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| | Lectionary Music |
 | | The treatise quotes from Gregory XVI, Pius IX and Pius X and their interpretations of the role of accompaniment. |
 | | The treatise appears to be an apologia for the a document by Pope Pius X in 1903, "Motu proprio," which appears to be a reaction against florid, multi-movement settings of the Mass and canticles by J. Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, and other "secular" composers. |
 | | The treatise, however, does allow for a little nationalistic or folk music to flavor the music of Divine Liturgy, but it tries hard to promote plainchant as the norm. |
| www.livingweb.com /lectionary/music.htm (1914 words) |
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