Pop Quiz • “How Well Do You Know Plainchant?”
Re: the “Communion Antiphon” for the Feast of All Saints (November 1st).
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Archives for October 2024
Final Sundays after Pentecost
There’s no reason to get bored at this time of year!
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Music List • (31st Sund. Ordinary Time)
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.
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PDF Download • “Entrance Chant in English” (31st Sunday in Ordinary Time) for 3-NOV-2024
With a brief digression on “feelings of inadequacy.”
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“Entrance Chant” for Sunday (3-NOV-2024)
The reformers borrowed this “Entrance Chant” from Wednesday in the 2nd week of Lent.
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Parallel Fifths In Plainsong Accompaniment?
The great masters sometimes even wrote parallel sevenths!
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A Suggestion for Ordinary Form Masses
The idea developed (somehow) that having the priest wait 15 minutes for an item he needs is “good and reverent” liturgy. But that’s false.
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The Truth About Chant Modality
It’s distressing to observe (in certain in quarters) an immature understanding of modality.
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Bishop of Jefferson City Forbids Hymns
Bishop McKnight earned a doctorate in Sacred Theology.
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*Gasp* — Other Sacred Music Websites!
In a show of “web-ecumenism” I’d like to mention five today.
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Music List • (30th Sund. Ordinary Time)
Readers have expressed interest in looking over the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.
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PDF Download • “Seasonal Index” for the Brébeuf Hymnal
It’s been downloaded more than 4,000 times, so it seems useful.
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New Treasures Daily?
What lofty language!
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PDF Download • “Like Gold Dust” — Extremely Rare Book of Gregorian Chants (315 pages)
Including “O Come All Ye Faithful” (with Latin text) in a delightful arrangement for two voices.
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Entrance Antiphons • “Transitioning from a Contemporary to Sacred Music Program”
“These are simple propers, but not to the point of being monotone.” —Rebecca De La Torre
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