tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post3955980786242047511..comments2024-02-15T03:29:30.431-06:00Comments on Rome of the West: RELEASE-100th Anniversary of the Dedication of St. Francis de SalesMark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-9404509253590728402008-11-26T19:33:00.000-06:002008-11-26T19:33:00.000-06:00That is what I meant. Fortunately, other Popes be...That is what I meant. Fortunately, other Popes before and after him have appreciated "theatrical styles" -- because they speak to my soul.irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17962225409443023414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-38471015003127318702008-11-25T21:14:00.000-06:002008-11-25T21:14:00.000-06:00As Pius X wrote:"Special efforts are to be made to...As Pius X wrote:<BR/><BR/>"Special efforts are to be made to restore the use of the Gregorian Chant by the people, so that the faithful may again take a more active part in the ecclesiastical offices, as was the case in ancient times.<BR/><BR/>The above-mentioned qualities are also possessed in an excellent degree by Classic Polyphony, especially of the Roman School, which reached its greatest perfection in the fifteenth century, owing to the works of Pierluigi da Palestrina, and continued subsequently to produce compositions of excellent quality from a liturgical and musical standpoint. Classic Polyphony agrees admirably with Gregorian Chant, the supreme model of all sacred music, and hence it has been found worthy of a place side by side with Gregorian Chant, in the more solemn functions of the Church, such as those of the Pontifical Chapel. This, too, must therefore be restored largely in ecclesiastical functions, especially in the more important basilicas, in cathedrals, and in the churches and chapels of seminaries and other ecclesiastical institutions in which the necessary means are usually not lacking."<BR/><BR/>He didn't like theatrical styles in church.<BR/><BR/>Saint Francis de Sales Oratory's music typically is chant and organ.Mark S. Abelnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-82619769964279210612008-11-25T20:10:00.000-06:002008-11-25T20:10:00.000-06:00Glad you enjoyed the music (as I would have).Just ...Glad you enjoyed the music (as I would have).<BR/><BR/>Just remember Pius X didn't care for that sort of stuff.irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17962225409443023414noreply@blogger.com