Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Scary, Lunacy, or plain Ignorance...
I'm surprised Catholic News Service would announce this article as a matter of fact result: 'On Eagle's Wings' tops all songs in online liturgical music survey. Especially in light of recent discussions about the character of liturgical music cf. Benedict XVI on Liturgical Music.
On Eagle's Wings is about the pinnacle of hymns that reflect "shallowness, superficiality or theatricality" in my book. cf. Arinze's comment. The droning wail of that song depletes the otherwise great message of Psalm 91 and at least have the effect of emasculating an otherwise excellent psalm.
Speaking of droning wails, the other two selections by David Haas make me wonder if the alleged popularity (3000 music directors participated in the survey) isn't perhaps the deepest cause of dismal Mass attendance in the U.S.
I'm glad I didn't even know what some of the other songs mentioned were.
On Eagle's Wings is about the pinnacle of hymns that reflect "shallowness, superficiality or theatricality" in my book. cf. Arinze's comment. The droning wail of that song depletes the otherwise great message of Psalm 91 and at least have the effect of emasculating an otherwise excellent psalm.
Speaking of droning wails, the other two selections by David Haas make me wonder if the alleged popularity (3000 music directors participated in the survey) isn't perhaps the deepest cause of dismal Mass attendance in the U.S.
I'm glad I didn't even know what some of the other songs mentioned were.
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