[Magdalen] Music question

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Thu Nov 17 07:58:11 UTC 2016


When you say Pruuu, do you mean "Prooh", or is it "Prooh, ooh!, ooh!" ?

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
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On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 11:35 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 11/16/2016 5:32:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> revegger at gmail.com writes:
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> Yes,  Richard.  to me his name looks like it should be pronounced
> "Prowlex"
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> It's Pruuu.  At least that's the way he wants it.
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> Some of his "Community Mass" is in TEC '82 Hymnal.  The local
> Procathedral at one point printed up pew cards with the Mass Ordinary
> for easy use, but the old low-church hardliners objected because it
> used the word, "Mass."  They had to be withdrawn, even though  the
> hymnal version is used without problem.
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> Proulx was on the '82 Hymnal Committee, even though he is a
> Roman Catholic, and long time O/C of Chicago's RC Holy Name
> Cathedral.
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> He gained a sort of fame by appealing to the national church music
> community (successfully) to help him out with coronary bypass surgery
> expenses.  Apparently the Archdiocese of Chicago had a cheapo
> medical policy that didn't cover the expense.
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> David S.
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