"Once the Mass is restored to its rightful place, we will again see choirs being developed. New compositions will be written because the composers, like their forebears, will see the setting of the Mass text to music as a means of possibly expiating their sins and assuring their music's immortality. Musicians will fight for the chance to become organists and choirmasters. The faithful will clamor for it. It will again become part of a living tradition."
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Richard Morris, "The Collapse-and Rebirth-of Sacred Music: An Interview with Richard Morris", Latin Mass Magazine (Spring 1999)
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