caec1 1a English Polyphony and the Roman Church David Greenwood VOLUME 87, NO. 2 SUMMER, 1960 . ~5 EIGHTH ANNUAL LITURGICAL MUSIC WORKSHOP Flor Peeters Francis Brunner Roger Wagner Paul Koch Ermin Vitry Richard Schuler August 14-26, 1960 Inquire MUSIC DEPARTMENT Boys Town, Nebraska CAECILIA Published four times a year, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Second-Class Postage Paid at Omaha, Nebraska. Subscription price--$3.00 per year All articles for publication must be in the hands of the editor, 3558 Cass St., Omaha 31, Nebraska, 30 days before month of publication. Business Manager: Norbert Letter Change of address should be sent to the circulation manager: Paul Sing, 3558 Cass St., Omaha 31, Nebraska Postmaster: Form 3579 to Caecilia, 3558 Cass St., Omaha 31, Nebr. CHANT ACCOMPANIMENTS by Bernard Jones KYRIE XVI " - .. - -91 Ky - ri - e_ * e - le -i - son. Ky - ri - e_ e - le - i - son •. " -.J I I I I J I I J I j I J : ' I I I " - ., - •· - - Ky-ri - e_ e - le -i - son. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS Letters to the Editor ----------------------------- 67 Our Contributors _ --- ----------- -------- ------- -- ------ ------ --------------- -------------------- 68 Editorials ____________________ _ ------------- -- -------------------------------- 69 Dedication of Shrine-Paul Hume ____ _ 70 English Polyphony and the Roman Church-David Greenwood ------------ 73 The Gelineau and Gregorian Psalmody-John F. Mahoney. ----------------- 79 The Accompaniment of Plain Chant-Bernard C. Jones ______ ------------------ 86 Review Congregational Singing Materials _________________________ ---------------------------- 90 Four Postludes for Organ __ ------------- ______________________ ------------------------ 93 Symposium on Wedding Music __________________________ ------------------------- 95 News Litter ----------------------------- ___ ------------------------------------------------------------------ 102 VOLUME 87, NO. 2 SUMMER, 1960 RONCKA BROS.~OMAHA, NEBR. CAECILIA A Quarterly ReYiew deYoted to the liturgical music apostolate. Published with ecclesiastical approval by the Society of Saint Cacilia in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Established in 1874 by John B. Singenberger, K.C.S.G., K.C.S.S. (1849-1924). Editor Emeritus ____________ __ _____ ___________ Dom Ermin Vitry, O.S.B. Editor ____________________________________________________ Very Rev. Francis Schmitt Contributing Editors ____________________________________________ Rev. Elmer Pfeil Rev. Richard Schuler James Welch Rev. Francis Brunner, C.Ss.R. Paul Koch Caecilia Associates Honorary Dr. Caspar Koch Mr. Arthur Reilly Rev. Russell Woollen, Washington, John Y onkman, Fort Wayne, Ind. D.C. Dom Gregory Murray, Downside Roger Wagner, Hollywood, Cal. Abbey, England Eugene Selhorst, Rochester, N. Y. Flor Peeters, Mechlin, Belgium Terence Gahagan, London, England Alexander Peloquin, Providence, Winifred T. Flanagan, Omaha, R.I. Nebr. Omer Westendorf, Cincinnati, Ohio Rev. Irvin Udulutch, Mt. Cal., Wis. Ralph Jusko, Cincinnati, Ohio Rev. Laurence Feininger, Trento, Paul Hume, Washington, D. C. Italy Rev. Walter Rees, Worthington, 0. Rev. Fred Reece, Des Moines, Iowa Rev. William Saelman, Bolivia, S.A. Rene Dosogne, Chicago, Ill. Rev. Charles Dreisoerner, St. Louis, Emmanuel Leemans, Boys Town, Mo. Nebr. Frank Szynskie, Boys Town, Nebr. Managing Editor --------------------------------- --------------------------------------Norbert Letter Library ------------·---------·-------------------------------------------------------------------·Ferenc Denes Circulation _____________________ ·----------- __ ---------------- ____________ --------·- ____ Paul Sing Subscription Price: $3.00; Additional Single Copy 75¢ Editorial and Business Address: 3558 Cass St., Omaha 31, Nebraska LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To the Editor of Caecilia: In her letter published in the Spring issue Dr. Ethel Thurston states that she does not know what I mean when I say that "the purpose of the Gelineau psalms is em· phatically not a musical one". My meaning was made perfectly clear in the subsequent sentence of the article from which Dr. Thurston was quoting: "their object is to bring the inspired hymns of Our Lord's own prayer-book within the reach of the laity in a form which is at once accurate, intelligible and easy to sing." For a parallel I would refer Dr. Thurston to the "tonus antiquior" for the collect at Mass. The purpose of this simple formula employing only