RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Novak, Manfred
T1 "Providing for the Active Participation of the Entire Assembly": Petr Eben's Liturgical Music with Congregational Participation
JF Musicologica Olomucensia
YR 2015
VO 22
IS 2
SP 79
OP 96
DO 10.5507/mo.2015.014
UL https://musicologica.upol.cz/artkey/mus-201502-0005.php
AB Petr Eben was one of the few internationally renowned composers embracing the implications of the Second Vatican Council on writing music for the liturgy designed for the active participation of the entire congregation. He took up this challenge and succeeded in meeting both liturgical and artistic requirements. This paper discusses technical and aesthetic questions involved in composing for congregations and exemplifies these questions in analysing three works by Petr Eben: Deutsches Ordinarium (1965), Marien-Vesper (1968) and Missa cum populo (1981-1982).