NATIONAL LITURGICAL MUSIC BOARD

_______________________________________ PAGE 1 (Index) NATIONAL LITURGICAL MUSIC BOARD The National Liturgical Music Board is an advisory body establi...
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_______________________________________ PAGE 1 (Index) NATIONAL LITURGICAL MUSIC BOARD The National Liturgical Music Board is an advisory body established by the Australian Catholic Bishops under provisions 4.3 and 5.2 of the Mandate of the Bishops Commission for Liturgy for the purpose of advising the Commission and the National Liturgical Council on matters pertaining to music in Catholic liturgical worship. Members of the Liturgical Music Board are appointed for 3 year terms. 1. National Liturgical Board Members hyperlink to page 2

Current News: 2, Bishops approved Recommended List of Liturgical Music for use in Australia. (Hyperlink to Page 3) 3. Compostion of Mass Settings for the new English translations of the Ordo Missae (Hyperlink to Page 6)

_______________________________________ PAGE 2 National Liturgical Music Board Membership Rev. Peter G. Williams (Chair), (NSW) Rev. Kenneth Howell, (QLD), Rev Christopher Willcock sj, (VIC), Mrs Cathy Murrowood, (TAS), Dr. Geoffrey Cox, (VIC), Mr. Bernard Kirkpatrick (Secretary) (NSW), Rev. Dr. William Jordan, (VIC), Mrs Jenny O'Brien (SA), Mr. Paul Taylor (VIC), Dr. William Griffiths (ACT)

L-R: Chris Willcock, Cathy Murrowood, Ken Howell, Geoffrey Cox, Paul Taylor, Jenny O’Brien, Bill Jordan, Peter Williams, Bernard Kirkpatrick

Music Resource Project Review Sub-Committees MUSIC SUB-COMMITTEE Dr. Geoffrey Cox Mr. Paul Taylor Mrs. Jenny O’Brien

(Director of Music, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne) (Office for Worship / Organist – Melbourne) (Office for Worship – Adelaide)

TEXT SUB-COMMITTEE Rev. Chris Willcock SJ Rev. Dr. Bill Jordan Rev. Tom Knowles SSS

(Composer / Melbourne) (Musician/ Compiler of Catholic Worship Book – Melbourne) (Parish Priest – St. Francis Church – Melbourne)

LITURGY SUB-COMMITTEE Rev. Ken Howell (Dean, St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Brisbane) Mrs. Cathy Murrowood (Liturgy Office – Hobart) Sr. Ursula O’Rourge sgs (Liturgist ) 4TH SUB –COMMITTEE - examining Music Resources in use in Catholic Schools / CEO etc. Sr. Elizabeth Murray sgs Mrs. Donrita Reefman Mr. Justin Ankus replaced by Mr. Paul Mason,

(Musician/Liturgist) (Music Director – Holy Rosary Cathedral, Broken Bay) (Organist - Broken Bay) - (retired Jan 2009) (Musician & Pastoral Associate – Broken Bay) – Feb 2009

Executive Secretary: Mr. Bernard Kirkpatrick (Director of Music, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta & Seminary of the Good Shepherd, Sydney) Chairman of NLC Music Board Rev. Peter Williams

_______________________________________ PAGE 3 Recommended List of Liturgical Music for Approved by the ACBC At the May 2009 plenary meeting of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, the list produced by the National Liturgical Music Board, of Recommended Hymns and liturgical songs required by “Liturgiam Authenticam” was presented to the bishops, who endorsed and approved it, in order to seek the formal “recognitio” from the Congregation for Divine Worship. 108……… the Conferences of Bishops, necessarily in collaboration with the national and diocesan Commissions and with other experts, shall provide for the publication of a directory or repertory of texts intended for liturgical singing. This document shall be transmitted for the necessary recognitio to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.” (From the Offices of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, 28 March,2001.)

