Since the Second Vatican Council, there has been widespread publication of new liturgical compositions for use at Mass, especially the Entrance and Communion processions, to replace the singing of the liturgical propersPropers. It appears, however, that composers and publishers of liturgical music are revisiting the singing of the propers in order to foster renewed participationParticipation by the people in the liturgy. This chapter outlines the recent historical context for this development, and assesses the merits of four potential models for singing the propers in English: By Flowing Waters: A Collection of Unaccompanied Song for Assemblies, Cantors, and Choirs by Paul FordFord, Paul (1999), Introit Hymns for the Church Year by Christoph TietzeTietze, Christoph (2005), English Proper Chants by John AinslieAinslie, John (2014), and Let Us All Rejoice: Modern Musical Settings of the Entrance and Communion Antiphons by Steve AngrisanoAngrisano, Steve, Sarah Hart,Hart, Sarah and Curtis StephanStephen, Curtis (2020).

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Singing the Entrance and Communion Propers: Recent Developments and Possible Future Models

  • Paul Taylor

摘要

Since the Second Vatican Council, there has been widespread publication of new liturgical compositions for use at Mass, especially the Entrance and Communion processions, to replace the singing of the liturgical propersPropers. It appears, however, that composers and publishers of liturgical music are revisiting the singing of the propers in order to foster renewed participationParticipation by the people in the liturgy. This chapter outlines the recent historical context for this development, and assesses the merits of four potential models for singing the propers in English: By Flowing Waters: A Collection of Unaccompanied Song for Assemblies, Cantors, and Choirs by Paul FordFord, Paul (1999), Introit Hymns for the Church Year by Christoph TietzeTietze, Christoph (2005), English Proper Chants by John AinslieAinslie, John (2014), and Let Us All Rejoice: Modern Musical Settings of the Entrance and Communion Antiphons by Steve AngrisanoAngrisano, Steve, Sarah Hart,Hart, Sarah and Curtis StephanStephen, Curtis (2020).