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Pope John XXIII said that if we cease to value Latin, “poor mortal creatures may well become like the machines they build — cold, hard, and devoid of love.”
The 2nd Edition of the Campion Missal will soon be available, but here’s something far more important!
St. Jerome had access to ancient Hebrew and Greek manuscripts of the 2nd and 3rd centuries which have since perished and are no longer available to scholars today.
What does a young stylist from L.A. think about the Mass Propers?
Henri Potiron’s 1935 organ accompaniments for Vespers (270 pages) for free download!
Lassus (†1594) was a celebrity musician in his day, and at least 2,000 of his masses, canticles, motets and hymns have survived. He was also bipolar, then called “melancholia hypochondriaca.”
A picture is worth a thousand words . . .
“To this day, the Papal living quarters remain empty, in spite of the fact that two popes live nearby.” — Rome Reports
On 13 June, Pope Francis announced the imminent release of an encyclical written “with four hands.” (No, this is not a Schubert Sonata for four hands!)
Fr. Pierre Paul is well-known to Church musicians everywhere due to the amazing progress he has personally overseen with the Vatican choirs.
The session in Ventura, CA, will include Gregorian notation and solfege, Chant in English and Latin, Counting, Mass Ordinary, and a capstone using the Pange Lingua.
Considering the history of vernacular translations, which were forbidden at certain times by the Church, the following 1833 document will be of interest.
In the 1930s, Dom Gregory Murray did a tremendous service to Church organists by composing many organ interludes without pedals.
Fr. Richard Mullins is reporting that in July he will be “planting the seeds for an eventual Oratory of St. Philip Neri” with none other than Monsignor Andrew Wadsworth, Executive Director of ICEL.
Stained glass windows by Barbara Ferabecoli.
