51 Cisteraian Francophone Commission and the person at the level of entire oonmunity. (For instance, the tution of "we" far ''I' in the refrain, or other texts similar, slight nodifications of the biblical make it to possible to effect a better application of the neaning the situation of the asserrbly.) to the Not literary genre lends itself equally well every exigencies of a dete:a:nined liturgical fonn. A narrative text, the for exanple, is unsuitable, as a general rule, for then, literary fonn of a responsory. If, in this or that text particular set of cirC1.m1.Stances, a narrative seans adequate rrode we suitable as an of response, should find fonn SOitE the other than that of text reSIX>Jlsory in order to utilize this narrative as a response to the reading . the the At Belval, as at En-Calcat, purpose of a doxology at end of a responsory was called into question. Except for rare the cases in which sponsories thanselves are wholly and between daxological, the correct link. the doxology the reprise is oten hazardous, sanetimes even outrageously cal. the Objection was also made to practice of dividing the two responsory (as distinct fran the verset) into parts, with part. the reprise limited to the second This imposes yet another constraint on the carp::>ser, and offers the executants no real advantage. the whole course of this study, the preoccupation During was not that of finding ready-made solutions or sure-fire fonnulas; rather, it was a question of our becaning aware of particular the exigencies with regard to this or that imposed 1iturgical fonn -exigencies which have to be well in and understcx:x:i any serious effort at adaptation creation. tary way And are not our options to the particular in think. we the which of ccmmmity and the role has the cx:mmmity to play in the course of liturgical action? the in the appeared It that there was a unaninous aspiration and direction of greater spontaneity less rigidity in the use and perfonnance of cal pieces. Paradoxically,
Cisteraian Francophone Commission 51 person and at the level of the entire oonmunity. (For instance, the tution of "we" far ''I' in the refrain, or other similar, slight nodifications of the biblical texts make it possible to effect a better application of the neaning to the situation of the asserrbly.) Not every literary genre lends itself equally well to the exigencies of a dete:a:nined liturgical fonn. A narrative text, for exanple, is unsuitable, as a general rule, for the literary fonn of a responsory. If, then, in this or that particular set of cirC1.m1.Stances, a narrative text seans suitable as an adequate rrode of response, we should find SOitE fonn other than that of the reSIX>Jlsory in order to utilize this narrative text as a response to the reading . At Belval, as at En-Calcat, the purpose of a doxology at the end of a responsory was called into question. Except for rare cases in which the sponsories thanselves are wholly daxological, the correct link. between the doxology and the reprise is oten hazardous, sanetimes even outrageously cal. Objection was also made to the practice of dividing the responsory (as distinct fran the verset) into two parts, with the reprise limited to the second part. This imposes yet another constraint on the carp::>ser, and offers the executants no real advantage. During the whole course of this study, the preoccupation was not that of finding ready-made solutions or sure-fire fonnulas; rather, it was a question of our becaning aware of the exigencies imposed with regard to this or that particular 1iturgical fonn -exigencies which have to be well understcx:x:i in any serious effort at adaptation and creation. And are not our options tary to the particular way in which we think. of the ccmmmity and the role the cx:mmmity has to play in the course of the liturgical action? It appeared that there was a unaninous aspiration in the direction of greater spontaneity and less rigidity in the use and perfonnance of cal pieces. Paradoxically,
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