Colin Mawby on censorship of music with the new Missal texts. Colin Mawby, speaking at the Gregorian Chant Network Weekend Course at the Oratory School, Oxfordshire, on 9th April 2011, explains and …More
Colin Mawby on censorship of music with the new Missal texts.
Colin Mawby, speaking at the Gregorian Chant Network Weekend Course at the Oratory School, Oxfordshire, on 9th April 2011, explains and criticises the system for granting permission to publish new settings of the Mass which use ICEL copywright texts.
Colin Mawby is a well known composer and chant expert, and was the Director of Music at Westminster Cathedral in the 1960s.
This Gregorian Chant Network event was supported by the Latin Mass Society.
Colin Mawby, speaking at the Gregorian Chant Network Weekend Course at the Oratory School, Oxfordshire, on 9th April 2011, explains and criticises the system for granting permission to publish new settings of the Mass which use ICEL copywright texts.
Colin Mawby is a well known composer and chant expert, and was the Director of Music at Westminster Cathedral in the 1960s.
This Gregorian Chant Network event was supported by the Latin Mass Society.
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Mr Mawby unhelpfully conflates two different considerations: the responsibility of Bishops' Conferences to regulate the publication of music to be used in the celebration of the Mass and the function of ICEL to maintain the integrity of liturgical texts in English and to administer the copyright of such texts on behalf of the Conferences. It is idealistic to imagine that the complex, lengthy and …More
Mr Mawby unhelpfully conflates two different considerations: the responsibility of Bishops' Conferences to regulate the publication of music to be used in the celebration of the Mass and the function of ICEL to maintain the integrity of liturgical texts in English and to administer the copyright of such texts on behalf of the Conferences. It is idealistic to imagine that the complex, lengthy and costly process whereby English translations are made and approved could be funded by individual Conferences when the reality of the situation is that the income from such copyright enables the subsidy of the production of liturgical books in those parts of the world where publication would not otherwise be possible.