two notes, is that the words of the prayer and its structure may be made clear to the listener. It does not aim at musical interest (how could it, with only two notes?) because its purpose is "emphatically not a musical one." The note& exist (as in so many of the simple Gre• gorian recitative formulae) merely to "carry" the words. As Fr. Gelineau has explained, the psalm-tones of his method are nearly all based upon, or inspired by, the psalm-tones of various ancient liturgies. They make no more pretence of "originality" that the originals did. A. Gregory Murray Downside Abbey, Bath, England To the Editor: Permit me to make formal reply to Mr. Lang's letter in your Spring, 1960, issue as well as to the anonymous communication from Rochester. Mr. Lang's ridicule of my musical "ancestry" is hardly appropriate inasmuch as he evidently agrees with what he ridicules, that is, by using my sort of historiography I could go back to Palestrina. I could go back to Orpheus, for all I care, because the point I made was precisely that my training was in the main stream of music, his· torically and pedagogically. Goetschius, unfortunately, can only trace his "ancestry" back to his teacher Faisst, and Faisst to nowhere, as his methods are his own invention. As to my rank amateurishness, for the past decade, until this year, I taught counterpoint and fugue at Hunter College on both the undergraduate and graduate level. Two of the then members of the Music faculty were also my pupils. My Rochester correspondent asks if Prout, whom I did not mention, Emery or Spalding are still used. As to Spalding, his books were very recently and I believe still are used at Yale. As to the vague charges of vagueness made by these correspondents, I will gladly explain in detail any statement I have made. Sincerely yours, FERDINAND DAVIS 67 0 UR C 0 r~ TR I 8 d T CJ I~ S Paul Hume is Music Editor of the Washington Post and Times Herald. We are told that his article in the Feb.-Mar. issue of the Critic stirred up more negative reaction than anything since a review of Richard Rovere's book on the late Senator McCarthy ... John F. Mahoney is editor of Annuale Mediaevale, Duquesne Studies, Duquesne University ... Bernard C. Jones describes him· self as .. an elderly church musician" from Rockport, Mass ... Sister Rosalie O.P. teaches at St Cecilia's in Hastings, Nebr ... David Greenwood is a frequent contributor to Caecilia. WANTED: Organist acquainted with Church Music to play organ and sing for two High Masses daily. If possible, must he able to direct a junior and senior mixed choir. Address all communications: c/o Rev. Pastor, 82.Z New Jersey Ave., SheboygiJD, Wis. stating qualifications and salary expected. 68 EDITORIALS Postscript One of the great challenges of the superb new Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is the dream of what music might be within the setting provided by this great church. Its location on the campus of The Catholic University of America makes it impossible to escape dreaming about a choir school under the direction of the University's music department where there is already an outstanding pre-college music department that takes pupils from the age of 6 on up to college level. There is also the campus school which has long been a model in education techniques even in a city where fine Catholic schools abound. It seems hard to believe that any problems of administrative or jurisdictional authority could be allowed to stand in the way of so logical and God-given opportunities. The University's music and drama department surely cannot be kept away from making of the Shrine what Europe's great cathedral centers have so long and so often enjoyed, a setting in which the Church's entire esthetic re­ sources are enjoyed in unique beauty. Surely it is not intended that there shall be no permanent musical staff assigned to this church ... no organist to play the great instrument which is being given by the Military Ordinariate, no choir of men and boys to give living witness to the rightness of papal hopes and directives. And if these things are to be, why cannot they be begun now? If a million dollars, and more, is not too high a price for the bell tower that beautifies Our Lady's Shrine, then a lesser sum with which to insure that Her praises may be well and regularly sung by boys trained as the Church has commanded that they be trained, ought not to be hard to find. These matters are not problems of dollars. They are matters of a will to make music what it should be.