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Can anyone tell me a great website or two that contains midis or mp3s of catholic church hymns. TRADITIONAL, not contemporary. Thanks.
catholic.org and iTunes. And no.. I am not joking, these are what I used when planning a wedding and funeral.
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Traditional Roman Catholic hymn, honouring Our Lord as King of King and Lord of Lords.
like the music from Marty Haugen, David Haas, St. Louis Jesuits, ect. Since church music has been changing since its beginnings. Medieval-Chants, all latin, Russian, Greek, Hebrew. the songs were monophonic, with no organ. Rennaissance-Hymns mostly latin and German, 4 part harmony, usually a little darker, based on the traditional music of the time, polyphonic, palestrina, orland di lasso, martin luther. 1700's baroque, bach, handel, ect. based on rennaissance hymns, with more accidentals, usually played on the organ, or orchestra. 1800s-use more gospel music over in the USA, Europe, they have songs in simpler chord progressions.
plus many songs of catholic background pre-vatican council II, dont have gregorian tunes, Silent night, Hail Holy Queen, Come holy Ghost, holy god we praise thy name.
and about the songs being outside of church style, and more like folk songs, the carols, and gospel songs are more like carols.
What controversy? These groups that you mention here are mostly about 20-30 years old. Why is more contemporary music a problem, if it is the music of God's people. I think we need more contemporary music in the church, at one time all the music you mention here was new.
ALso, when the church sends out missionaries to new cultures and tribes it tries to give the people liturgical music that is from their culture.
Our culture is profoundly different from the time that Chant and renaissance music was performed originally.
In fact much music that we think of as sacred today was not allowed in church when it was new.
Handel for instance was not allowed in the church in his day.
As a Catholic, I personally like traditional Catholic music. I sometimes feel sad when music is turned into a modern style, just to attract more people. After being at a recent wedding, the Methodist church we were at had old traditional hymns, but are different from the musical books many Traditional Catholics use.
Likewise, many of the newer non-denom churches use new music.
It's hard to say what is right or wrong, I'm not asking that question... but the root of music for Church, can anyone help me with that? Or ...Thanks!
Gregorian choirs are very very old.. but yet are very modern compared to the age of Christianity.. now what is modern and what is traditional?
I bet there is no church in the world which has the same music as the very first churches in Israel 2000 years ago, let alone anyone who actually knows what the music was supposed to sound like.
Traditions always change, keep up or get old. It is sad though that old traditions become obsolete.
I grew up in a Catholic church that played traditional hymns on an organ. Four years ago, I moved to another Catholic church-with a whole different sound. We have a singing group that plays with guitars, drums, tambourines, and even maracas. I absolutely hate it and don't think it belongs in a Catholic church. Is there anyone who has had the same experience or shares my opinion?
Interestingly enough the Catholic church used almost no musical instruments for a good 1500+ years durings its mass. Everything thing was sung in the Gregorian chant style (except for the homily).
Personally I think they should return to the pleasant Greogrian chant, or keep it strictly classical. Pianos, Violins, Cellos, etc are fine, but when you start bringing in modern rock and clapping that does it for me. If I wanted to listen to Christian rock I would go to some charismatic chapel.
If you want a Catholic church with no instruments try out the Eastern Rites (Byzantine, Ukrainian rite, for example) they don't even have an organ. I just hope you like incense.
I would like to find some hymns to put on my I-pod to listen to while I work, ones like "the pray of St Francis" and others that you normally here at mass on Sunday. I have found some on I-tunes but mostly just instrumental or very artsy or modern sounding. I'm looking for traditional hymns that sound the way you would here them in church and I want to here the words. Any sugestions would be appreciated.
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