Brave Director Posts “Live” Recording
A word of encouragement for choirmasters…
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Archives for October 2017
Hymn by Professor at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
This PDF score has the Latin (on one side) and two English versions on the other.
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Powerful & Thought-Provoking
“We are giving the world a chance to think about the ethics of choosing which humans get a chance at life.”
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PDF Download • Congregational “Dies Irae”
…including two reasons I believe a liturgical reform was desired in the 1960s.
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All Saints and the Extraordinary Form of the Mass
The Roman Rite gives strong attention to the presence of the saints.
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A Requiem on All Souls Day at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
This work is based on the Gregorian Chants of the Requiem Mass. It was directly inspired by the Requiem Mass in the Extraordinary Form at the 2012 Sacred Music Colloquium in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Christ The King Sunday (5th in October)
“Jesus answered: Thou sayest that I am a King. For this was I born, and for I this came I into the world…”
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Josquin Des Prez Vandalized Stuff (!)
It’s hard for us to remember that the famous composers were not hired as such—they were hired as singers.
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Singing with Peter Philips
Peter Philips: “Polyphony shouldn’t be sung with absolute straight tone—that is not real singing!”
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“Why Sacred Music Hasn’t Been Killed” [Six Reasons]
Lyrics from GIA Worship IV Hymnal: “Who is this who eats with sinners, calling luckless losers winners?”
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The Spirit of All Souls’ Day
A thought from Dietrich von Hildebrand
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[299 pages] • Simple Polyphony For Choirs
Every single piece has free rehearsal videos for your choir members!
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January 7-12 • Mahrt, Weber, and Buchholz!
The Church Music Association of America is pleased to announce the third Winter Sacred Music Workshop for Chant and Polyphony.
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Sensational Testimony • On Our Feastday!
“Fr. Ryan told me he’s amazed at how the liturgy has been transformed, and that never in seminary did he believe this kind of liturgy would be possible at a Montana parish.”
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20th Sunday after Pentecost (4th in October)
“…be ye filled with the holy Spirit, speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord…”
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