Tindomiel Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Basically everything he wrote is exactly what my family has been trying to tell the music directors in our parish for over a decade now. But the songs he cited as examples? --- Those are a breath of fresh orthodoxy compared to the stuff we usually are subjected to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anastasia13 Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I love this. "Old school Lutherans take their hymns very seriously." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domine ut Videam Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Last year at my highschool on Ash Wednesday the song "Ashes" was banned from the liturgy by our chaplain because it was: and i quote, "A theological traversty of a song" We (the choir) turned the page over in our music books and wrote in permanent markers, "theological traversty", banned, Pearls O' Wisdom from Fr. Klamut. It was so funny although it did cause a bit of a revolt..... -Yours in Christ Lauren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zunshynn Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 I heard Adoro Te Devote and Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence live at Mass for the first time this year, at the EWTN conference in San Francisco. I was amazed. I'd never heard anything so beautiful. I don't think I'd ever been to Mass before where I heard a song older than my mom. Which is creepy, to say the least. The problem is that they're setting the words to the music, and it should be vice versa. Just like we don't have the priest start with the homily and then just work scripture in to fit it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 I am an organist, but I must follow the songs laid down on the schedules by my superiors. Honestly, I like some of those Jesus-talking songs. And "Ashes" gets played every year at Ash Wednesday, and I've never noticed that before....hmmm.....This interests me quite a bit as I have been thinking of majoring in Liturgical music when I head off to college. Tindomiel, what sorts of stuff are you subjected to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tindomiel Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Oh, all sorts of horrible stuff.... most notably secular songs which our music directors decide on a whim have underlying Catholic messages. Like "Bridge over troubled waters", "Danny Boy".... Another which really bugs me is a song in spanish which, translated, has revolutionary undertones - I can't recall its name at the mo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel's angel Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 My jaw dropped as i read this. As big a Simon and Garfunkel fan as I am (yes I'm crazy about them), even thinkg of singing them in Mass makes me feel sick. And Danny Boy??? Eh??? I remember reading an a American book that provided ideas for Masses for young people and was amazed to find some of the selected 'hymns' as "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor and "Eleanor Rigby" by the Beatles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman82 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 "Danny Boy" is reportedly popular at Irish funeral masses and caused a stir in the Irish-American community when a bishop or pastor said it was inappropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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