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Mar 26, 2010 · A: Church musicians need to be thoroughly familiar with Sacrosanctum Concilium, the General Instruction on the Roman Missal, Musicam Sacram, John Paul II’s Chirograph on Sa-cred Music, and Pius X’s Tra le sollecitudini. The entire his-tory of Papal legislation on sacred music is a worthy study.
Pope Pius distinguished three characteristics of sacred music: “it must possess holiness and beauty of form: from these two qualities a third will spontaneously arise—universality” (§2). Concerning holiness, for music to be sacred means it is not the ordinary, not the every-day.
Jul 12, 2018 · Q: What are the characteristics of sacred music? A: On the centenary of its promulgation, John Paul II urged us to revisit and learn from St. Pius X’s Motu Proprio on sacred music, Tra le sollecitudini (1903). Pope Pius distinguished three characteristics: “sacred music should consequently possess […]
My answer to the question “What is sacred music?” must be understood within the framework of the Catholic Church’s official, magisterial teachings on sacred music, which have been repeated by popes stretching from Pope Pius X to Pope Francis.
Sep 16, 2016 · The newer document repeats the purpose of sacred music as given in the Constitution as “the glory of God and the sanctification of the faithful”6 (MS 4). It reiterates the necessary characteristics of sacred music from TLS: “holiness and excellence of form” (MS 4a).
Apr 15, 2008 · Two basic values are clearly formulated. The “primary value” of a renewed liturgy, we are told, is “the full and authentic action of all persons”. 12 Accordingly, Church music means first and foremost that the “people of God” represents its identity in song.
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The Moravians represent just one of many possible examples of how music written for worship and praise can fulfill not only a sacred function, but can also change the cultural direction of society at large.
