Music and Time Annotation << Back Easter Hymns on V. K&#252;chelbecker’s Text: New Sound Reference Points of Mass in Russia Yu. Fidenko The article devoted to analyze of two Easter chants having their texts the poem «Rejoice and Sing, Thou o My Soul» by V. Küchelbecker. The hymns have been included into the mass of Russian catholic parishes after the Second Vatican Council. The same poetic texts of the chants enable one, by way of comparative analysis, to demonstrate the changes in musical and stylistic characteristics of the tunes and to trace the formation of a new sound quality of liturgy. The author draws a conclusion that the contemporary catholic liturgy is aimed considerably at active involvement of parishioners into the divine service. However, sound references strictly stick to the church canons. Various tunes may be taken as a melodic decoration of the mass, yet the condition is strict: the church music should not have any individual aesthetic aspects and the church singing must be subdued to the aims of the liturgy. Keywords: liturgical music, Easter hymn, Mass, Second Vatican Council, divine service, Catholicism. Contacts: E-mail: jufid@mail.ru Pp. 33-36.