Richard Morris
Richard Morris
Richard Morris, was an English philologist and priest of the Church of England...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth8 September 1833
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Even Catholic parishes today are not wanting for talent. But no serious singer or organist will get anywhere near the typical music program, at least if he wants to retain his self-respect.
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You can count on one hand the number of Novus Ordo churches in this country that feature a fully Catholic music program of any quality, consistent with the Roman rite tradition.
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For two thousand years, the Church has guided the development of music, carefully legislating to fuse artistic talent and aesthetic beauty with the demands of the Faith.
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Catholic liturgical music, it would seem, is everywhere but in the Catholic Church itself.
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Music had always been the handmaid of the Roman liturgy.
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To understand the threat to music education posed by the seemingly minor change of mind, one needs to go back in time to the enactment of the Education Reform Act in 1988.
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The pastor of a parish will typically have no education in the chant or in music, and he will hire the first music director who walks through the door.
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Thus the slogan should be reversed: Catholics taught the world what music is supposed to sound like, and, more importantly, what it is supposed to mean.
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When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the Catholic faith.
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Ironically, we live in times that are awash in authentic sacred music.
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It bothers me when I hear it in a car commercial or some such. But for the most part, it's better than seeing sacred music relegated to the scrap heap.
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Inaudible prayers, particularly of the Canon, which at first don't seem to have anything to do with music, end up being a very important part of the aesthetic of the traditional structure of the Mass.
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It would be difficult to discover the truth about the universe if we refused to consider anything that might be true.
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And this speaks to the larger problem that no one wants to talk about: the restoration of the Roman rite is a precondition for a long-term fix for the problem.