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Article: Church music.(Letter to the editor)
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- Catholic Insight
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- December 1, 2006
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(C.I., Sept. 2006, pp. 27-28)
In his November 2003 chirograph for the centenary of the motu proprio, Tra le Sollecitudini, on Sacred Music, Pope John Paul II stated that "A composition for the Church is sacred and liturgical insofar as it approaches Gregorian melody in flow, in inspiration, and in flavour, and so much less is it worthy of the temple insomuch as it is recognized as departing from that supreme model."
The late pope repeatedly emphasized the value and necessity of Gregorian chant even to the extent that "new compositions must be imbued with the same spirit that inspired" it. Pope Benedict XVI recently concurred, adding that the entire ...