"The 'Guitar Mass,' 'Contemporary Mass,' 'Folk Mass' — whatever one wants to call it — is not exclusively the child of Vatican II. Such an assumption is a disservice to history. The Folk Mass story begins neither with folk music, nor guitars, nor even with the Council. The Folk Mass had its origins in the Church's official music: Gregorian chant. . ."
— from Keep the Fire Burning: The Folk Mass Revolution by Ken Canedo
KEN CANEDO is a liturgical composer whose songs are sung in Catholic churches around the world. Long involved with spiritandsong.com, a contemporary Catholic music website, he is the voice behind the popular weekly Liturgy Podcast and also a Spirit Spot blogger. His most recent CD is Doxology, a collection of contemporary and traditional music to honor the Most Holy Trinity. He currently serves as a youth minister and pastoral musician for parishes in Portland, Oregon.
Ken writes frequently for Today’s Liturgy magazine. His first book, Keep the Fire Burning, was just released by Pastoral Press.
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- Ken is quoted in this CNS news story on the musical implications of the new Roman Missal. (8/24/2010)
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“Omer Westendorf struck up a
relationship with several European publishers who invited him to distribute
their music in the United States. This was the 1950 birth of World Library of
Sacred Music (WLSM), a name born of the company’s original scope as a music
importer. Westendorf had the foresight to pair English texts with these
European melodies and World Library eventually became a publishing house.”
