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.”
“My desire, Leroy, is to answer your question in a rigorously straightforward way.” —Jeff Ostrowski
“Kids, you’re only on this floating rock for a very short time.”
This is surely one of music history’s great ironies!
Father Mathias served as organist for Strasburg Cathedral, where he founded the “Saint Leo Institute for Church Music” in 1913.
It really is a minor part of Mocquereau’s theoretical enterprise. That doesn’t mean it’s completely pointless, though.
Will anyone step forward to defend this?
My thesis on how Dom Mocquereau relates to other theories of musical rhythm is now available for download.
