Music List • (25th Sund. Ordinary Time)
Readers have expressed interest in looking over the “music list” I have prepared for this coming Sunday.
Archives for September 2024
Is Investment in Sacred Music Really Necessary?
“About a year later, when many Covid restrictions had been lifted, we saw quite an influx of new faces come into our parish…” —Dr. Samuel Backman
PDF Download • “Communion Antiphon” by Father Edgard de Laet — For Any Mass!
A musical setting for “An Alphabet of Right-doing” (as Monsignor Knox famously called it).
“Entrance Chant” • For Sunday (22-Sep-2024)
This one’s in Mode 4—and it imitates the authentic Gregorian chant in a magnificent way.
A Real Advantage!
Before the internet, certain translators could easily “pull the wool over” unsuspecting eyes.
PDF Download • “The Saint John’s Gradual”
Free download of Saint John’s Gradual with Ecclesiastical Approbation from his Eminence Cardinal Seán O’Malley, O. F. M., Cap., Archbishop of Boston
Photographic proof that CCW matters!
Some familiar books were spotted in Singapore by our contributor, Andrew Leung, who took that photograph. Those books were printed about thirteen years ago, and recently the third edition was released. The third edition is profoundly resplendent.
Music List • (24th Sund. Ordinary Time)
Readers have expressed interest in looking over the “music list” I have prepared for this coming Sunday.
“Desperate Financial Appeal” • (11 September 2024)
Jeff Ostrowski, current president of Corpus Christi Watershed, sent this letter on 11 September 2024.
Musical Setting • “Confíteor Déo Omnipoténti”
The participants went nuts over this musical setting. They just couldn’t get enough of it!
Desperate Appeal • (11-Sep-2024)
On 11 September 2024, the president of CCWatershed released…
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Plainchant in English)
Today I discuss a myth about accompanying plainsong on the pipe organ.
“He Wants to Share His Subject and His Background Is Impressive.”
Feedback from the Gregorian Chant workshop in Chicago.
“A Coming Together of My Two Choral Worlds…”
Readers might get some ‘programming ideas’ from the list of pieces we sang.
Music List • (23rd Sund. Ordinary Time)
This coming Sunday (8 September 2024) is the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B. Some have expressed interest in seeing my “ORDER OF MUSIC.” If such a thing be appealing to you, it can be downloaded as a PDF file.