James MacMillan's Liturgical Music Involving the Singing Congregation
James MacMillan's Liturgical Music Involving the Singing Congregation
Author(s): Manfred NovakSubject(s): Music, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Religion, History of Art
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: James MacMillan; Congregational music; Catholic liturgical music; 20th- and 21st-century music, Participatio actuosa; Liturgical reform; Sacrosanctum concilium;
Summary/Abstract: James MacMillan is one of the few internationally renowned composers who embraced the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council with its key concept of participatio actuosa and wrote music involving the congregation. With regard to these works, the following questions are discussed and answered: In what way did he compose for untrained singers so that they are able to sing his compositions? Which stylistic compromises did he accept and how are they artistically justifiable? How does his liturgical music involving the congregation relate to liturgical theological concepts?
Journal: Musicologica Olomucensia
- Issue Year: 29/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 85-104
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
