Pausing at the Asterisk

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  • PDRPDR Shipmate
    edited September 2019
    True dat. My own personal memories on the 'bad liturgy' front tend to be 20 minute 1662 said celebrations, "how much can we leave out?" ASBs and its opposite the "how much can we cram in one service" ASB Eucharist.

    The only Tozer I know anything about was the one implicated in the controversy that led to the formation of the Reformed Episcopal Church. Back in the 19th century he spent a few years as Rector of the parish where I was on the PCC in my late teens/early-twenties. I very much doubt that's your guy.
  • PDRPDR Shipmate
    Alan29 wrote: »

    Thank you; that was an interesting diversion

    Mine was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Tozer

    The wiki is a bit minimalist. It misses out that he wrote the letter to the New York Times attacking Bishop Cummins for participating in an Evangelical Alliance meeting in New York in 1873, and in particular for participating in a joint Communion service. His health was shot by that stage, and he was on his way back to the UK.
  • My plainsong psalter provides the melodies in two parts, the first for the part before the asterisk, and the second for after.

    There are also optional antiphons given. These would be sung not after the asterisk but after the full verse.
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host
    Compline wrote: »
    I tend to agree that the pause when speaking the psalms is irritating. Very often it interrupts a thought or idea, so it seems to hinder rather than help contemplation of the Psalmist's meaning. ...
    Agreed. It's even more irritating when singing them.


  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host
    PDR wrote: »
    I picked it up off a friend of mine who is a conservative (but not angry) RC and liturgy geek. He tends to apply it to the 1970s round of revised liturgies...
    I like it! (It goes particularly well with the hideous vestments and tacky music one often encounters since the 1960s and 1970s - such an unfortunate time for taste and for the English language.)


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