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Letter On Sacred Music in the Liturgy

Abbreviation Title Author Year
TLS Tra le Sollecitudini: On the Restoration of Sacred Music Motu Proprio Pope St. Pius X 1903
MD Mediator Dei Encyclical Pope Pius XII 1947
MSD Musicae Sacrae Disciplina Encyclical Pope Pius XII 1955
1958Inst De musica sacra et sacra liturgia: Instruction on Sacred Music and Sacred Liturgy Instruction Sacred Congregation of Rites 1958
SC Sacrosanctum Concilium: Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Constitution Second Vatican Council 1963
MS Musicam Sacram Instruction Sacred Congregation of Rites 1967
DD Dies Domini Apostolic letter Pope John Paul II 1988
Letter to Artists Letter Pope John Paul II 1999
Liturgiam Authenticam: On the Use of the Vernacular Languages in the Publication of the Books of the Roman Liturgy Instruction Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments 2001
Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments 2001
GIRM General Instruction of the Roman Missal
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments 2002
Chirograph for the Centenary of the Motu Proprio Tra le Sollecitudini on Sacred Music Pope John Paul II 2003
Ecclesia de Eucharistia Encyclical Pope John Paul II 2003
Redemptionis Sacramentum: On Certain Matters to be Observed or Avoided Regarding the Most Holy Eucharist Instruction Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments 2004
Sacramentum Caritatis Apostolic exhortation Pope Benedict XVI 2007
Summorum Pontificum Motu proprio Pope Benedict XVI 2007
Letter to Bishops on the Publication of the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum Letter Pope Benedict XVI 2007
Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship US Conference of Catholic Bishops 2007
http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_instr_19670305_musicam-sacram_en.html

Other writings on Sacred Music:
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, “In the Presence of the Angels I Will Sing Your Praise,” The Regensburg Tradition and the Reform of the Liturgy, 1996.
Pope John Paul II, Address to Bishops of the United States on Active Participation in the Liturgy, 1998.
Pope Benedict XVI, remarks at the blessing of the new organ of the “Alte Kapelle” at Regensburg, 2006.