Rachmaninoff said: “Nine hours? That’s nothing. For a period of my life, I used to practice 17 hours a day.”
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“A Peculiar Discrepancy” • Immac. Concep. (8 Dec.)
Who can explain this?
PDF Download • Pristine Scan: Father Mathias’ 1905 Kyriale Organ Accompaniment (186 pages)
Father Mathias served as organist for Strasburg Cathedral, where he founded the “Saint Leo Institute for Church Music” in 1913.
“Promptly, Firmly, & Persistently Repressed.”
The book is called: “Cantica Sacra: Hymns for the children of the Catholic Church.”
Saint John of the Cross • Arrested & Imprisoned By His Own Carmelite Brothers
Many years ago, I was very calmly trying to de-escalate a disagreement I was having with someone close to me…
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (8 December)
What is he talking about? Where can I go to hear these “aesthetically superior” interpretations? Where can they be found?
Bouyer on Liturgical Reform: “More intolerant and fussy than anything we’ve ever known.”
“Perhaps in no other area is there a greater distance between what the Council worked out and what we actually have.” —Professor Louis Bouyer
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for this Coming Sunday (Christ the King) — 34th in Ordinary Time
Including three separate points on Dom Combe’s shameful and defamatory statement.
“Imagine You’re Out of Rehearsal Time but Desperately Need a Hymn for Advent…”
“I had such fun recording the vocals for these rehearsal videos.” —Corrinne May
“Reader Feedback” • 19 November 2024
“I’m currently gathering materials for a newly ordained priest…”
High Resolution Scan • “Missale Romanum” (1857)
This rare missal from 1857 contains some musical notes.
PDF Download • “Put Out into the Deep”
“His appointment was somewhat unexpected as he was installed as Bishop of Providence in May of 2023.” — Richard J. Clark
PDF Download • “Polyphonic Enhancement” for the Lord’s Prayer (Mass in English)
As the congregation sings their part, the choir “enhances” them with polyphony. This is genius!
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for this Coming Sunday (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The sixth mode is sometimes the “peaceful” mode.
Internet Trolls + Cardinal Merry Del Val
We sometimes receive messages which…
Confirmed! • Bp. Woost Elected Chairman of “Committee on Divine Divine Worship”
For sixty years, Catholics have demanded to know what is gained by the ceaseless tinkering with liturgical translations.
Advent • “Introducing Ancient Sacred Works”
“In less than a year, I was able to transition their Spanish Mass from completely contemporary to completely sacred. No parishioners were lost and the Mass attendance grew slightly.” —Rebecca De La Torre
Cardinal Arinze • “Recent Latin Mass Restrictions”
Francis Cardinal Arinze served as Prefect of the Vatican’s “Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments” from 2002 to 2008.
“Reader Feedback” • 9 November 2024
Let’s call this person “Harry.” (We usually redact names for anonymity’s sake.)
Huge Discovery! • Rare Document Explains Why There’s a “Spoken” Version of the Propers
His statement is not only foolish, it approaches heresy!
“Entrance Chant” for this Coming Sunday • Jeff Attempts to Accompany Himself on the Organ
Singing Gregorian Chant lifts one’s spirits. Agree or disagree?
Bending Your Ear • A Sound Theology
“The way in which music is deployed in the Holy Mass has a direct impact on how we understand our relationship with God.” —Dr. Backman
Re: Copyright Status of “Abbey Psalms & Canticles” (PDF Chart)
There’s been considerable online discussion about this. Our readers have a right to know what’s at issue.
“I Bow to Rebecca Raber Who Oversees the Music in This Chapel.” —Mike Aquilina
“This is not the choir!” … exclaims Mike Aquilina.
“All Saints” • Jeff Ostrowski Tries to Simultaneously Accompany His Voice on the Organ
Although it beggars belief, in his entire life Father Josef A. Jungmann never celebrated a sung Mass—not one!
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For The Record …
It strikes me as quite “Adventy”—for lack of a better term.
PDF • “Advent Kyrie Accompaniment”
Kyrie XVII: “In dominicis Adventus et Quadragesimae.”
Music List • (Immaculate Conception)
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this feast.
Organ Accompaniment • “Kyrie IV”
This was inspired by Florentinus Peeters (d. 1986).
Which Gospel Acclamations?
Some have asked which version…
“Entrance Chant” • Immaculate Conception
This Introit is in mode iii, which some consider the most beautiful.