PDF Download • The “1965 Missal” (1,785 pages)
“Truly Perplexing” • Pope Francis’ Motu Proprio
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Archives for July 2021
Restricting the Extraordinary Form? • Cardinal Ratzinger’s Video Interview
“We are today not another Church as 500 years ago; it’s always the same Church.” —Cardinal Ratzinger on EWTN
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Important Reminder from Pope Saint John XXIII
People are talking about “liturgy wars” again…
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“Let Us Take Courage!” • In Spite of Today’s News
“Serve God in that charity and love which cast out fear; such love does not regard merit.” —Saint Bernard
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1850 ROMAN CATHOLIC das katholische Kirchenlied (August von Haxthausen collected) Paderborn by Ferdinand Schöningh
1850 ROMAN CATHOLIC das katholische Kirchenlied (August von Haxthausen collected) Paderborn by Ferdinand Schöningh
Adore Te Orgelbuch (1886)
Inhalt Adventslieder 1–9, 125 Weihnachtslieder 10–25 Jesuslieder (Name Jesu) 26–35 Sexagesimä bis Aschermittwoch 26–35, 69–73, 84–88 Fastenlieder 36–55, 143–150 Leiden Jesu 36–51 Mariä Mitleiden 52–55 Busslieder 143–150 Osterlieder 56–67 Kreuzwoche, Wallfahrten u. s. w. 68–74, 85, 144 Himmelfahrt 75–77 Pfingsten (Predigtlieder) 78–83 Dreifaltigkeit 84–88 Fronleichnam (Sakramentslieder) 27–35, 89–99 Herz-Jesu-Lieder 100–102 Marienlieder, allgemeine 103–119 Marienfeste: Mariä […]
1952 (Msgr Max Tremmel) Kapellmeister at Passau Cathedral
1952 PASSAU (TREMMEL) — MESSLIEDER I. Messlieder-Reihe 1. Reihe: Deutsche Choralmesse 1. Zum Kyrie — Kyrie eleison p. 20 2. Zum Gloria — Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe p. 20 3. Zum Credo — Ich glaube an den einen Gott (Credo in unum Deum) p. 22 4. Zum Sanctus — Heilig, heilig, heilig ist Gott der Herr […]
Vinzenz Goller Orgelbuch (1952) — Mit Max Springer
VINZENZ GOLLER ORGELBUCH (1952) — MIT MAX SPRINGER 106. Alleluja laßt uns singen p. 110 22. Alles meinem Gott zu Ehren p. 22 40. Allmächtiger, vor dir im Staube p. 43 24. Anbetung, Dank und Ehre p. 25 265. Auf zum Schwur p. 265 51. Aus der Tiefe rufen wir zu dir p. 115 8. Aus des Elends tiefstem Grund p. 16 […]
1950 Hymn Book Accompaniment (Archdiocese of Munich and Freising)
1950 MUNICH & FREISING ORGELBUCH HEILIGES OPFER — Meßgesänge — The Holy Sacrifice — Mass Chants I. Reihe (im Gebetsteil) — First Set (in the prayer section) 1. Eingang: Zu dir, o Gott, erheben wir (E) p. 7 2. Gloria: Gott in der Höh sei Preis und Ehr (E) p. 8 3. Opferbereitung: Du hast, o Herr, […]
Hymn Lyrics Which Don’t Fit
If we grow up singing hymns, we’re incapable of judging them—because we’re “too close” to them. People who know and love “Abide with me, fast falls the eventide” probably never realized the first word is one of the most egregious examples of incorrect accentuation. (The correct accent for “abide” is on the second syllable, not […]
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1952 BERLIN Józef Kromolicki (Musica Sacra editor) studied with Haberl
ORGELBEGLEITUNG zum Gesangbuch für das Bistum Berlin Bischöfliches Ordinariat Berlin, 1952 · Msgr. Dr. Karl Forster · Dr. Joseph Kromolicki · Wilhelm Bäumer · Nos. 1–264 First-stanza text transcribed from the scan; where the book prints only later-stanza incipits it gives a stanza count (e.g. “6 Str.”), reproduced here. Nos. 1–4a are the liturgical Latin […]
12 July 2021 • FEEDBACK
A reader from Chicago writes: “Your work is exemplary, and these past 15 months have put into clear focus for me just how important Corpus Christi Watershed is as an evangelizing voice in the Church. During this pandemic, we have moved away from the ‘big publisher’ psalters, employing nearly exclusively your settings, which (in my […]
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1952 (Augsburg Diocese) LAUDATE by Karl Lampart Bavarian Organist (d 1974)
ORGELBUCH ZUM LAUDATE Augsburg Diocese, 1952 · Karl Lampart (d. 1974) · Nos. 1–212 PART I — Hymns 1–112 Der Tag des Christen — Morgenlieder 1. Alles meinem Gott zu Ehren W: Herolds Choralmelodien 1808 · T: 1. Str. Duderstadt 1724 ff., Düsseldorf 1759 1. Alles meinem Gott zu Ehren, in der Arbeit, in der […]
Four Eucharistic Motets for the Year of the Eucharist
Forced abstinence from the Eucharist in 2020 heightened for many the appreciation of the sacraments that one can take for granted.
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PT Barnum, Henri Herz, + 1,000 candles
In the annals of pianism, there were some fakers: Vladimir de Pachmann, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Leopold de Meyer, and Henri Herz. A hilarious story is told by Harold C. Schonberg about Henri Herz, his manager (Bernard Ullman), and 1,000 candles. I think you will enjoy reading it.
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