Expectations Exceeded at the Symposium!
“If you occasionally share a habit of mine for getting stuck in one style, take new inspiration here!” —Miss Phoebe Wing
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Archives for July 2018
Remarkable Quote About Low Mass
It’s disturbing to realize that Mass was offered like this in some places.
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Puzzle • “Now Thank We All Our God”
Singular or Plural?
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My Trip to Canada
Beautiful churches and music in Canada…
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1934 Footage • Gregorian Chant in Chicago
They sure did sing with gusto in those days!
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“Arundel Catholic Hymns” • Hymns Chosen and Edited by the Duke of Norfolk
“To the man of cultivated taste, they are displeasing—and in some cases even offensive…”
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Brébeuf Hymnal • “Behind the Scenes”
Creating a metrical translation like that, so very literal, is stupefyingly difficult.
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A Model for Parish Revitalization (Ordinary Form)
“Being Evangelical Catholics requires that we know the Gospel, believe the Gospel, live the Gospel, and share the Gospel with others—and this begins and ends for us in the sacred liturgy…”
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PDF Canon • “Non Nobis Domine” (William Byrd)
This Canon, attributed to William Byrd, was greatly admired by Beethoven and Mozart.
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Society for Catholic Liturgy Conference 2018
To be held 27–29 September 2018, the conference will focus on the legacy of Msgr. Romano Guardini.
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Rehearsal videos • “Kyrie” by Josquin des Prez (d. 1521)
Recorded by participants at the 2018 Symposium!
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The Sung Canon
Since the Canon cannot be recited “silently” in the Ordinary Form, I wonder if chanting it might be one answer to the lack of transcendence we often encounter within Mass.
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What Happens When A Choirmaster Gets Sad?
Our profession is not an easy one.
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(Video) • Closing Mass of Symposium 2018
…recorded on a device located at the very back of Church.
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Cardinal Ratzinger Wrote about “Summorum Pontificum” on 14 Dec. 1976
Cardinal Ratzinger wrote about “Summorum Pontificum” on 14 December 1976 in a letter to Professor Wolfgang Waldstein.