Chant Will Renew Sacred Music, Says Vatican Aide

Notes Its Link to Liturgical Texts

ROME, OCT. 7, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Sacred music cannot be limited to Gregorian chant, but it is chant that contains the key to renew liturgical song, according to a consultor for the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff.

Father Uwe Michael Lang, also an official of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, made this observation Wednesday at a lecture at l'Accademia Urbana delle Arti in Rome.

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Music for the New Missal, Now Completed

It's English, but perhaps worthy news to include in this blog. These are recordings of chant to use with the corrected translation of the Novus Ordo Mass.

The music for the new Missal has been completed, archived at MusicaSacra.com and also reposted on the Cafe. Every blog, every website, every parish, no matter what institution or publisher, is free to post these embeddable videos online, on facebook, on email, or however. You can use them in parish tutorials or in any other manner you choose. They are a free gift of the CMAA to the whole Church and world.