New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-25

Uhy NeyC PLAIN Chant Edition ID
TO Be Issued.

No part Of the Catholic liturgy has eeea more
the subject OF controversy than the official nrur-
Sical choir BOOKS. which by order OF the Sacred
Congregation OF Choir Rites under Pope Plus k
we're edited by commission OF the Holy See and
were approved Llbri ChorlcI EecIesie
a thirty years privilege publish these TYPICAL
service books was given TO Frederick Pustet =
Co. the we'll As.owa Catholic publishing house OK
Ratisbor, sto-.~, New York and Cincinnati In
these books tOr the first time al texts OF the IT..
ulsy Contained IN the Roman mssai and breviary.
pontiicdi and ritual, are to 5e found with Gre
Sorlan melodies. This privilege OF Pustet & Co. exc
pired on January l. 1901. and editions will be
printed by the Vatican press. The following state
ment vas sent out recently oy Pdstsl & Co. to the
Roman Cataole clergy.
Bcips aware of the intcre-l manifested in he
gam IT. 4GeS'lNh We dfe PtOsFtreo 10 state
Si"t the '1o- Fatntf recently relr.NeI IN audlencs
the IACLlDcts % commission Eets with Ina
when be prInteu oy tne vaIlcs.. press. aud
wn!vn may DC lepIlnted as tAst as isued by otaer
Hrst 10 make use % TINS priv4Ieee ana as soon
Ly tnc .cspeflle ,. preparation. i as uei
ne nope 10 pImg cue editions u tHese books al4t
lii the Ile@ntlnc. and until the new typical edi-
~, -. 10y 80 LAY '.tS Ois , DIOAS now
~! use may De maintained We quote the WORDS
Uttered by the Hoiy Father AZ the session OF The
sSnor toucdult. blsnOp of 81 De france. in this
"Untn this new typical edition has been issued
an dloceses may continue the use of the Chaua
II is then settled fact that the sOlssmes Chant
Boo T bI mot mott be declared the oGal Ghan
probably upon the researches made by The Bens-
can Press As editors Of bs sa 0S Se 'h Bsus
tine Fathers have been designated
During the generation that Pustet q Co. have
had the privilege of printing the typical service
books there has been 4 great deal written for and
against these editions, but the Holy See has az
different times recommended to the bishops and ala
those 70 whom is intrusted the care OF Church
music the edition of the Graduate Romanum-r
And this the more he has been very anxious
that everywhere and IN all dioceses unity with the
Church should be sustained only IN other parts
Of the liturgy. but also In choir singing. In ths
many controversies. especially in France. IN regard
70 the official choir books. the Sacred Coussega ton
of Rites has often defended the authentic edition.
which the Congregation approved. Criticism OF thu
Hturgical choir books has been continued In recent
by the adherents of so-calIed traditional
Gregoriaz. songs 1t Is urged that the only righe
and authentic GregOran melodies those which
from the ninth TO the eleventh century were col
lected from different manuscripts in Europe by 4
branch OF the Benedictne order. whose headquar<
tiers are in Solesmes. with branches in Bels.rm~I
Germany and Austria.
Regarding the authorized chant a well known
Catholic clergyman said recently:
The new decree of the Sacred Congregation q
Rites. dated January s is logical consequence %
the motu proprio of the supreme Pontif on sacred
ception The PatriarchaI Basilicas OF Rome. even
the Lateran Basilica itself. must foreso all tha
joyed and bow 70 the new regulations The lass
lnterminable Gloria EXcelsis has been sung in
Rome and vespers three hours long will no mora
be heard in Its churches
The authorization of the Ratisoon edition OF thu
GregOrian Chant has been definitely cancelled from
the statute book The Ratisbon edition may not b
freshly introduced anywhere. and where 10 Is al
ready possession leave Is given to continue ttD
only for such time may be required TO
place il with edition drawn from the anciens
The Goddess that have coma down 10 US In ths
mOnaStiC Libraries and ecclesiastical archives asreo
substantially IN their reading or the Gregorta1
melodies. though many minor differences exist be-
tween them. II is possible that some of these dr.
ferenCeS may be perpetuated in the editions that
nary law. The object OF the new legislation Is not
bring about that absolute uniformity IN every
recommendation Of the Ratisbon edition Its main
purpose take up the old traditional chant In
the advanced stage OF development in which II Is
found in the old documents and bring IT once mora
into universal use.
Some twenty years ago Father Hermesdofr rnads
up gradual Liber UsUals. from ancient manu-
scripts preserved chiefly in the Diocese OF Treves.
and this edition was used In that diocese by spe-
ciaI leave OF Leo XIII until Monsgnor Korurn, the
present bishop. with desire TO conform 20 the
general use of tho Church, ordered the RatisbOu
again restored TO use IL would satisfy ths
requirements OF the new law
But the edition that will naturally into gem
eral il the well known publication Of thu.
strenuOusy and successfully for the present re-
IL is the result OF much critical study. IL Is
field The Holy Father himself has shown his pref
for this edition by honOring the Benedictines
with the commission to prepare the books used by;
grand choir of students OF the national colleges
In Rome at the PapaI mass celebrated In honor OF
thirteenth centenary OF st. Gregory the Great.
However I have good authority for stating THAI
there is intention of granting an exclusive aus
thorization to any particular edition