The October 20 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.
The Liturgical Arts & Music issue includes a story by G. Jeffrey MacDonald about churches that are attracting new members by offering contemporary versions of traditional hymns.
Organist and choir director David Palmer describes his early indoctrination about the primacy of text in sacred hymns, and how he gained greater appreciation of the non-verbal aspects of worship music.
Mark Michael examines an ambitious project to create new settings for all of the 92 collects in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.
There are reviews of two CD collections of sacred music, and of two books related to music and liturgy. On the non-musical front, Bishop John Bauerschmidt meditates on the canonization of John Henry Newman, and Kirk Petersen reports on litigation over who owns the name “Diocese of South Carolina.”
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NEWS
- Judge Rules on ‘Diocese of South Carolina’ Usage
FEATURES
- Old Hymns, Fresh Grooves | By G. Jeffrey MacDonald
- Zeal and Nuance in Performing Church Music
By David Palmer - Cranmer Anthem Book Aims at New Settings
for All 92 Prayer Book Collects | By Mark Michael
CATHOLIC VOICES
- St. John Henry Newman, a Shared Legacy
By John Bauerschmidt
CULTURES
- Finzi: Choral Works | Review by Stephen Platten
- Francisco de Peñalosa: Lamentationes
Review by Walker Robinson
BOOKS
- The Music Architect | Review by David Heetderks
- The Rites and Wrongs of Liturgy
Review by Christopher Yoder
OTHER DEPARTMENTS
- De terra veritas
- People & Places
- Sunday’s Readings
