Guest Fr. Z Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I am trying to locate the sheet music for an offertory song that was part of a Folk Mass. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The words to the first verse are: "Praise be to you Lord of all creation, for giving us this bread we offer you today. Grown form the Earth and work of human hands, it will become the Bread of Life, Blessed be you forever more." These were sung as the priest elevated the particular gift. I don't know if this helps or not, but any lead may help. + Blessings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Folk Mass? That scares me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 [quote name='Papist' timestamp='1303733168' post='2232420'] Folk Mass? That scares me. [/quote] Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Jeffrey Tucker speaking about Ken Canedo's (a so-called folk Mass composer) book about the history of the folk Mass: But with Ken Canedo's wonderful book, Keep The Fire Burning (Oregon: Pastoral Press, 2009), I feel as if I've found the missing link. This is the only book I know of that looks in depth at the Catholic music of the 1960s to provide an excellent empirical account of the rise of the folk music movement in the Church, a movement that was about much more than music actually. In here we find a fascinating if deeply harrowing look at the dismantling of Catholic liturgy that occurred not so much at the hands of the hierarchy but rather at the instigation of a handful of activists and publishers that shoved contemporary styles down everyone's throat in the name of keeping up with the times, as a cowed and fearful clerical class did its best to imagine that they were onto something. [...] In his introduction, Virgil Funk of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians recommends that everyone read this book, including musicians who have no affection for the folk, genre. I think he is right about this. The author has done incredible research here, and the whole story comes across like a Film Noir plot of a rise and catastrophic fall. To be sure, Canedo had no intention of writing an indictment. In fact, he attempts but ultimately fails to make the case that the Folk music revolution in the Catholic Church made great contributions to Catholic life, such as getting people in the pews to sing and making Mass more lively etc. Despite his spin, he provides enough information for most any reader to be shocked and astounded at the sheer arrogance and ignorance of a generation that believed they could reinvent Catholicism with guitars, bongos, and extremely bad music. [...] I really can't recommend this book highly enough. It is the essential tableau for understanding where we've been and where we are going. I put the book down so deeply thankful that I wasn't around in those days to see the wreckage taking place. Even reading about it I found to be a great challenge but absolutely necessary. Regardless of Canedo's own attempted positive spin, he has written a very important documentary history of 1960s Catholicism that I'm quite certain will earn a place in the history of our times. The book is titled Keep the Fire Burning but the reality is that his narrative is the movement's tombstone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 That's vaguely familiar. I will see if I can find my music book from the 70's in a box somewhere and get back to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Are you the actual Fr. Z?!???!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 He can't be. The real Fr. Z does a double space after fullstops, which bugs the living croutons out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1303756122' post='2232579'] He can't be. The real Fr. Z does a double space after fullstops, which bugs the living croutons out of me. [/quote] If I have any habits in teh way I type that annoy you please tell me so I don't have to sit here quietly agonizing over the possibility... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 [quote name='Laudate_Dominum' timestamp='1303756527' post='2232583'] If I have any habits in teh way I type that annoy you please tell me so I don't have to sit here quietly agonizing over the possibility... [/quote] None that I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Did you check the early Glory and Praise volumes, or the music of Weston Priory, St Louis Jesuits, or Ekklesia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Does the name Ray Repp mean anything to you? I don't know if he wrote this particular piece, but he was one of the very earliest writers of folk-type songs for church... and maybe Masses, too. Or maybe Carey Landry? Or try NameThatHymn.com: http://www.namethathymn.com/hymn-lyrics-detective-forum/index.php?a=vtopic&t=1046 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 [quote name='Papist' timestamp='1303733168' post='2232420'] Folk Mass? That scares me. [/quote] If this is the well-known Fr. Z of blogosphere fame I'd guess that he's doing research about folk Masses and is not out to celebrate one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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