The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-26
CLASSIC va SIC ar CATHEDRAL.
s.reGOrIaR dhant to NE Used Only In Part
nc the Easter services.

Brass and reed instruments. a full
chorus and a orchestra will he employed
this year IN the Easter services at 81.
! Pairick's Cathedral. and although the
proper of the mass will be- responded
to according TO the Gregorian system the
classic composer and original cOntribu-
tons To the more elegant form Of eccle-
slastcal music will he restored to the
places which they held prior to the prom
litigation % the papal document a. "a
mixed Choirs and the Gregorian chant.
II il not admitted that there is less in
terest in the Gregorian system ar a ten
dency 10 confess that the sincere efforts
made 20 employ this severely plain chant
IA every part Of the liturgy has been a
failure ~ a matter Of fact u has been
nncouragingiy successful AT the Cathedral
and IN" larger churrhes throughout tho
city and the country The surpliced choir
composed or young men and boys. has
made surprising progress in ths study Oi
rms chant and its singing has been a
-ourr" Of JOY Ia 'hs Archdocesen Ruthori-
les on music and the regular attendants
az the Cathedral
But IL IL not denied that there has been
a notable failing on Of attendance a,
Cathedral services on extraordinary &C.
Casions. such as az the last masses on
Pentecost. Easter and Christmas. since
the abolition OF the mixed choir and the
Introduction Of the GregoriGn system.
OF late there has been a gradual restora-
ton Of classical compost ion. but the
operate mass and those compositions
by eminent composers which have con-
fused and COMPOUNDED the sense OF the
GLORIA and -Credo- are riRidly ex-
cludsd
This year Gounod and List have
places in the programme for the two main
services a; the Cathedral the pontiflcal
mass and pontifical vcspers. Lissant.
Bartlett and Riga. minor composers bat
still IA class apart from the plain
chantsrs. are likewise represented In
TACT only the responses OF the mass viii
be- sung this year according TO the Gre
gorian method Tho organisi. Joseph
Ungerer. has arranged a special Gloria
and -Credo
The services will be opened with the
process nal Come. ls Faithful by Lis
sant. and the postluds will be Gounod's
beautiful march Refine de Saba At
the vespers a -Tantum Ergo by List
will be sung The postlude viii be the finale
from Bartlett's LENT
There is every indication too that ST.
Patrick's Cathedral will he j&rnmed to-
morrow. In fact IL probably will have
N" largest congregation IN all its history
and a substantial one in whichever light
IL may lie viewed-for admission TO the
the last mass on Faster Christmas. NC. d.
~ always by card. which ~ given free
10 pewholderE Others are charged 50
cents a person. At noon Thursday 900
OF these tickets had been disposed Of
and yesterday afternoon several hundred
chairs were arranged on the southeast
wing Of n g sdlice directly opposite the
high altar. II is expected thar there will
te nor lees than 5. $40 persons at the last
mass The capacity mas been augmented
considerably since the completion 81 the
LADY chapel. The sermon - 20 bs- preached
Nv the Rev John O'Rourks. y. j.. and the
Arch bishop. a. Il his custom. Will be tie
Celeb rant OF ths. mass