"It bothers me when I hear it in……" — Richard Morris
"It bothers me when I hear it in a car commercial or some such. But for the most part, it's better than seeing sacred music relegated to the scrap heap."
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26 Quotes by Richard Morris
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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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