Word: chantings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have just read your excellent Jan. 16 article. I have spent many years in the study of the Gregorian chant and spent much time at Solesmes. There are several groups in this country dedicated to the revival of the chant, and one of them is my own choir, which consists of ecclesiastical students for the priesthood from the seminary which is attached to our abbey. Darius Milhaud has become so interested in our attempt to revive the chant that he has composed Trots Psaumes de David for my choir. This composition is the setting to music of several...
Last week Roman Catholics could study the first full-dress encyclical on the subject in the church's history (title: Musicae Sacrae Disciplina). In it Pius XII held up as model for all devotional singing the "sacred Gregorian Chant . . . a precious treasure that must be carefully maintained and copiously shared with the Christian people." The Pope did not object to instrumental music or modern polyphonic compositions if their character is sacred. But if the "simple, even naive" music of the Gregorian Chant is heard in all Catholic churches, wrote the Pope, "the faithful in every part of the world...
Penance for a Flat. Gregorian Chant, or plain song, is a flowing unaccompanied chant that originated in the Greek, Roman and Hebrew melodies used by the first Christians. Thousands of these chants were composed by unknown authors; according to tradition, it was not until the 6th century that they were collected and edited under St. Gregory the Great, who was Pope from 590 to 604. Gregorian Chant, the music of the church, was practically the only written music in Europe during the early Middle Ages, but with the Renaissance, a new flamboyance began to corrupt the ancient Latin prayer-songs...
Corporate Prosperity. "And what about this great prosperity-this repetitious chant which is being drummed into the minds of the American people? Is there prosperity for the small businessman who, in greater number every day, is forced into bankruptcy or swallowed up in monopoly mergers? Is there prosperity for the white-collar worker whose fixed salary makes it increasingly difficult for him to make ends meet? Is there prosperity for the American farmer...
...representing some 13 church groups has descended on the King County jail, intent on saving the souls of its captive audience. The evangelists never bothered to ask the prisoners whether they wanted the services, and many inmates openly grumbled about them. "Here come the Jesus Jazzers," became a weekly chant...