David Haas

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David Edwin Haas, (born in 1957 in Bridgeport, Michigan), is an American author and composer of Contemporary Catholic liturgical music. His most popular songs include "You Are Mine," "We Have Been Told," and "Now We Remain."

Haas lives in Eagan, Minnesota, where he is the Director of the Emmaus Center for Music, Prayer and Ministry. He was also Campus Minister and Artist in Residence at Benilde-St. Margaret's School in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, where he taught in the music and theology departments. In 1998, Haas began the program Music Ministry Alive!, a 5 day liturgical program for adults and youth that takes place on the campus of St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota. In the fall of 2011, Haas began work at Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul, Minnesota. He assists in the Campus Ministry Department, works as an Artist in Residence, and is leader of the Liturgical Choir that sings at prayer gatherings throughout the school year.

Haas has produced over forty original collections and recordings of liturgical music. His music is sung throughout the world and appears in many hymnals of various denominations and languages. His best-known works include sacred songs and hymns, including "Blest Are They", "We Have Been Told", "You Are Mine", "Song of the Body of Christ" and "We Will Rise Again", as well as several Masses, collections of ritual music, and collections of psalm settings and paraphrases.

David is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul,

His music in contemporary Catholic culture

David Haas is one of many musicians who compose contemporary Catholic liturgical music. Following the movement that began with the St. Louis Jesuits in the 1970s and 1980's, , Haas, together with Marty Haugen (actually a Protestant Christian), became some of the most prolific composers of contemporary Catholic liturgical music during the period of rapid liturgical change following Vatican II. Their hymns, songs, and liturgy make up a good deal of the contents of the GIA Gather hymnals, and are widely published in other hymnals used by the Catholic Church in the United States.

Because Haas and Haugen have become synonymous with this style of music, their names are often mentioned in criticism of liturgical use of music of this folk style. One of the main criticisms is that the musical style is similar to that used for children's musicals, thus trivialising the mood and feel of the liturgical celebration, as well as being already-dated folk-stylings of the 1970s and '80s, once popular with the baby-boomer generation.

External links

• David Haas' page at GIA Publications' Web site
• David Haas' page at Oregon Catholic Press' Web site
• David's wife's homepage

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