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This is a short survey put out by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, and is apparently for the purposes of gathering information only; but since this is one of the bodies making choices on hymnal collections for U.S. parishes, it grants you a superb opportunity to let them know what your music style choice is…and isn’t.
I put down as my choice “Jesus Christ Is Ris’n Today” (Latin carol, 14th century; English text, Compleat Psalmodist, 1749).
In the box marked “Please tell us the reason for your selection” I wrote, “To me, this hymn is what the Christian Faith is all about—it captures in a nutshell one of the major reasons for our faith: the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, and our hope for the same. Further, the joyful and triumphant tone of the hymn further reinforces that hope and faith.”
Then, in the box marked “Comments” I wrote, “I will only add that my choice is only one of many, many superlative hymns which the liturgical establishment in the United States has regrettably allowed to fade into oblivion, to make way for the bland, insipid, theologically murky, and unsingable “folk” music produced in the 1960’s and 70’s by composers such as Haugen, Haas, Dufford, Hurd, Schutte, et al. For myself and for many other Catholics that I know, I am waiting for the day when the Oregon Catholic Press mercifully goes out of business, and we can replace the 1968 Summer of Love with Bach and Palestrina.”
Maybe if enough of us voice our opinion and dissatisfaction with Glory and Praise and similar dreck, they’ll get the message.
This is a short survey put out by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, and is apparently for the purposes of gathering information only; but since this is one of the bodies making choices on hymnal collections for U.S. parishes, it grants you a superb opportunity to let them know what your music style choice is…and isn’t.
I put down as my choice “Jesus Christ Is Ris’n Today” (Latin carol, 14th century; English text, Compleat Psalmodist, 1749).
In the box marked “Please tell us the reason for your selection” I wrote, “To me, this hymn is what the Christian Faith is all about—it captures in a nutshell one of the major reasons for our faith: the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, and our hope for the same. Further, the joyful and triumphant tone of the hymn further reinforces that hope and faith.”
Then, in the box marked “Comments” I wrote, “I will only add that my choice is only one of many, many superlative hymns which the liturgical establishment in the United States has regrettably allowed to fade into oblivion, to make way for the bland, insipid, theologically murky, and unsingable “folk” music produced in the 1960’s and 70’s by composers such as Haugen, Haas, Dufford, Hurd, Schutte, et al. For myself and for many other Catholics that I know, I am waiting for the day when the Oregon Catholic Press mercifully goes out of business, and we can replace the 1968 Summer of Love with Bach and Palestrina.”
Maybe if enough of us voice our opinion and dissatisfaction with Glory and Praise and similar dreck, they’ll get the message.
