How many "Amens" after the Gloria do you sing?

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Our pastor disallows anything but one, because he says it detracts from the Great Amen later in the Mass.
So, we edit, or stop at one.
 
pianistclare said:
Our pastor disallows anything but one, because he says it detracts from the Great Amen later in the Mass.
So, we edit, or stop at one.
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And even then, the Great Amen is ordinarily only one as well.

(and really, I don’t believe any Roman document, such as the Missal ever calls it the “Great” Amen, that term having become common due to popular usage).

The Missal, from my readings, simply prescribes one Amen after the Eucharistic Prayer.

That said, no, I don’t consider it illicit to do the threefold Amen and all that. Just that multiplying Amen’s anywhere during the Mass is likely unnecessary.
 
porthos11 said:
And even then, the Great Amen is ordinarily only one as well.

**Yeah, but he’s just saying that when we add so many…we give it “weight” and it shouldn’t. And, many many Mass settings have the great amen as a series of Amens. 🤷 The setting we are currently using has six. 😊 **

(and really, I don’t believe any Roman document, such as the Missal ever calls it the “Great” Amen, that term having become common due to popular usage).

The Missal, from my readings, simply prescribes one Amen after the Eucharistic Prayer.

That said, no, I don’t consider it illicit to do the threefold Amen and all that. Just that multiplying Amen’s anywhere during the Mass is likely unnecessary.
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One version my parish uses has three amens at the end of the Gloria, which is really five since the back-up singers echo the lead singer on the last two. I’ve noticed a lot of the responsorial psalms we use get repeated twice every time as well, I guess because it suits the composer’s tastes. I don’t know why the spoken responses we say once have to be repeated numerous times musically. I think once is enough, but what do I know?
 
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One version my parish uses has three amens at the end of the Gloria, which is really five since the back-up singers echo the lead singer on the last two. I’ve noticed a lot of the responsorial psalms we use get repeated twice every time as well, I guess because it suits the composer’s tastes. I don’t know why the spoken responses we say once have to be repeated numerous times musically. I think once is enough, but what do I know?
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The first time is to teach/demonstrate to the congregation the tune.
The second time is for the congregation to respond.
 
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Various composers of Mass settings write them that way. 🤷
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Any of them classical?

The only one with multiple Amens I can think of is Handel, as in the Messiah. But I’ll listen more closely next time to Palestrina, Bach, etc.
 
We sing only 1 after the Gloria. I wish we would do only one during the “great Amen”

I personally would be find with more than 1 after the Gloria if we would stop using the organ during the “great Amen” and singing 3. Reason, the priests at my parish tend to be chanting right before it and if we simply chanted the “Amen” once, it would fit better.
 
The Mass of Creation has two “Amens” at the end of its Gloria. All other settings have one.
 
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