This liturgical controversy lasted for fifty years!
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“Te Deum Laudamus” • Booklet fits on a single page!
Don’t ask me how this booklet works … but it does.
Hymn • “Christ is King” (Father Ivor Daniel) + Rehearsal Videos!
“Once there were lost islands, but most of them have been found…”
1975 • Jerry Brown Vs. William F. Buckley: “Was Thomas Aquinas Liberal or Conservative?”
Ronald Reagan stopped being governor of California in 1975; then Jerry Brown was elected. Bizarrely, Brown ended his final term in 2019.
PDF Download • “Agnus Dei for Three Voices” — A Perfect Canon (Nanino)
A perfect canon is the hardest thing to compose—and this is one!
YouTube • “Latin Mass in Scotland”
We seldom post YouTube videos, and hope our readers will pardon this exception…
What A Real Catholic Conductor Looks Like
What exactly is “the presence” ??
Jordan B. Peterson • “My Biggest Regret In Life”
…church musicians will be surprised by this!
Twelve (12) Tips • “Keeping Choir Members Happy”
Add variety to the singing, so choir members will “take delight” in what they are doing—and they should be “taking delight” in singing praises to God.
“Part 2” Ready! • (Polyphony For Amateur Choirs)
This *might* be the most beautiful 45 seconds in music—Father Guerrero’s compositions are truly awe-inspiring!
PDF Drafts • Ten (10) Gregorian Chant Litanies
Here’s what I currently have…but several of these draft copies are pretty ugly!
They Did Something Bad & Inexplicable • (Documentation Included)
I beg you on my hands and knees to read verses 12-20.
PDF Download • For the Sacred Heart (3 voices)
There is a great need for simple polyphonic pieces arranged for 2 voice and 3 voices.
PDF Download • Organ Accompaniments for “Lauda Sion Salvatorem” (Sequence)
“Man cannot understand this, cannot perceive it; but a lively faith affirms that the change—which is outside the natural course of things—takes place.” (Ladua Sion, v12)
Charles Tournemire: An Organist’s Best Friend
Tournemire’s L’Orgue Mystique is an indispensable resource—especially for organists who are feeling “stuck” in their improvisation.
News From Belgium • Re: Choral “Our Father”
Including an update on the Sacred Music Symposium.
(Holy Trinity Sunday) • An Astonishing Hymn!
Hymns by Monsignor Knox often make reference to “the friendless”—have you ever been without a friend?
PDF Download • “Credo VII Polyphonic Extension” for a Girls’ Choir
We’ve decided to try an experiment, with assistance from one of my favorite composers: Giovanni Maria Nanino (d. 1607).
What A Roman Catholic Hymnal Looks Like!
How exactly does the “Choral Supplement” look in real life?
A Summer Course in Old Notation
Announcing an opportunity for graduate-level summer study in sacred music.
“Veni Creator Spiritus” + Organ Accompaniment • with English Translation by Fr. Fortescue
Did you realize there are two versions of this famous hymn?
“Kyrie by Father Guerrero” • For Amateur Choirs
Now that choirs are beginning to come back…
“Veni Sancte Spiritus” (Sequence) • Musical Score + Organ Accompaniment: Eighteen Versions!
The Pentecost Sequence harmonized by Father Green, Father Jones, Dom Gregory Murray, Max Springer, Achille P. Bragers, and more!
On Musicianship: A Thought Experiment for Choir Directors
Teaching sight-singing is important, but let’s not forget that it’s a means to an end.
“Slanty Wampus” Doesn’t Count
From one of my composition teachers…
PDF Downloads
PDF Download • (1 page) “Agnus Dei for Two Voices”
What is the best way to get your choir singing when they first return? Here are some tips…
Paul Inwood Attacks Jeff Ostrowski’s Harmonies
Paul Inwood has unwittingly committed a rookie’s error here…
PDF Download • Vespers for Holy Thursday?
“Custom preserves many things in liturgy after their first reason has ceased.” —Father Adrian Fortescue
Never Released Before! • Unique Version of “O Sacred Head Surrounded” (SATB)
What is a Catholic Hymnal? How old are these hymns?
PDF Download • My Favorite Gregorian Hymn
There are so many wonderful Gregorian hymns, but the “HYMN TO SAINT JOSEPH” is my favorite.
Secrets Revealed • “Campion Missal, Third Edition”
Sophia Institute Press has authorized us to release marvelous secrets about the 3rd edition!