This is correct. After all, most early Christian music only used the human voice as its instrument (it still mostly does in the East). Ideally, no organ should be used.
Even so - as in many other cases - in many places the "rules" were just ignored. For example, in the book "Church Music in the Light of the Motu Proprio" by George Predmore (originally published in 1924) while the author admits that chant need "not necessarily" be accompanied by any instrument - citing the fact that plainchant originally only used voices - allows for the organ as long as it is not too loud "so as to obscure or drown the singing".
Yes. The problem, is also that the chant was written when there still was no traditional harmony as we intend it, as well as not conception of modern keys, but "modi".
This makes it very odd and weird to add "modern key" chords on an organ. The result is, to me, quite kitsch :(
Rite of sprinkling for Easter season
Vidi aquam egredientem de templo,
a latere dextro, alleluia:
et omnes, ad quos pervenit aqua ista,
salvi facti sunt, et dicent, alleluia, alleluia.
V. Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus:
R. Quoniam in saeculum misericordia eius.
V. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto:
R. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper,
et in saecula sæculorum. Amen.
cinsdal3 2 months ago
Yes, Acclamations shall not be added with organ music
rainerfriedrich007 2 years ago
It is traditionally forbidden to add organ harmony to the chant...
senesino83 2 years ago
This is correct. After all, most early Christian music only used the human voice as its instrument (it still mostly does in the East). Ideally, no organ should be used.
flyingblackboard 2 years ago
Even so - as in many other cases - in many places the "rules" were just ignored. For example, in the book "Church Music in the Light of the Motu Proprio" by George Predmore (originally published in 1924) while the author admits that chant need "not necessarily" be accompanied by any instrument - citing the fact that plainchant originally only used voices - allows for the organ as long as it is not too loud "so as to obscure or drown the singing".
flyingblackboard 2 years ago
Yes. The problem, is also that the chant was written when there still was no traditional harmony as we intend it, as well as not conception of modern keys, but "modi".
This makes it very odd and weird to add "modern key" chords on an organ. The result is, to me, quite kitsch :(
senesino83 2 years ago