In the May 2001 online edition of the Adoremus Bulletin, we read Part III of an article called Buried Treasure, by Susan Benofy, which poses the question, "Can the Church recover her musical heritage?"
Editor's Note: The first two parts this series reviewed the liturgical reform -- particularly as it affected music for Mass -- before the Second Vatican Council, and the developments during and immediately after the Council. The liturgical documents issued by the Holy See, the Constitution on the Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, and others that followed, had to be implemented. In each country the national conference of bishops had the authority and responsibility to accomplish this. In the US, although the local bishops still had some authority over the liturgy in their dioceses, the major responsibility for putting the Conciliar liturgical reforms into effect was assumed by the conference's newly created liturgy committee.
Part III: US interprets Vatican norms for sacred music
Contents:
Latin vanishes
The "Folk Mass" appears
The Music Advisory Board
"The Place of Music in Eucharistic Celebrations"
Principles of PMEC
Out with the "outmoded"
"Humanly attractive" vs. Catholic heritage
Three "judgments" key in PMEC
The "pastoral judgment"
"All else is secondary"?
