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To: BruceDeitrickPrice
Still, it can make a huge difference depending on whether the Congregation elects to pronounce the Latin words with a modern twang, a Medieval church sonority, or a correct First Century AD Roman diction.

I learned Roman pronunciation and as a result Adeste Fidelis always sounds so strange sung in that Medieval voice.

3 posted on 11/30/2011 7:27:16 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah
I learned Roman pronunciation and as a result Adeste Fidelis always sounds so strange sung in that Medieval voice.

I actually think "Adeste Fidelis" sounds better when sung in classical Latin, although I have never heard any choir sing it that way.

4 posted on 11/30/2011 7:44:45 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: muawiyah
or a correct First Century AD Roman diction

You have the tapes?

6 posted on 11/30/2011 7:46:56 PM PST by Jim Noble (To live peacefully with credit-based consumption and fiat money, men would have to be angels.)
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