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The most comprehensive German hymnal ever printed? Well, this masterpiece by Monsignor Stemmer is certainly in the top five!
Posted on 11 April 2024: “Sacred Liturgy in the Thought of Joseph Ratzinger”
In the past, I’ve mentioned how I can’t stand hearing wrong notes. I was playing LLANFAIR the other day, and I was hitting wrong notes. Earlier today, I created a simplified version which you can download for free. This famous tune (“LLANFAIR”) is often used on the feast of the Ascension, with “Hail the Day […]
“This argument from silence is wildly improbable.” —Father John Parsons (2001)
This article—a “mini-dissertation” on syllabic plainsong—writes songs using the names of various CCW authors.
Teaching Children the Fundamentals of Music
Even something simple can be wonderful.
A lovely offering by the “Chaumonot Composers Group.”
A serious typo in the Responsorial Psalm for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B.
I believe Catholics have a right to attend Mass without being aurally assaulted.
I hate hearing organists play wrong notes. I invite you to download this simplified organ accompaniment for hymn #699 in the Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal. The hymn is “Jesus Christ Is Risen Today.” I’m toying with the idea of creating a whole bunch of these, to help amateur organists. The last one I uploaded was […]
There is “fallout” and recovery from Holy Week as a positive result. It is not merely physical but deeply emotional especially, as we struggle spiritually with whatever crosses we bear in life.
Catholic musicians must avoid being viewed as “esoteric freaks” who can’t agree on anything and spend their entire lives fighting about things nobody cares about.
My volunteer choir sang this arrangement during the offertory on Easter Sunday.
