Musicae Sacrae
Latin for 'On Sacred Music'
Encyclical of Pope Pope Pius XII
Coat of arms of Pope Pope Pius XII
Signature date 25 December 1955
SubjectLiturgical music
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Musicae Sacrae (On Sacred Music) is a 1955 encyclical by Pope Pius XII dealing with Catholic liturgical music. It updated the 1903 motu proprio Inter pastoralis officii sollicitudines, and was furtherly amended by the instruction Musicam sacram in 1967.

The encyclical continued in the tradition of Inter pastoralis officii sollicitudines of keeping a rather conservative attitude toward music used in worship.[1]

However, the encyclical did soften some of the previous restrictions. It allowed the singing of vernacular hymns at certain places in the mass, formalizing existing practice in places such as Germany.[2]

References

  1. Smith, Fidelis (1957). ""Musicae Sacrae Disciplina": Pius XII's Encyclical on Sacred Music". The Musical Quarterly. 43 (4): 461–479. doi:10.1093/mq/XLIII.4.461. ISSN 0027-4631. JSTOR 740764.
  2. Joncas, Michael (1997). From sacred song to ritual music: twentieth-century understandings of Roman Catholic worship music. Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press. pp. 15–17. ISBN 978-0-8146-2352-7. Retrieved 2021-06-30.

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