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Posted: Thu Dec 13th, 2007 01:26 pm |
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| There was an excellent hour on EWTN last night on "EWTN Live" about liturgy. The guest was Prof. William Mahrt, President of a national association of church music (I can't think of the exact name of it). He explained what chant is and why we do it in a very easy to understand way. It was the most informative hour I've seen there in quite awhile. Anyone who is interested in Gregorian chant or learning what liturgy is should find this show in the EWTN archives. He explained every step of the mass, from the procession to the recession, and how music is not just related to it, but is the mass.
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Annie
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| Location: | Columbus, Ohio USA |
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Posted: Thu Dec 13th, 2007 01:27 pm |
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It was an excellent program. And Fr. Mitch blessed us in the name of St. Cecilia!
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Tina in Ashburn
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| Location: | Ashburn, Virginia USA |
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| First Name: | Tina | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | Cradle Roman Catholic, Ukranian Catholic, presently practicing as Roman Latin ... |
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Posted: Thu Dec 13th, 2007 04:05 pm |
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I read a posting on a music website recently:
There's a difference between "singing during the Mass", and "singing the Mass".
Poor religious formation today has left us ignorant of what the Mass really is and what the Church teaches should be sung. It is not what you think.
Dr Mahrt, Professor at Stamford, has been working to educate on this subject for a very long and lonely time. This EWTN Live is worth looking up.
Choirs of Angels, sing with us!!
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Tina in Ashburn
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Posted: Sun Dec 16th, 2007 09:43 pm |
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Check out the interesting forum discussion about Prof. Mahrt's appearance on EWTN by the organization [CMAA] of which he is president.
http://musicasacra.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=58&page=1#Item_0
"I particularly appreciated Dr. Mahrt's emphasis on the way each liturgical day becomes associated with specific chants"
"Bravo, Dr. Mahrt! (Save the Liturgy, Save the World)"
"I loved Prof. Mahrt's "performance" of the proper parts of the Mass to prove his point about how different each part is."
"I plan to use this as a template for any future presentations I might make r/t the implementation of Gregorian Chant at the parish level."
"Of course [some of today's music is] not appropriate for Mass, but the challenge is to show people why it's not. Especially in the U.S. where novelty, popular culture, and the will of the people is prized, this is a tough sell. I think that the more chant services that people hear, the more they will come around to the idea because it is so compelling. So many Catholics are not even clear on the basic catechism, though. I think this is the root of the problem. Many folks see the faith as a democracy. "
"I have a new appreciation for how much thought saturates the composition and use of chant. It really is wedded, in the most profound sense of the word, to the Mass and its actions. The discussion and demonstration of the OT, gradual, NT and gospel chants was particularly fine.
My overall impression is: My Lord, what have we been missing?!
Thank you, ETWN, and thank you, Dr. Mahrt!"
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Tina
Arlington Diocese
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