"Providing for the Active Participation of the Entire Assembly": Petr Eben's Liturgical Music with Congregational Participation
"Providing for the Active Participation of the Entire Assembly": Petr Eben's Liturgical Music with Congregational Participation
Author(s): Manfred NovakSubject(s): Sociology of Art, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: 20th century music; church music; congregational participation / participatio actuosa; Petr Eben; liturgical music; sacred music; Second Vatican Council; Deutsches Ordinarium; Marien-Vesper;
Summary/Abstract: Petr Eben was one of the few internationally renowned composers embracing the implications of the Second Vatican Council on writing music for the liturgy designed for the active participation of the entire congregation. He took up this challenge and succeeded in meeting both liturgical and artistic requirements. This paper discusses technical and aesthetic questions involved in composing for congregations and exemplifies these questions in analysing three works by Petr Eben: Deutsches Ordinarium (1965), Marien-Vesper (1968) and Missa cum populo (1981-1982).
Journal: Musicologica Olomucensia
- Issue Year: 22/2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 79-96
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English
