Pop Quiz • “How Well Do You Know Plainchant?”
Re: the “Communion Antiphon” for the Feast of All Saints (November 1st).
Archives for October 2024
Final Sundays after Pentecost
There’s no reason to get bored at this time of year!
Music List • (31st Sund. Ordinary Time)
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant in English” (31st Sunday in Ordinary Time) for 3-NOV-2024
With a brief digression on “feelings of inadequacy.”
“Entrance Chant” for Sunday (3-NOV-2024)
The reformers borrowed this “Entrance Chant” from Wednesday in the 2nd week of Lent.
Parallel Fifths In Plainsong Accompaniment?
The great masters sometimes even wrote parallel sevenths!
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.
The Truth About Chant Modality
It’s distressing to observe (in certain in quarters) an immature understanding of modality.
Bishop of Jefferson City Forbids Hymns
Bishop McKnight earned a doctorate in Sacred Theology.
*Gasp* — Other Sacred Music Websites!
In a show of “web-ecumenism” I’d like to mention five today.
Music List • (30th Sund. Ordinary Time)
Readers have expressed interest in looking over the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.
PDF Download • “Seasonal Index” for the Brébeuf Hymnal
It’s been downloaded more than 4,000 times, so it seems useful.
New Treasures Daily?
What lofty language!
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.
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
