tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post1194469992351066416..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: Sacred Musicelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-48179830382999201972009-04-27T17:46:00.000-04:002009-04-27T17:46:00.000-04:00My Parish in Virginia, St Catherine of Siena (whos...My Parish in Virginia, St Catherine of Siena (whose Feast we celebrated yesterday) in Clarksville is devoid of any respect to the hymnody of the faith. <br /><br />4-4 time is sung at 8-8 time so that any music sounds like a durge, Our choir is so bad, it is laughable, 'cept I cringe, all the mistaken lyrics, forgoten lines, wrong key, ugh. No choir member reads music. When my daughter joined the choir she soon quit because though she read music, she was in high school (at the time) and her help was considered grasping.<br /> <br />This Jesuit mass that they sing changes part of the liturgy (in my opinion) by incorrect reitation of the Gloria, Pater and Angus. <br /><br />When I visit a parish with a proper choir my souls rises. A poor choir is so distracting.<br /><br />The difference between a choir leader and a Somalian pirate is you can negotiate with a pirate.<br /><br />RichardBrantignyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01609397972340635441noreply@blogger.com