[Magdalen] Epiphany

[Jay Weigel]

As a fellow musician, though more ex than I would like to be, I tend to
agree with you.I think silence is a Good Thing, but too much of it can be
just as grating as constant sound. I would make a lousy Trappist :-)

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Kristin Rollins <kristin at verumsolum.com>
wrote:

> It would be stirring up more than I tend to, but I wonder if we need a
> balance of both silence and music to be spiritually healthy. (I would
> recognize that those may or may not need to be found in liturgical
> settings. I think that I need both styles of worship regularly, but do
> not assume that to be universally true.)
>
> Kristin
>
> --
>   Kristin Rollins
>   kristin at verumsolum.com
>   Portsmouth, VA
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015, at 12:11 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 1/7/2015 11:41:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > houstonklr at gmail.com writes:
> >
> > I was  intrigued when our cathedral called the new Dean almost 2 years
> > ago
> > now...  we had been in the pause mode for both gospel and post sermon,
> > but
> > we
> > now  have music, music, music.  At first it was a jolt, and I sometimes
> > still
> > find my self missing the quiet  pauses.>>>>>
> >
> > This parallels the contrast between the old Latin Tridentine Mass in
> > its two forms:  (1) Low Mass, which is said without any music, but  since
> > there is much of it that is sotto voce (inaudible - something  apparently
> > imported from the Eastern Rites), the Rite has a lot of silences; and
> > (2) Solemn High Mass during which and for which music, either
> > instrumental or choral is essentially continuous.  I think the
> > expression
> > "cover" music was invented to describe the High Mass.
> >
> > The music filled Solemn High Mass is always described as the older
> > form and the "norm" for worship, and not the other way around, as
> > many thought in the pre-Vatican 2 days, so to quote one author,
> > "Music was born singing".
> >
> > That said, there is something refreshing and deeply spiritual about a
> > said liturgy such as the Tridentine Low Mass and this would include  such
> > as the said 8 AM Eucharist's so typical of TEC parishes.   There.   I've
> > said it.  I never thought I would admit that liturgy can be spiritual
> > and
> > meaningful without music, but, quite honestly, it can.
> >
> >
> > David Strang - Older, and perhaps wiser.
>