"But nowadays hymns are the norm, because people……" — Richard Morris
"But nowadays hymns are the norm, because people don't have much else to sing."
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Richard Morris
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26 Quotes by Richard Morris
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It would be difficult to discover the truth about the universe if we refused to consider anything that might be…
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The tunes, rhythms, and messages are drawn mainly from secular culture.
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Ironically, we live in times that are awash in authentic sacred music.
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Never have so many recordings of the great Masses and motets been in wider circulation.
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Record stores have whole sections devoted to the chant.
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Catholic liturgical music, it would seem, is everywhere but in the Catholic Church itself.
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When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the…
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For two thousand years, the Church has guided the development of music, carefully legislating to fuse artistic talent and aesthetic…
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Thus the slogan should be reversed: Catholics taught the world what music is supposed to sound like, and, more importantly,…
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Even Catholic parishes today are not wanting for talent. But no serious singer or organist will get anywhere near the…
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The pastor of a parish will typically have no education in the chant or in music, and he will hire…
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The democratic and pedestrian character of the new Mass itself seems to invite the ditties that pass for hymns these…
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The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt…
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But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab…
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It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part…
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Mounting toward the upland again, I pause reverently, as the hush and stillness of twilight come upon the woods. It…
— John Burroughs
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Chess problems are the hymn-tunes of mathematics.
— G. H. Hardy
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All religions are inconsistent with mental freedom. Shakespeare is my bible, Burns my hymn-book.
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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And before my Soul took me to task I was hard of hearing; I heard only tumult and uproar. But…
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All our life is like a day of celebration for us; we are convinced, in fact, that God is always…
— Clement of Alexandria
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There is a land, where the roses are without thorns, where the flowers are not mixed with brambles. In that…
— Anna Letitia Barbauld
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But because we accept the sanctity of life, the responsibility that comes with freedom and the supreme sacrifice of Christ…
— Margaret Thatcher
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