organ has all those instruments too. (except drums)
I would show the Zenit article to your pastor. The polka masses have gotten out of hand and are performances in many cases.
Thanks for saying that. I was confused on it, FrDavid96. The title said it was music from the original polka mass.And just to clarify, the link that I posted is to a commercial CD of polka music. It’s not a recording of a “Polka Mass” (it doesn’t claim to be), and it might or might not bear any resemblance, beyond the obvious language and music style, to what is scheduled at the OPs parish. I only posted it in case anyone is saying “gee, I wonder what Lamb of God would sound like in polka style…”
It might be “music from…” but it’s not a recording of a Mass as such.Thanks for saying that. I was confused on it, FrDavid96. The title said it was music from the original polka mass.