As part of the reform of the reform, Pope Benedict has ordered Swiss Guard to monitor pianists to prevent playing of Haugen, Daas, and similar composers.
Are you serious? I don’t know who those two composers are, but it is possible. Alot of songs since Vatican II, seem watered down and some heretical. I knew Fr Hardon. A saintly priest. Went to his funeral. Was praying for him with Fr Sirico, at the hour of his death. I told Fr Sirico that I wish I could give Fr Hardon a Holy Card of Fr Hardon, of Saint Joseph, cause he helped us so much. Turns out the was at the very moment he died, Dec 30, 2000. Nice to have been able to have prayed for him at that moment of his death. Fr Hardon, pray for us, and may his soul RIP.
Wait—“Haugen, Daas, and similar composers”? Is this to prevent liturgical obesity from the consumption of Haugen-Daas? Or maybe that other composer’s name is “Haas”?
Yonder stage hand didn’t get the memo – page turners should dress in blacks and be seated to the left of the pianist. Oh, yeah, and there’s no need for the halberd. Moistened finger tips turning the top of the right page at the nod of the pianist will be sufficient.
i wish we could get the liturgical musicians out of our faces and back in the choir loft, out of sight! I’m wishing the distractions of their “performances” with their cohorts on drums and tamborines would evolve back into music to worship Our Lord with!
re another Frank’s comment – Marty Haugen isn’t Catholic. It’s too bad that the story is just a joke, we get Haugen, Haas, Schutte et al at every Mass.
And now for your listening pleasure, we present to you for the first time, a newly discovered and hitherto unsuspected work of J.S. Bach: the Duet for Harpsichord and Halberd in D-minor.
“In defense of Haugen (no! put your guns away! you will like this!), he is on record as saying his music was not intended for liturgy.” No, I don’t like that. It ticks me off even more that he’d have the pretentiousness to say such an obvious lie. If you were to pick up the hymnal in our parish, the one edited by Haugen and, self-servingly enough, features prominently and quantitatively, his music and the music of his friends, as well as a few traditional hymns with the archaic English altered (“Shall come to you, O Israel”) inclusive language added (“In one the hearts of humankind”), and offensive verses omitted (“Join the great throng, Psaltery, organ, and song”), you would strongly question the idea that he didn’t intend his music to butcher the liturgy. He provides a psalter, which includes his compositions, in the beginning of his hymnal which to any observer, not to mention Music Directors, seems intended to rain on the Liturgy of the Word. His Mass of Creation and Mass of Remembrance are included in the section on mass settings. And let’s not overlook the fact that it is a hymnal, or should I say song book. Not intended of the liturgy? Thanks for getting my blood to boil so early in the morning. Now back to prayer…as we forgive those who trespass against us…
Scott W. than why did he publish so many “masses”?
Jeff, it should read “Haugan, Daas, and ‘composers’.” You can’t clump Haugen-and-Haas (say it fast and you get Haugen-Daas) with Bach, Tallis, Palestrina, and Monteverdi.
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Are you serious? I don’t know who those two composers are, but it is possible. Alot of songs since Vatican II, seem watered down and some heretical. I knew Fr Hardon. A saintly priest. Went to his funeral. Was praying for him with Fr Sirico, at the hour of his death. I told Fr Sirico that I wish I could give Fr Hardon a Holy Card of Fr Hardon, of Saint Joseph, cause he helped us so much. Turns out the was at the very moment he died, Dec 30, 2000. Nice to have been able to have prayed for him at that moment of his death. Fr Hardon, pray for us, and may his soul RIP.
Are you pulling our leg w/article above?
Wait—“Haugen, Daas, and similar composers”? Is this to prevent liturgical obesity from the consumption of Haugen-Daas? Or maybe that other composer’s name is “Haas”?
🙂
Peace,
–Peter
Jeff;
It appears that some people just don’t get your humor. (4x)
Yonder stage hand didn’t get the memo – page turners should dress in blacks and be seated to the left of the pianist. Oh, yeah, and there’s no need for the halberd. Moistened finger tips turning the top of the right page at the nod of the pianist will be sufficient.
“You vill nail zeh arpeggio or you vill get ze axe! Er… halberd!”
The pianists are the least of our worries…
Marty Haugen is the Catholic version of John Tesh. 🙂
i wish we could get the liturgical musicians out of our faces and back in the choir loft, out of sight! I’m wishing the distractions of their “performances” with their cohorts on drums and tamborines would evolve back into music to worship Our Lord with!
re another Frank’s comment – Marty Haugen isn’t Catholic. It’s too bad that the story is just a joke, we get Haugen, Haas, Schutte et al at every Mass.
In defense of Haugen (no! put your guns away! you will like this!), he is on record as saying his music was not intended for liturgy.
And now for your listening pleasure, we present to you for the first time, a newly discovered and hitherto unsuspected work of J.S. Bach: the Duet for Harpsichord and Halberd in D-minor.
“In defense of Haugen (no! put your guns away! you will like this!), he is on record as saying his music was not intended for liturgy.” No, I don’t like that. It ticks me off even more that he’d have the pretentiousness to say such an obvious lie. If you were to pick up the hymnal in our parish, the one edited by Haugen and, self-servingly enough, features prominently and quantitatively, his music and the music of his friends, as well as a few traditional hymns with the archaic English altered (“Shall come to you, O Israel”) inclusive language added (“In one the hearts of humankind”), and offensive verses omitted (“Join the great throng, Psaltery, organ, and song”), you would strongly question the idea that he didn’t intend his music to butcher the liturgy. He provides a psalter, which includes his compositions, in the beginning of his hymnal which to any observer, not to mention Music Directors, seems intended to rain on the Liturgy of the Word. His Mass of Creation and Mass of Remembrance are included in the section on mass settings. And let’s not overlook the fact that it is a hymnal, or should I say song book. Not intended of the liturgy? Thanks for getting my blood to boil so early in the morning. Now back to prayer…as we forgive those who trespass against us…
Haugen & Daas, didn’t they write a lot of suites?
(okay, I’ll wait while you think about it…)
Scott W. than why did he publish so many “masses”?
Jeff, it should read “Haugan, Daas, and ‘composers’.” You can’t clump Haugen-and-Haas (say it fast and you get Haugen-Daas) with Bach, Tallis, Palestrina, and Monteverdi.