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Congregational participation was encouraged with the provision of responses and unison prayers. Finally, the book included an extensive selection from Psalms and Canticles ; the latter's titles were given in Latin ( Magnificat; Nunc Dimittis, Te Deum laudamus etc.), also a significant departure from the Reformed tradition .
Murray made a significant musical contribution to Catholic liturgy in respect of the development of congregational participation, notably in the 1939 Westminster Hymnal, [1] and A People's Mass (1950: reprinted many times). [1] It is a simple and tuneful setting, with sales of more than two million copies at the time of Murray's death.
The hymns could by sung unaccompanied, but organs and choir supported congregational singing where such resources were available. [19] Organ music would play a large role in Lutheran music later on. Luther said that music ought to be “accorded the greatest honour and a place next to theology” due to its great importance. [ 20 ]
Congregational singing at a church in La Matanza, Argentina, 1972. Congregational singing is the practice of the congregation participating in the music of a church, either in the form of hymns or a metrical Psalms or a free form Psalm or in the form of the office of the liturgy (for example Gregorian chants). [1]
When the CC national General Council adopted a "Basis of Union" with the E&R Church in 1948, the dissenters organized into two groups: the Committee for the Continuation of Congregational Christian Churches, formed by the pastor of Los Angeles' Congregational Church of the Messiah, Harry R. Butman; and the League to Uphold Congregational ...
Martin Luther, a music lover, composed hymns that are still sung today, and expected congregations to be active participants in the service, singing along. [ citation needed ] John Calvin , in Geneva, argued that while instrumental music had its time with the Levites of the Old Testament , it was no longer a proper expression for the church.
The Conservative Congregational Christian Conference is a Congregationalist denomination in the United States. [3] It is the most conservative and oldest Congregationalist denomination in America following the dissolution of the Congregational Christian Churches . [ 4 ]
The revised hymnals presented the hymns interlined with their tunes for easier reading, as is common practice in America today. [4] Eddy was not closely involved in the 1910 revision of the hymnal, but had input on a few hymns, for instance approving a tune for her poem Mother's Evening Prayer .