Three Radical Liturgical Changes • (Pope Pius XII)
I love Venerable Pius XII very much, but this particular change was unconscionable.
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“Pope Pius XII Psalter” • How different was it?
If this had caught on, every chant book—along with every psalm setting of Palestrina, Victoria, Morales, Guerrero, etc.—would have become “garbage” overnight.
Two remarkable (radical) liturgical realities … which few realize!
It’s interesting to compare the literal translations in the Brébeuf Hymnal to those done by Solesmes Abbey during the 1950s.
PDF Download • Instruction on Sacred Music (“De Musica Sacra”) • Issued by Pope Pius XII in 1958
Don’t you hate it when you think you know the answer to something . . . and then you find out you were dead wrong? This happened to me regarding the congregation reciting Mass Propers in the Extraordinary Form.