The list is the result of examinations and review by the National Liturgical Music Board members and music consultant sub-committees, of several thousand pieces of liturgical music contained in the principal resource hymn books available and used throughout the Catholic Church in Australia. The titles constitute a list of recommended hymns and liturgical songs suitable for Catholic worship in Australia, and is the first stage of the ongoing NLC Music Resource project to establish database resource on the ACBC web portal. At this stage, the list does not include lectionary music, such as responsorial psalms, as the translation versions to be chosen are still unknown. Ritual and Service music, including settings of the new English translations of the Ordo Missae, are not yet included, as musical settings are being sourced and the date for implementation to be finalised. Hyperlinks to PDF Downloads v Recommended list of Hymns & Liturigical Songs - Alphabetical listing by title v Hymns derived from Latin and Non-English sources

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Review Process The review process has been conducted by 3 separate Sub-committees [(1) Liturgical Evaluation (2) Textual evaluation (3) Musical evaluation] which review materials from the principal Liturgical music resources most commonly in use throughout the church in Australia. These include:

Catholic Worship Book, Gather Australia, As One Voice, (Volumes 1 & 2) Together in Song, New Living Parish Hymnal.

From these 5 Australian hymn resource collections, there are 1967 titles which have been evaluated. (excludes lectionary music and ritual music). The National Liturgical Music Board examined and discussed the music reviewed by each of the subcommittees and accepted 1027 titles for inclusion into the Liturgical Music List

Those titles which required discussion because of concern about musical, textual quality or liturgical suitability were discussed by the general editorial board, giving consideration to factors such as pastoral necessity, for including (or excluding) a particular title in the final list. The issue of the sacred tetragrammaton was also discussed, and for pastoral reasons, some hymns remain on the list, but will require text adjustment to use an alternative name for addressing God. In response to the concerns of some bishops about the need to consider some materials in use which are not in the main hymnal collections as listed above, the Editorial board established a 4th Subcommittee, for the purpose of examining such material. A significant portion of the music used by youth and throughout catholic education systems also comes into this category. In this area of music, there are approximately 800 titles in 50 “albums” of published music commonly used through the catholic education sector. [Hyper link to] Editorial Notes and Review Method Evaluation Criteria

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_______________________________________ PAGE 4 Editorial Notes on the construction of the Hymn List 1) Content of the List Material The titles which the board voted to include on the list, were agreed upon after examining the results of each of the subcommittees who were assigned to examine 1) Music 2) Text and 3) liturgical suitability. Not all three subcommittees gave equal value to the hymns considered, and the final decision by the board to include or reject titles was made after weighing up all aspects. Where there were questions over suitability for inclusion, the board engaged in discussion and debate of the issues, to determine the balance of the outcome in favour or against. 2) Scope of the Review conducted by the NLC Music Board - in general, examination of titles was restricted to hymns and songs (excluding ritual/service music, lectionary music, ) - although as some ritual music and lectionary music does cross over into the area of general hymn/song usage, these have been included where it has been considered appropriate. E.g. the sequences of Easter and Pentecost, and canticles which properly belong to the Liturgy of the Hours. E.g Magnificat or Benedictus etc. In some cases, material which may form part of what is more strictly regarded as lectionary music – e.g. responsorial psalms, is sometimes or even commonly used as hymns and songs at Mass. In such cases, the most commonly identified titles have been added in an appendix at the end of the main alphabetical list. 3) Concerning the Appendix to the List In the case of the appendix Psalm material, these have not been evaluated by the subcommittees because the approved translations are not yet available for lectionary use. They are included for the reason that they are known to be sung frequently as hymns/songs throughout the liturgy, other than as the Responsorial Psalm in the Liturgy of the Word. When the approved translations are available, such a list will be made available in the future

