I just glanced through the article, but I’m thinking that this perhaps should be taken to another thread. I can see the spirit of the thread being taken off topic and a debate brewing, which I don’t think is the purpose of this particular thread. It has already gone off the original purpose (my fault included
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Yes, I could get into that heavily, but I think, out of respect for CatholicZ90, that’s for another thread, unfortunately. I do know, though, that even if people/priests are aware of it, they will choose not to have them sung for various reasons - mainly because they are trying to think about their congregations and how it will be received. If it is introduced slowly and gradually, there might be some success, but if it is done immediately and every single weekend, that won’t go over too well.Hit the nail on the head. At many of the parishes I’ve been, the music directors are hired based on … I assume talent, the result is that many have not even been Catholic.
Very nice, indeed. What I have also done, when asked to fill in, is to start phasing out “Christ has died” and replace it with the one option that has survived (for the most part): When we eat this bread… If we can start getting the faithful used to something other than Christ has died…, then we will be doing our part to help make the transition a little easier.
What I highlighted in bold were my edits, since the original piece read:
It was well received.
Go? Who’s it by, what’s the first line or two?
Leon Patillo. It is the Great Commission set to music.
I am not totally against recent music; it’s just that it should conform to Sacramentum Caritatis 42. It’s one of the very rare Haas songs that does manages to somewhat sound decent.What? Is this the same benedictgal that I know? Huh?
I even like a few Haugen songs. I haven’t found much by Dan Schutte that I do not like, though. I don’t know that he has more talent or just the discretion to only publish the good stuff.
Yeah, all the new stuff isn’t bad, just most of it.
I think my favorite Haugen is My Soul in Stillness Waits, a Lenten song. For the last few years, most of my Psalms are one I compose myself. I prefer simple melodies and I never did like repeating phrases. I like to stick strictly to the words on Psalms. Also, this is just me, unresolved melodies are like nails on a chalkboard to me. If you are in the key of G, then God wants you to end on a G!Yeah, all the new stuff isn’t bad, just most of it.
With Haugen, while I dislike much of his stuff, and he frequently messes with words, his harmonization on Beach Spring(tune name) is quite nice, even on organ.
Also, his setting of psalm 96 (proclaim to all the nations) is quite nice, if you play it well, and with the right instrumentation/stops/etc…. I’m not sure about textual fidelity though. I’d have to check on that. But the music is nice, and singing a psalm or psalm based song is better than just a hymn.
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