[HANASHIR:2124] Re: Sim Shalom canon

[Rachelle and Howard Shubert <shubert...>]

 how do people here come to trust a song enough to introduce
>it to a religious service (and what constitutes trust)?  What allows you to
>feel that the "music fits the words"?  And how, if ever, has that trust
>been broken for you?  I know this involves a lot of individual cases, and a
>single person may differ in opinion from instance to instance.
>Nonetheless, I'd find that such a discussion (with this kind of detail)
>could be very instuctive to me, and perhaps to other people on the list.
>

Judah, I agree  that continuation of this discussion would be very
instructive.  I relate in some way to every argument I have heard, for and
against the use of this arrangement.  Since this lovely melody is not my
absolutely favourite setting,  but rather a wise choice for a new choir, I
am leaning toward choosing another arrangement for it, even if it has to be
done in unison.  I can't seem to get over my gut resistance to it, since I
learned the song as Dona Nobis Pacem and have conducted a secular choral
group singing it for a non-religious vigil which took place in a church. 
 
I do wish I could find more liturgical music written in canon form since
this is so good for children's voices,  untrained adult choirs and
congregational harmony.  

Rachelle