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What Corrinne Did For Us!
A few days ago, our organization scanned and released…
The Church’s Oldest Latin Eucharistic Hymn
May I tell you a secret?
Some Advice • “Recruiting Choir Members”
How does the conscientious choirmaster get this snowball rolling?
(Sad & Scandalous) • Catholic Denied Holy Communion Because He Knelt
We seek to verify the name of this priest.
PDF Download • “Saint Dunstan Hymnal” (158 pages)
How close are Anglicans to Catholics, in terms of their religious practices?
Choir Members Can’t Get Enough of This Piece
An English translation of “Veni Creator Spiritus.”
ABC’s “The View” Attacks the Traditional Latin Mass
If you were arrested and charged with being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?
PDF Download • SATB “Kyrie” for Small Choirs
This SATB setting by Father Francisco Guerrero is brief but magnificent.
When Dr. Calabrese Addressed Me Personally
Including a ‘live’ recording of the Church’s oldest Latin Eucharistic Hymn, which comes from a 7th-century Irish manuscript.
Documentation • “In the Olden Days, Was Vernacular Sung During Liturgical Services?”
Including a splendid harmonization of “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name.”
“For The First Time” • Our Choir Sings In Spanish!
That changed last week!
“Yes or No?” • Should We Give People the Sacred Music They Ardently Crave?
Some of them became “obsessed” with this SATB arrangement—𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦!
Will I Be Meeting You in Late June?
Re: CMAA “In-Person” Events for 2024—Don’t Miss Out!
J. R. R. Tolkien and Guéranger : Antiquarianism is Protestantism! Was Pius X an Antiquarianist?
The Church is a living body, that has grown from a seed to a full grown tree. It can never return to the seed.
A Wonderful Woman Eviscerates The Argument Of An Infamous Liturgical Radical
Diekmann believed all the saints over the last 1,200 years—as well as the fathers of Vatican II—were dead wrong about the liturgy.
Time for Another RESUCITÓ, Canta Con Júbilo
Perhaps it is time to have another “Resucitó” for our Spanish-speaking Catholics…
Es tiempo para otro RESUCITÓ, Canta Con Júbilo
Quizá podemos tener más de un “Resucitó”. Compartimos una canción pascual con un refrán hermoso y versos como este: “Brille tu lámpara, brille con fuerza tu llama / Cesen tus lágrimas al contemplar su mirada.” ¡No se la pierdan!
A Couple of Recent Podcast Appearances
I’ve participated in some recent conversations about chant that might be of interest to our readers.
“The English Mozart” • Who Was That?
Including a hymn suitable for a Catholic wedding (“Nuptial Mass”).
Anglican Ordinariate: “A Hymn For Saint Joseph”
With a digression on Cardinal Antonelli and the feast of “Saint Joseph the Artisan” (1 May).
Singing Bach At Mass? • “Yes! Yes! Yes!”
I wouldn’t argue if somebody made the claim that Sebastian Bach was “the most musical person who ever lived.”
A Note to Piano Teachers of Beginning Students
“What follows are a few tricks that have greatly aided students with me from a young age…” —Dr. Tappan
PDF Download • Simplified Accompaniment for the famous Hymn: “Praise To The Lord”
According to Monsignor Franz Stemmer, the famous hymn “Praise to the Lord” originally came from the 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘣𝘶𝘤𝘩 (1665).
“Reader Feedback” • 29 April 2024
“No musician in our parish (and probably our archdiocese) is paid, despite the many hours we put in.” —Charlotte M.
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“Holy God, We Praise Thy Name” (Simplified)
Earlier this afternoon, I found time to compose a simplified organ accompaniment (PDF) for Holy God, We Praise Thy Name, which is almost always paired with “GROSSER GOTT.” These simplified keyboard accompaniments are designed for musicians learning how to play the pipe organ. Pianists also seem to like them. The last one I uploaded was […]
Organ Accompaniment Booklet (20 pages)
This coming Sunday in the Extraordinary Form will be the Fifth Sunday after Easter. Each week, everyone can freely visit this page, downloading such booklets (as it were) directly from the source. Nevertheless, I’d like to draw your attention to the ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT BOOKLET (20 pages) for Vespers in the Extraordinary Form: Dominica V Post […]
Near “Occasions” of Sin, Forgiveness, Psalms, Hymns, and the Artistic Temperament
Rachmaninoff never forgave Prokofiev for this, as anyone with a melancholic temperament will understand.
PDF Download • “Wedding Sheet” (Showing Prices)
Being hired as organist or choirmaster for Catholic weddings can be stressful.
PDF Download • Spanish Responsorial Psalm — “17th Sunday in Ordinary Time” (Year B)
We must never let criticism by ‘haters’ bother us. We must strive to block them from our minds.
PDF Download • “Freiburg Cathedral Hymnal” (Organ Accompaniment) — 308 Pages!
The most comprehensive German hymnal ever printed? Well, this masterpiece by Monsignor Stemmer is certainly in the top five!