PDF Download • “Salve Regina” Chant in English (Four Different Versions)
I never knew these existed until earlier today!
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Archives for October 2022
PDF Download • 1915 “Gregorian Vesperale” … Printed On Five Lines! (651 Pages)
Father Weinmann placed plainsong on five (5) lines, yet still used Gregorian notation—including chord symbols!
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Feedback • “Not Happy With Your Article”
“My name is *******. I wanted to share with you my thoughts on your recent blog post. I was very displeased with this article. […] I’ve have been a supporter of the Latin Mass since I was 14 years old. I’m now 26 and a seminarian; and I very much hope (in the near future) […]
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“Times & Locations” • Traditional Latin Masses in the Diocese of Arlington
Bishop Burbidge has forbidden eight parishes from publishing Mass times in their bulletins, parish websites, or social media channels!
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“Chord Pausing” • Choir Warm-Ups
Download my “choir warm-up” at this link. Have your singers pause on different chords. As choirmaster, see if you can identify each seventh chord in real time (and which position it’s in). You can hear my volunteer choir attempting this. You will notice that we still have work to do, because the singers must be […]
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The Solesmes Episema and Contemplation
Are we even singing the Solesmes rhythm at all?
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“Bravery!” • Schola Director Posts ‘Live’ Recording
“The portable organ shall be lowered into the quire to accompany the singers, who shall sing solos in their order of seniority…” —1604 document
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“Portable organ shall be lowered…”
Alonso Lobo (1555-1617) started out as an assistant to Father Guerrero (d. 1599). In the book by Stevenson—which I never grow tired of praising—we find this wonderful excerpt which provides fascinating details vis-à-vis musical performance circa 1600AD. I like how it says that on Easter the prosa “must be the one composed by Morales.”
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“Released” • A Eucharistic Hymn You’ll Love!
Installment 4 • “How Has Nobody Done This Before?” (series)
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