PDF Download: Rare Hymnal By Boston’s Archbishop
Can you imagine singing all those vernacular hymns while Mass is happening?
Archives for January 2015
Cristóbal de Morales Missa “Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La.”
You’ll want to immediately download these scores, videos, and Mp3 files!
What to Do with Musicam Sacram
Does the 1967 Instruction on Music in the Liturgy have any relevance today?
We want to be fed
What do you think of a new Catechetical Lectionary?
The Lowest Musical Aspiration Possible – Or the Highest?
Is being a church musician the lowest musical aspiration possible? Or the Highest?
Short And Simple Organ Postludes & Preludes
Many of you asked me to share the results, which I have done below.
“The best I have ever seen. Anywhere. In the world. Period.” —Mr. John Sonnen
“The vitality of the Classical Rite is as fresh as ever.”
Musical Resources • Holy Family
Many don’t realize that all the EF chants for the Holy Family can be used at OF—cf. section 397 of the Ordo Cantus Missæ.
Why Didn’t Anyone Stop This?
Here is an except from a Church bulletin published in December of 2014.
The American Idolization of Liturgy
Sometimes I wish people didn’t have so many opinions about the liturgy.
Was Fulton J. Sheen Ever Wrong?
There’s a discrepancy in this Sunday’s EF Introit.
Rare Photograph: Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen With Father Joseph Ratzinger in 1965
Archbishop Sheen said nary a word about any liturgical reforms following the Council.
Organ Processionals & Postludes: Suggestions Needed
“So many of the wonderful Preludes & Fugues by Bach—as splendid as they are—do not work as Processional pieces: they’re simply too long.”
Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #65
Today’s installment is a rare image of our Lord’s Resurrection.
L’Anima Mia Ha Sete Sung By Music School In Rome
Recorded for Vatican Radio with organist Aurelio Porfiri. Conducted by Sister Dolores Aguirre.