Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

I have received a great number of inquiries of interest regarding my posts on the Revised Grail Psalter. As you know if you looked at follow-up stories, I posted the concerns of Jeffrey Tucker of the New Liturgical Movement who is a major force in Musica Sacra . Today, Mr. Tucker received a response from GIA which will act as the agent for the copyright and the correspondence is posted here . This is of great concern for all of us (or it should be). Open access is mandatory for Liturgical texts that will be used in writing Sacred Music and cannot be the singular property of one agent. Artistic freedom is required so that we obtain the very best music possible to honor God. Please see this message so you understand what is happening here.

I have awaited the reaction of Jeffrey Tucker of the NLM on the adoption of the Revised Grail Psalter. He has posted a long article here voicing some serious misgivings . Please read this post. I suppose his entire set of concerns can be summarized in this paragraph: This of it: A private company using a legal monopoly to sell the Psalms we are mandated to sing at a profit and using the state to crack down on all who attempt to compete or give them away for free? The GIA and the USCCB are playing with fire here. The Reformation was prompted by injustices less egregious. All Catholics must stand up and insist that this must not be allowed to happen. If the Church is going to authorize the Revised Grail, access must be efficient and impartial in the only way it can be: the rights to the texts must be completely open access. Please read the entire article here .