Cyprian :

Say it ain't so! The times they are a changin'. What if this chant craze breaks out of the Vatican? Oh, woe is me, it won't be America the Beautiful anymore. What of our own traditional classics? No more On Eagles' Wings?? Amazing Grace? Let There Be Peace on Earth? How about Blowin' in the Wind? -- Pope John Paul liked Dylan! Please just Let it Be, and Gimme That Ol' Time Religion.

Cyprian:
Don’t we hope that times are changing … back to the way things should always have been?! They say hindsight is 20/20. Our holy father then has perfect vision, if he looks backward to take us forward. Exactly 104 years ago on this date we were presented with the Motu Proprio, “Instruction on Sacred Music” by Pope Pius X, “Given from Our Apostolic Palace at the Vatican, on the day of the Virgin and martyr, Saint Cecilia, November 22, 1903, in the first year of Our Pontificate.” It begins this way:
“Among the cares of the pastoral office, not only of this Supreme Chair, which We, though unworthy, occupy through the inscrutable dispositions of Providence, but of every local church, a leading one is without question that of maintaining and promoting the decorum of the House of God in which the august mysteries of religion are celebrated, and where the Christian people assemble to receive the grace of the Sacraments, to assist at the Holy Sacrifice of the Altar, to adore the most august Sacrament of the Lord's Body and to unite in the common prayer of the Church in the public and solemn liturgical offices. Nothing should have place, therefore, in the temple calculated to disturb or even merely to diminish the piety and devotion of the faithful, nothing that may give reasonable cause for disgust or scandal, nothing, above all, which directly offends the decorum and sanctity of the sacred functions and is thus unworthy of the House of Prayer and of the Majesty of God. We do not touch separately on the abuses in this matter which may arise. Today Our attention is directed to one of the most common of them, one of the most difficult to eradicate, and the existence of which is sometimes to be deplored in places where everything else is deserving of the highest praise -- the beauty and sumptuousness of the temple, the splendor and the accurate performance of the ceremonies, the attendance of the clergy, the gravity and piety of the officiating ministers. Such is the abuse affecting sacred chant and music ….”
If you read on, contemporary music is discussed thus: “Still, since modern music has risen mainly to serve profane uses …This of its very nature is diametrically opposed to Gregorian Chant and classic polyphony …As the singing should always have the principal place, the organ or other instruments should merely sustain and never oppress it … The employment of the piano is forbidden in church, as is also that of noisy or frivolous instruments such as drums, cymbals, bells and the like.”
For more on this motu proprio, see: http://www.adoremus.org/MotuProprio.html

This is great news and is another example of Benedict's earnest desire for reform of the current Liturgy. Perfect timing with the traditional feast of Saint Cecilia, patroness of Church music. Deo Gratias!