Hidden Gem: Tantum Ergo II (Kwasniewski)
If you enjoy juicy dissonances and hearing the sun dart in and out of the clouds, you’ll love this modern setting of an ancient text.
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Hymn Translations That Don’t Rhyme?
The Fulton J. Sheen Missal (1961) does something rather puzzling…
Attack on “Female Organists” • (Not Kidding)
This liturgical controversy lasted for fifty years!
“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…”
14 June 2021 • “From Rehearsal…”
One of our choristers recorded this audio excerpt from a recent rehearsal we had. I know there are certain people on the internet who claim that “proper voice leading & harmonies died with Bach in 1750AD…anything goes these days.” But I could not disagree more with such an assertion. The proper rules of harmony and […]
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.
3 June 2021 • Re: “Mass of the Angels”
In the past, we have provided thirteen organ accompaniments to Mass VIII (a.k.a. “Missa de Angelis”). Some versions of the KYRIALE use the melody from Sanctus VIII for Agnus VIII also. Dr. Peter Wagner’s 1903 edition of the KYRIALE does this, as we mentioned earlier this month. Please sing through Sanctus VIII and then sing […]
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)
1 June 2021 • Unsure of Author
The editors of this 1667AD Missale Romanum weren’t sure who wrote the VEXILLA REGIS hymn, so they wrote this in the margin. (To be fair, the original text by Bishop Fortunatus was greatly altered under Pope Urban VIII.)