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Society since 1874 andTHE CATHOLIC CHOIRMASTER,published by the St.Gregory Society since 1915.  \nEDITORIAL BoARD  \nRt.Rev.Rembert G.Weakland,O.S.B.,ChairmanMother C.A.Carroll,R.S.C.J.,Music review editorLouise Cuyler,Book review editorRev.Richard J.Schuler,News editor  \nRev.Ignatius J.Purta,O.S.B.,Managing editorRev.Lawrence Heiman,C.PP.S.Rev.C.J.McNaspy,S.J.Very Rev.Francis P.Schmitt  \nJ.Vincent HigginsonRev.Peter D.Nugent  \nEditorial Offices:ST.VINCENT ARCHABBEY,LATROBE,PENNSYLVANIA  \nCHURCH MUSIC ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA  \nEXECUTIVE BoARD  \nRt.Rev.Rembert G.Weakland,O.S.B.,PresidentRev.Cletus Madsen,Vice-presidentRev.Richard J.Schuler,General SecretaryFrank D.Szynskie,Treasurer  \nCecilia Kenny,Regional Chairman,East CoastRev.Robert Skeris,Regional Chairman,Middle WestRoger Wagner,Regional Chairman,West CoastRev.Joseph R.Foley,C.S.P.Mother Josephine Morgan,R.S.C.J.Rev.John C.Selner,S.S.  \nJ.Vincent Higginson  \nVery Rev.Francis P.SchmittSister M.Theophane,O.S.F.  \nMembership in the CMAA carries with it a subscription to SACRED MuSIC.Votingmembership:$10.00;Student Membership:$4.00.Application forms for votingand student membership may be obtained from Sister M.Theophane,O.S.F.,Alverno College,Milwaukee,Wisconsin.Subscribing membership:$5.00.Sub-scribers should contact directly the Treasurer:Frank D.Szynskie,Boys Town,Nebraska.Single copies:$1.25.Application to mail at second-class postage ratesis pending at Latrobe,Pennsylvania.  \nSACRED MUSIC  \nVolume 92,Number 2,Summer 1965  \n4  \n# COMMENTS:THE STATE OF THE QUESTION\n\nREMBERT G.WEAKLAND,O.S.B.27  \n# A NINETEENTH-CENTURY CHANT REVIVAL\n\nFRANCIS J.GUENTNER,S.J.29  \nGREGORIAN MUSIC AND VERNACULAR LITURGY  \nBASIL DE PINTO,O.S.B38  \nMATTHEW BRIDGES(1800-1894)  \nJ.VINCENT HIGGINSON47  \n# NEWS REVIEW\n\n51  \n# MUSIC IN PRINT\n\n# COMMENTS:THE STATE OF THE QUESTIONREMBERT G.WEAKLAND,O.S.B.\n\nPerhaps it is still to soon to judge the effects of the Constitutionon the Liturgy on Church music and to decide whether the quality of theold music being used and the new music being written has improved.Instead,it is easier to assess attitudes,worries,and concerns at this moment and todescribe the general feeling with which the changes have been received bymusicians and the faithful in general.  \nIf the extensive mail that has crossed my desk in the past months is indicativeof the attitude of the professional musician,then one can say there isstill a kind of hysteria that comes from the fear that all is now lost.Almostall seem to agree that the new music being written is no better and no worsethan that which was composed before the Constitution,regardless of whetherthe language was or is Latin or English.The fears now center around twoareas:that the great heritage of the past masters will be lost —togetherwith Gregorian Chant;and that the amateur strummer on the guitar willsupplant the amateur left-foot-only organist.  \nThe Constitution on the Liturgy made it clear—and it has certainly beenquoted enough by musicians of late —that the treasury of great master-pieces we have inherited from the past is not to be lost.On the other hand,we can all see that the occasions and liturgical moments when these master-pieces will be fitting and appropriate will become less numerous.We allsee that the need for active participation of the whole congregation in themusic of the Mass is the chief concern of the Constitution and that of pre-serving the treasury surely a secondary one.These are the grounds for fearin those musicians who cherish and love the chant and the polyphonicmasters in particular.For some reason or another,I fail to share this fear.The number of parish choirs in the United States that were performingchant and classical polyphony as they should be performed in the periodbefore the introduction of the vernacular were not many.Those that ","cbCaitD8E4hEVKc1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitD8E4hEVKc1","pdf",1655385,44,"English","# Comments: The State of the Question\n## 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