[Magdalen] Psalm - Whither Goeth Thou?

[Jay Weigel]

The "little Napoleon" priest to whom I referred in a much earlier post once
opined loudly to our choir that "plainchant is HARD!" We all just looked at
him either blankly, pityingly, or like he was an idiot, depending on how
much we were able to keep custody of our faces. (Sad to say, I wasn't)



On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Ferdinand von Prondzynski <
F.von-Prondzynski at rgu.ac.uk> wrote:

> Jim Guthrie wrote:
>
> >Well, you've got to keep faith as obscure as possible. Wouldn’t want
> >anyone to
> >know or understand anything about it -- particularly in music -- if doing
> >so
> >varies with what was done 500 years ago, eh?
>
> I wonder what you mean by that, Jim. Plainchant isn’t for everyone or for
> all occasions, but it is a hugely important part of our liturgical
> heritage. Nor is it useless to this generation. Just yesterday I heard a
> very impressive use of plainchant by a modern rock band in one of their
> songs.
>
> Ferdinand
>
>
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