“Novus Ordo Parish … With Polyphony?” • Is that possible? How specifically does that work?
Many have asked: “Without getting fired, how can choirmasters introduce polyphony to the Ordinary Form?”
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
Many have asked: “Without getting fired, how can choirmasters introduce polyphony to the Ordinary Form?”
“If you think the subject of ‘Traditionis Custodes’ was absent during my visits to the Vatican, you are mistaken…” —Sławomir Cenckiewicz
The conscientious choirmaster never rests from his relentless pursuit of repertoire ideas.
“For the pastoral good of the faithful, it is permitted to observe on Sundays in Ordinary Time…”
To call any form of liturgical singing “chant” is to obscure the meaning the Church has always attributed to Gregorian chant.
Are any readers capable of identifying this Catholic college?
During my research, I discovered three previously-unseen photographs of Hannibal Bugnini (taken in November of 1979).
Breviarium Gregorianum takes all the work out of assembling the music for singing the Divine Office.
“If we had known what the prayers really said, we would not have wanted to pray them any longer.” —Paul Inwood
Executive Director (emeritus) of ICEL weighs in on our series.
In the case of one gentleman, this was only the 2nd time in his life he’s sung in a choir!
“A restaurant’s niche—just like a Church’s patrimony—draws people in not by blending with the generic, but by standing apart.”
We believe our readers will recognize the polyphonic Mass setting chosen.
Simple chants (sung well) save souls.
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