4) Indexing method The board agreed on the preferred systemn of filing by “First line index” in alphabetical order. Where a hymn is sometime referred to be an alternative title, this is indicated in parentheses ( ), and using Title Case, and appears at the head of the list. The first line entry, will therefore appear in the body of the list. Where hymns may share the same first line but have different melodies, the composer or hymn name is generally given in < > to highlight the difference between them. 5) Variations in Hymn Texts and translation Versions Even though several versions of a hymn text or tune may appear on the list, with its references in the various Australian resources, it does not indicate the boards’ “preferred” version at this stage of creating a list, but simply indicates a number of “suitable” versions and where these may be sourced. The preferred text version will be determined at the stage of producing the NLC Music Resource database. Where a text version is particularly problematic, the reference in the relevant resources, has been left out of the list altogether to avoid usage of that particular version. 6) On the use of the Sacred Tetragrammaton The Music Board noted the instruction given by the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments in its letter 29 June 2008 to the Bishops’ Conferences, concerning the use of the sacred tetragrammaton. Mindful of this directive, a number of titles which the board opted to retain were given a provisional approval even though the texts use the sacred name “Yahweh”. In particular three hymns are noted - “I will be Yahweh” (Strong and Constant); “Yahweh, I know you are near”, and “May Yahweh bless you” (Blessing Song) – the major publishers have now since issued replacement texts which fit the melodies and thus alleviating the problem. 7) Appendix showing Titles suitable for Children and/ or Youth A number of the titles examined were considered by the board to be mainly suitable by children and youth, rather than general adult congregations. The titles (which are listed in the general alphabetical list) are here listed as an appendix to indicate their particular suitability. It must be stressed that these titles have been sourced from the principal Australian hymn book resources available in most parishes, and does not necessarily reflect the repertoire of children and/ youth music which may be in use in catholic schools or youth groups. The 4th subcommittee established by the Music Board, is in the process of examining the bulk of children’s music which is contained in other sources such as “albums” produced by composers who write especially for children. E.g Burland, Mangan, Chin, etc. These materials have been identified through contact with Resource centres of various Catholic Education Offices, with a view to evaluating further materials suitable for children and youth, for inclusion in the NLC Music Resource in the future. 8) Appendix Listing of Latin Original Sources – since a significant number of hymns in the Australian resources being examined are based on earlier hymn texts composed for the latin liturgy, this appendix summarise the various translations which appear representing this corpus of classical Catholic hymnody. Once again, a variety of translations may appear across the different resources, and the references simply indicate the board’s decision of suitable translations. At the time of producing the Music Resource, further examination to establish preferred translations for Australian use will be determined. PDF Downloads Recommended list of Hymns & Liturigical Songs - Alphabetical listing by title Hymns derived from Latin and Non-English sources

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_______________________________________ PAGE 5 MUSICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA Evaluation Criteria (Summary) 1) The music should enable the fostering of participation 2) The Technical aspects of musical language – melody, rhythm, pitch etc. / instrumentation/ and accompanimental styles must enable participation. 3) Musical style must promote a sense of the “sacred” and avoid profane; 4) Music must reflect the ideals of true art and beauty. 5) Music must properly support text being sung-proper relationship of verbal and music accents etc. 6) Maintenance and promotion of traditional sacred repertoire – including chant and melodies especially where they remain in the collective consciousness of catholics TEXT EVALUATION CRITERIA Evaluation Criteria Several criteria were proposed to guide judgements about the suitability of texts, ie that they be: · scriptural · apt for the season · theologically robust · thematically and linguistically coherent · in ‘modern/classical’ language (rather than in archaic or temporarily contemporary language) · in common possession and with likely appeal · with poetic power. Those versions have been preferred which: · use ‘you’ rather than ‘thou’ · do not include words or phrases with an obsolete or archaic ring · use inclusive rather than exclusive language in reference to human beings · do not conflate verses · have more effective rhyme. LITURGICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA Liturgical Judgement: 1. Liturgically related to Scripture: A= Strongly Scriptural… B = Based on Scripture i.e. used as a departure point for poetic reflection 2. General Seasonal Suitability 3. Not Liturgical Refer: Not specifically for the specified season– but liturgically suitable for another Pastoral Judgement: 1 widely used ; 2 sometimes used

3 rarely used

_______________________________________ PAGE 6 Compostions for the new English Translations of the Ordo Missae The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, through the National Liturgical Commission, has invited composers to provide musical settings of the Ordinary of the Mass for congregational use, using the texts contained in the new English translation of the Roman Missal. The National Liturgical Music Board will review these settings and recommend a number for use in Australia with the aim of encouraging a common repertoire throughout the country. They will also serve as models for composers to emulate. Download the Composition & Submissions Guidelines PDF for Information about the following: v v v v v v v v v v v v

What is the submission process? Where can I obtain the official texts of the new Roman Missal? What copyright permission is needed to publish the Mass texts? Will every setting used in Australia have to be approved by the NLMB? Who are the members of the NLMB? Is the repetition of words and phrases acceptable? Can tropes be used? Can other texts be musically set? Can settings of the Glory to God and the Creed use a refrain? Will the Memorial Acclamation ‘Christ Has Died’ be in the new Missal? Can the introductions by the priest also be musically set? Submission Details

New English Translations of Ordo Missae to be set to Music

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Compositions should be submitted to the Executive Secretary of the Music Board: Mr. Bernard Kirkpatrick Executive Secretary National Liturgical Music Board C/- St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 1 Marist Place PARRAMATTA, NSW, 2150 Submission deadline: 31 December 2009