[Magdalen] Psalm - Whither Goeth Thou?

[Jay Weigel]

I will admit that I am having my troubles with the Lutheran service music,
which isn't chant but is something else entirely. Some of it doesn't seem
to make a lot of musical sense. I was relieved when Lent got here and we
retreated to the "Land of Rest" setting. Whew!

On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Ferdinand von Prondzynski
> <F.von-Prondzynski at rgu.ac.uk> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Hello, Ferdinand!
>
> Seems to me also that plainchant is well used by very amateur singers:
> monks and nuns. It's meant to be easy to apply to many liturgical
> texts without lots of rehearsal. That seems rather participatory and
> welcoming to me, not obscure nor out of date.
>
> And if it seems strange at first or requires a bit of listening and
> following along before being able to participate, so do the spoken
> bits of liturgy require a bit of observation on the part of a
> newcomer. People can and do learn, and plainchant's learning curve is
> not long, especially with good leadership by a cantor, choir, and/or
> organist (with a light touch).
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>