[Magdalen] Related to "Yet Another Case of Race Abuse"

[Jay Weigel]

I didn't notice that they sounded the same, but they had a distinct joyful
kind of mariachi sound owing to lots of guitars being played...I think I
counted 7 at one mass...and a certain style of singing, and everyone sang,
even the kids. On the rare occasions I went to the Anglo masses there (it
was either Catholic School Week or a funeral) the music was horrid and the
singing anemic.

On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 10:30 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 10/4/2015 6:51:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
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> One of  the reasons I used to like to go to the Spanish Mass at St.
> Patrick's in  Morristown, TN, was the music, which was enhanced by presence
> of the large  number of young men in the congregation, who sang fervently,
> if not always  tunefully. It was a delight to be with that group, who took
> literally the  injunction to "make a joyful noise to the  Lord.">>>>>>
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> I attended the Spanish Mass at Newark, NJ's mammoth Sacred Heart
> Cathedral on a number of occasions.  It always struck me that all  the
> tunes for this Liturgy all sounded the same.  One hymn seemed to
> meld into another, and then into the Ordinary.  There certainly  couldn't
> be any complaints that there was not a musical unity.
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> But actually, it seemed a rather pleasant anachronism to have  liturgical
> music of such a style in a grand gothic revival cathedral, probably
> New Jersey's largest church with a four manual pipe organ, one of
> the State's largest, sitting there in the real gallery totally  unused.
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> The English Masses at Sacred Heart paled by comparison.
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> David Strang.
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