To: livius
Problem is not just the "ministers of music", but also the authors of the NPM/OCP dreck. They, too, seem to have no background or education in Liturgical music, or the Catholic musical tradition.
They seem to be more comfortable with show-tunes.
5 posted on
07/11/2011 3:15:28 AM PDT by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ArrogantBustard
I was going to say...if you have a music book for Mass that consists of 75% feel-good “gathering” dreck written in the 70’s and 80’s...are they going to get rid of those sorts of song compilations?
6 posted on
07/11/2011 4:30:49 AM PDT by
visualops
(Proud Air Force Mom)
To: ArrogantBustard
“They seem to be more comfortable with show-tunes.”
Yes, absolutely. ~Happy ditties that are more pop than sacred.
Yesterdays Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 came out sounding like a dirge from Les Miserables. I could just see Jean Valjean with Cosette on his knee.
Very little in the current liturgical music is actually worship.
9 posted on
07/11/2011 5:04:43 AM PDT by
OpusatFR
To: ArrogantBustard
I attended a Roman mass yesterday. The music could qualify as substandard Broadway musical, including the pieces intended as chant. Not one speck of liturgical dignity.
The congregation sang loud. Seems they like it.
30 posted on
07/11/2011 10:13:53 AM PDT by
BelegStrongbow
(St. Joseph, patron of fathers, pray for us!)
To: ArrogantBustard
They seem to be more comfortable with show-tunes. You are being far too generous. More like Disney movie show tunes.
41 posted on
07/11/2011 11:41:49 AM PDT by
Jeff Chandler
(Just once I'd like someone to call me 'Sir' without adding 'You're making a scene.' - Homer Simpson)
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