I'm a Catholic musician, and our Pope recently mused, at a concert he attended, that the church music needs to give Gregorian chant back its position of primacy.
http://bcc.rcav.org/06-07-10/editorial.htm
If your pastor asked you to drop the musical instruments and accompaniment, put the boots to "Be Not Afraid" and "Amazing Grace", and start chanting in Latin, what would you do to scratch your urge to sing joyfully? Try to learn to do it, or start a praise or gospel group outside of church?
2006-07-07 09:47:43 · 6 answers · asked by evolver 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Chant doesn't have to be in Latin. It's glorious in English: both Gregorian and Byzantine. It makes you realize what a spiritual aesthetic really is. I have to say that compared to the sobriety and spiritual depth of chant, everything else really grates on me (I will go as far as some Renaissance polyphony, but there's something subtly ostentatious about even that -- chant is *ascetic* music, that's the only way I can describe it; it's not for pleasing the ears but for elevating the soul.) I spent a lot of time in Eastern churches, where there is nothing but chant: no instruments, no contemporary compositions (well, perhaps some Rakhmaninov, but that's OK). You Westerners are missing out by turning away from that part of your heritage. I have a lot of eastern liturgical music; drop me a line if you'd like me to send you some.
2006-07-12 12:25:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I would not chant, but I am not Catholic either. I think that if a non-denominational (which is really all I can speak for, since that is the type of church I attend) pastor dictated or even requested his congregation to chant, instead of sing, he would be overruled. That probably wouldn't even pass muster at the elder or deacon meetings! If a pastor felt compelled to lead his congregation to chant, he may have to initiate an entirely new church with all new attendees.
2006-07-11 13:38:54 · answer #2 · answered by Iamnotarobot (former believer) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not each and absolutely everyone can sing yet absolutely everyone can chant. the point of chanting is to assist the body are available in song with rhythm and tone by using repetition so as that the respiration is managed and the outcome is meant to 'psych' the body to channel its means.
2016-11-01 09:42:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hate church, like the chants.
2006-07-07 09:51:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
church ? singing ? help! I'm in the wrong century what's next ? the inquisition?
2006-07-07 09:54:47 · answer #5 · answered by vitriol for the masses 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Learn it - sing it - love it.
2006-07-07 09:51:17 · answer #6 · answered by classical123 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