Best and worst hymns?

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Who are “them”?

You forget that quite near the Catholic shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham is the Anglican shrine to Our Lady of Walsinham.

In any case the words are Latin and I expect only the Royal Family and the present clergy would have understood it.
 
Well, the British press has already mocked Bishop Curry’s sermon for being “too religious.” I was thinking that singing the actual words to the hymn would push those Brits over the top.
 
anon90438963 said:
I love this version of O Holy Night. Home Free is a wonderful group.
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Oh yes! Never heard of this group, but glad you shared this. Love men and women groups like this: Celtic Women, Celtic Thunder, etc. Have so many albums! Going to add this one! Just wish I was graced with that voice of the beginning Baritone. Chills!
 
Loud-living-dogma said:
“Go make a difference” 🤣🤣 “I know you miss me”
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I do, I do my friend. Still waiting on you opinion of the song I asked you report on that I posted as a newer contemporary piece for Ascension: “One Sacrifice of Christ.” Not all new contemporary songs are like “Go Make a Difference” that you love so much. LOL! Still waiting…
 
JulianN said:
Pie Jesu
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Hayley is by far my one of my favorite sopranos (broke off from Celtic Women). Her album “Pure” is downloaded in my itunes list. Her first cut “Pokarekare Ana” really shows off her unbelievable, pitch perfect voice. “Benedictus” and “Amazing Grace” on the same album is also a good listen.
 
Is it this?
It’s pleasant, I guess, but doesn’t sound like sacred liturgical music to me. I could attempt to analyze why, but I’m not sure there would be a point to thst.😃
 
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It’s pleasant, I guess, but doesn’t sound like sacred liturgical music to me. I could attempt to analyze why, but I’m not sure there would be a point to thst.
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That’s it. I’m curious for the sake of discussion, what does sacred liturgical music sound to you? What criteria makes a song sacred? I’ll leave out “liturgical” because I think this song is. For me, your pal, analyze. I want to know your point; seriously.
 
Vivaldi’s Rain might be a nice religious song if you change the lyrics a bit preferably Latin like most of his motets.
 
I’m currently in love with John Rutter’s The Lord bless you and keep you
 
rondirect said:
Oh yes! Never heard of this group, but glad you shared this. Love men and women groups like this: Celtic Women, Celtic Thunder, etc. Have so many albums! Going to add this one! Just wish I was graced with that voice of the beginning Baritone. Chills!
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Glad you like them! Check out their other music videos on YouTube. I also love the baritone.
 
Every so often we will sing Morning Has Broken. No one does it as well as the original, Cat Stevens. It is a lovely hymn of praise.
 
I only remember that song from the movie “The Poseidon Adventure”, so I never seems particularly hymnal to me. Although I do agree it’s a beautiful song.
 
Okay, you seem to be nudging me into full curmudgeon mode!
I guess the main problem with the song is this particular performance of it. The first thing is the choice of instruments: piano - not a liturgical instrument, piano is more of a popular or concert instrument, drumset enters at 1:07 - do I have to explain why a drumset is not liturgical? Twangy guitar enters at 1:30 – when you hear the twangy guitar line, do you think “Catholic Mass”?
The singer sings ably in this particular style (breathy pop style crooned into a microphone, complete with country-style scoops and glides into the pitches). In short, it sounds like AM radio of the 1970s. Great if you like that sort of thing, but not sacred liturgical music.

http://www.chantcafe.com/2011/06/why-praise-and-worship-music-is-praise.html?m=1
 
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Can’t you just omit the guitar, drums and piano and use an organ. I think you can get permission to use a piano from the diocese.
 
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We have only piano at Mass daily and for two Masses on Sunday. Less formal, yes, but equally beautiful (depending on whose playing it!)
 
worst hymns: anything written in the 20th or 21st centuries.

best hymns: anything written by Handel, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, etc. 🙂
 
Mozart for the win.
(I haven’t really heard much of the other composers)
 
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Every so often we will sing Morning Has Broken. No one does it as well as the original, Cat Stevens. It is a lovely hymn of praise.
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Was he the first to record it? That hymn had been around for 40 years before he did it.
 
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