Hymn/Song not used for an extremely long time

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I don’t know what happened, but I think I meant to post this in the music leaders’ thread. I don’t mean to hijack this thread. :o
 
speters33w said:
@CatholicZ09:

If you are a musician asking this question: I’ll suggest you lurk the MusicaSacra forum. Those guys know their stuff. They read the GIRM daily, and Lent/Easter is their forte. You’ll learn when to do preludes, when not to, when to do Gloria (if at all), appropriate hymns and chants, inappropriate hymns, chants, and accompaniments, etc. Lurk it before posting, advice from experience.
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Thank you so much for this link. I just indexed it in my favorites!

One of my Lenten prayers this year is “Grant us the mercy of the G.I.R.M. so that we may be one.”
 
speters33w said:
Dude! I almost forgot about this one. You’ll have to check with your Diocese to make sure it’s OK for liturgical use in the US.
Since it’s America I’d think USCCB has the final say.

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Lol. (I can’t find a “laugh” smilie and I did not go so far as to rotfl - :D)

However, joking aside, I’m going to demonstrate my ignorance and sincerely ask, is there any such thing as a list of “diocesean-approved songs” and a place to check them out? Because, quite frankly, if would* loooooooooove *it if there were!

Thanks - and please be gentle in your mocking of my ignorance. 😛
 
I haven’t heard Soul Of My Savior in awhile. I have to suggest it for a Communion hymn.
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I selected this to be sung at my mother’s Requiem Mass a fortnight ago.
I have not heard “O Sacred Head Ill Used” for many years. We used to sing this at morning assembly very often, set to the tune of a Bach chorale from, I think, the St Matthew Passion
 
Lisa_Lavadores said:
Lol. (I can’t find a “laugh” smilie and I did not go so far as to rotfl - :D)

However, joking aside, I’m going to demonstrate my ignorance and sincerely ask, is there any such thing as a list of “diocesean-approved songs” and a place to check them out? Because, quite frankly, if would* loooooooooove *it if there were!

Thanks - and please be gentle in your mocking of my ignorance. 😛
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@Lisa Lavadores

You really aren’t going to find a link for your Diocese’ approved hymns.I’ll assume you are in the US? But, anything in any published post Vat II approved hymnal with Nihil Obstat or Imprimatur will DEFINITELY be OK. Pre Vat II is PROBABLY OK.

So if you wanted to do “Hail Queen of Heaven, the Ocean Star” you’d be OK. But if you wanted to do “Daily, Daily, sing to Mary” you might need to do some research.

Those are Marian, not Lenten, but I’m using them as examples, as they’ve drifted out of our hymnals.
 
For the Third Sunday of Lent, Change Our Hearts was the Communion Hymn.
 
I have started practicing “O Sacred Head Surrounded.” Some of the cradle Catholics have recognized it. I have mixed emotions about it, as it violates one of my silly rules. I will probably end up using it, but it might be next year. It is hard to find a slot for it. Palm Sunday is already set. Good Friday uses no instruments.
 
pnewton said:
I have started practicing “O Sacred Head Surrounded.” Some of the cradle Catholics have recognized it. I have mixed emotions about it, as it violates one of my silly rules. I will probably end up using it, but it might be next year. It is hard to find a slot for it. Palm Sunday is already set. Good Friday uses no instruments.
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Which of your silly rules does it violate? (I have many silly rules myself and enjoy comparing).

If this info helps in any way: I did not become Catholic (I was atheist) until my early 30’s in 1993. At that time, “O Sacred Head Surrounded” was sung for many years in my parish. I love it.
 
Lisa_Lavadores said:
Which of your silly rules does it violate? (I have many silly rules myself and enjoy comparing).

If this info helps in any way: I did not become Catholic (I was atheist) until my early 30’s in 1993. At that time, “O Sacred Head Surrounded” was sung for many years in my parish. I love it.
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Oone must end on the the note that the key is in(Do for major keys, La for minor). In C, you end on C. In A minor, you end on A.
 
pnewton said:
Oone must end on the the note that the key is in(Do for major keys, La for minor). In C, you end on C. In A minor, you end on A.
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There are a few hymns out there that violate this rule. Not to mention some responsorials. I don’t know the reason for that. It doesn’t seem to indicate musical genius of any kind. Not unless it’s Gregorian chant. 😉
 
pnewton said:
Oone must end on the the note that the key is in(Do for major keys, La for minor). In C, you end on C. In A minor, you end on A.
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Is that a personal “silly rule” or one that many musicians share? (Going by the above post, it’s the latter!).

What is the reason behind the rule?

Thanks!
 
Lisa_Lavadores said:
Is that a personal “silly rule” or one that many musicians share? (Going by the above post, it’s the latter!).

What is the reason behind the rule?

Thanks!
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Simple. I like resolution. Anything else sounds wrong, like there should be something else and the song is hanging there.

ProV - You are right about responsorials. I will either use my own, or modify those. I never do that with a Psalm.

Like I said, it’s silly and my own quirk. I know I am not the only one that has noticed this though. Before being Catholic, I never knew a single hymn or song that did it. Maybe its a Petrine trait. I do know one folk tune that does this.

Change it!😃
 
There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy was used as the Communion Hymn for the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
 
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say was used as the Offertory Hymn for the Fifth Sunday of Lent.
 
For the Fifth Sunday of Easter Come, Spread the Word was sung as the Entrance Hymn.
 
A lot of the “older” style hymns aren’t used often where I go to Mass (I go to a couple different parishes depending on the time of day we attend Mass.). I love “Tantum Ergo”, “O Sanctissima”, Marian hymns, Faith of our Fathers, etc. I’m not a fan of “newer” liturgical music even though that’s what I grew up with. (St.John Paul the Second era Catholic here.)
 
I haven’t heard Te Deum in a very long time. Maybe the last time being in November at the end of our 40 Hours’ Devotion.
 
Red_James said:
I haven’t heard Te Deum in a very long time. Maybe the last time being in November at the end of our 40 Hours’ Devotion.
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But the Te Deum isn’t really a hymn. It’s a canticle that is supposed to be sung at Morning Prayer.
 
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