after Dogma 95
1 Organ music must be based upon chants used in a given service.
Other music must not be brought in
(if it is desired to play a particular piece,
an occasion must be chosen upon which the chant is to be sung).
2 The music must never be produced apart from the liturgical action
or vice versa.
(Music must not be used unless it is integral to the liturgy.)
3 The organ must be hand-pumped.
Any stability or instability attainable with hand-pumped bellows
is permitted.
4 A piece must use a single registration throughout.
The use of combination action is not acceptable.
(If a piece requires a change of registration, it must not be played,
or a single registration change may be made by hand.)
5 Swell effects are forbidden.
6 The music must not contain superficial elements.
(Fanfares, octave doublings, pianistic figuration, etc. must not occur.)
7 Temporal and geographical alienation are forbidden.
(That is to say music-making takes place here and now.)
8 Genre pieces are not acceptable.
9 The musical texture must be contrapuntal.
10 The organist must not be on stage.Other music must not be brought in
(if it is desired to play a particular piece,
an occasion must be chosen upon which the chant is to be sung).
2 The music must never be produced apart from the liturgical action
or vice versa.
(Music must not be used unless it is integral to the liturgy.)
3 The organ must be hand-pumped.
Any stability or instability attainable with hand-pumped bellows
is permitted.
4 A piece must use a single registration throughout.
The use of combination action is not acceptable.
(If a piece requires a change of registration, it must not be played,
or a single registration change may be made by hand.)
5 Swell effects are forbidden.
6 The music must not contain superficial elements.
(Fanfares, octave doublings, pianistic figuration, etc. must not occur.)
7 Temporal and geographical alienation are forbidden.
(That is to say music-making takes place here and now.)
8 Genre pieces are not acceptable.
9 The musical texture must be contrapuntal.
Furthermore I swear as an organist to refrain from personal taste! I am no longer an artist. I swear to refrain from creating a ‘work’, as I regard the instant as more important than the whole. My supreme goal is to force the truth out of the music. I swear to do so by all the means available and at the cost of any good taste and any aesthetic considerations. Thus I make my vow of chastity.