Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Thursday, June 02, 2011

Making a lot of choir directors


very unhappy, and a lot of traditionalists ecstatic!

Pope: Gregorian Chant is the Supreme Model of Sacred Music

Many choir directors would be the first to say that there is some terrible music considered 'liturgical' these days, but the idea of moving back to chant as the sole music of the liturgy would be a mistake as well, I think. We'd be back to performance music and the congregations could just sit there and listen. Despite what some people think, good Gregorian Chant takes learning and practice...



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