Posted on 06/21/2011 4:02:15 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler
A parish music director in Phoenix has recently completed a major project in the renewal of sacred music, one that could have a revolutionary impact upon the celebration of the Ordinary form of the Mass all over the English-speaking world, as the latter prepares for the renewal of sacred language on its way this winter, courtesy of the new translation of the OF Roman Missal.
Adam Bartlett, director of music at St. Joan of Arc parish, is the composer and compiler of the Simple English Propers, an anthology of music for the Mass that is unlike anything else available in English today. The book, a 500-page hardback, has just been published by the Church Music Association of America (CMAA); in keeping with the radical and principled open-source, creative-commons intellectual-property-libertarianism of the CMAA and its tutelary genius Jeffrey Tucker, the entire “Simple English Propers” corpus is also available for free download.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicphoenix.com ...
Thank you for the post. Beautiful. Deo Gratias!
Wonderful! Thanks, Jeff. These are great.
I’m just glad to be able to post something positive concerning the liturgy after all the carping I do about it.
And thanksgiving for Benedict XVI whom I pray will prevail.
Oh, I LOVE the cover!
Oh, I LOVE the cover!
Well, I can say THAT again!
Wow, something to learn beyond Taize.
Bravo. Very good. I shall promote the excellent resources at my parish.
Bravo. Very good. I shall promote the excellent resources at my parish.
thanks for the “headsup”...
They're a little on the easy side, and somewhat repetitive. A priest in St. Louis, a Fr. Weber, has composed English propers that are more musically challenging.
Parishes need to throw away the OCP junk and learn to sing traditional Catholic chant. It adds a lot.
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