Talk:Ordinary of the Mass

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[edit] Neglect?

Why J.S.Bach was not mentioned in the Music section?

I added him and Bruckner. Maybe some of the others should be removed (Zumaya, Brahms, Rheinberger), unless a complete listing is wanted; in that case many other mass-writers should appear. Did Hildegard of Bingen write a mass? I believed Machaut was the first one to do that. Apus 13:18, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Machaut was the first (known) to write a polyphonic mass. That said, I'm not sure Hildegard wrote one, especially of just the ordinary; I haven't heard of it. Rigadoun (talk) 17:15, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Bruckner is an excellent addition! I'm not sure that Bach would be appropriate however. He only composed one Mass setting and it is so long that there is debate among musical scholars as to whether it was ever meant to be performed in a liturgical setting or merely as a concert piece. Also, when I originally wrote this article and added the names of composers, I wanted to keep it down to about four per period. I suppose we could add an additional category for the transitional period between Renaissance polyphony and the Baroque e.g. Monteverdi, Gabrieli, &c.Miguel 01:54, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Of course JSB belongs, but there does already exist an article mass (music), which I expect would be the place to talk examples of the genre, as oposed to the structure of the liturgy.Sparafucil 05:48, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Very good. I had no clue that the above article existed. Something new pops up every day. I had originally done this page as a quick reference to some other articles on the Mass. Perhaps we should revise this article in a more liturgical direction then? Miguel 18:06, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Maybe best if the main article on the mass (liturgy) goes into the greatest liturgical depth. I'd be really happy to see Anglican treatment of the ordinary as such here, as well as the Eastern rite equivalent. Sparafucil 09:18, 5 August 2007 (UTC)