Is This Really The Same Church??
Whoever accompanies this piece on the organ did something—in my humble opinion—very clever!
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“Old Solesmes” Method • What’s That?
I recently conducted an experiment…with surprising results.
PDF Download • “O Sacred Head Surrounded” … placed into Gregorian Chant!
Also provided: an organ accompaniment for “Jam Christe Sol Justitiae” (an ancient Catholic hymn for Lent).
PDF Download • “Daily Missal with Vespers for Sundays” by Dom Lefevbre (2,007 pages)
…including news Re: the 3rd edition of the Saint Edmund Campion Missal, scheduled to be released in April.
Surprising Popularity!
One of our most popular downloads has proven to be the organ accompaniment to “The Monastery Hymnal” (131 pages). This book was compiled, arranged, and edited by Achille P. Bragers, who studied at the Lemmensinstituut (Belgium) about thirty years before that school produced the NOH. Bragers might be considered an example of Belgium “Stile Antico” […]
15 February 2021 • To Capitalize…?
In the Introit for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost, there is a question regarding whether to capitalize the word “christi.” The Vulgata does not, because Psalm 27 is not specifically referring to Our Lord, but rather to God’s “anointed one.” However, Missals tend to capitalize it, such as the official 1962 Missal and also a […]
15 February 2021 • “Sung vs. Spoken”
We have spoken quite a bit about “sung vs. spoken” antiphons. We have also noted that the texts of the Graduale Romanum sometimes don’t match the Missal texts (in the Extraordinary Form) because the Mass Propers are older than Saint Jerome’s Vulgate, and sometimes came from the ITALA versions of Sacred Scripture. On occasion, the […]
PDF: “The Attack On The Vatican Edition: A Rejoinder”
Some readers have had difficulty finding this article, which we scanned and posted circa 2008, so here it is: The Attack On The Vatican Edition: A Rejoinder The Styria Press (Graz and Vienna), 1907. Reprinted in Caecilia, Vol 87, No. 1 (Spring, 1960). The article is by Dr. Peter Wagner, a student of Father Michael […]
“Homily for Quinquagesima Sunday” (EF) • Father Valentine Young, OFM
Sometimes I think we humans are becoming too smart—perhaps too smart for our own good.
PDF Download • 1954 “Bragers Hymnal”—Accompaniment Edition (131 pages)
We have scanned this extremely rare hymnal, granted Imprimatur by Francis Cardinal Spellman on 15 February 1954.
“Reform of the Reform” • Eight Lies We Were Told
We should evaluate things based on their merit.
10 February 2021 • “Follow the text…”
Gregorian Chant does not follow the example of Baroque composers, who strongly emphasize (“slam”) the tonic accent. Cantus Gregorianus has a very sophisticated way of honoring the text—an approach which goes far beyond the “goo goo gah gah” approach of slamming the tonic accent. Thousands of examples in the Gregorian repertoire demonstrate this reality, but […]
“Homily for Sexagesima Sunday” (EF) • Father Valentine Young, OFM
I had the good fortune of being assigned to the same mission field twice: the first time in 1956 when I was first ordained.
5 February 2021 • “Tainted”
We have witnessed the downfall of so many “famous” Catholics—including priests—who had pretended to be holy, but were caught committing terrible sins. In a particular way, EWTN was harmed because several of their biggest stars were exposed. I was thinking about whether something holy can be “tainted,” and what that means. Fulton Sheen made mistakes, […]
Ben Shapiro Teaches His Audience Music Theory!
Also included: “Can amateurs sing polyphony?”
3 February 2021 • “Politics”
A recent article—Glaring Omission from Post-Vatican II Lectionary—has generated enormous traffic, and has become one of our most popular articles. During that article, I made reference to our position on “political” articles. If anyone cares to know about my political views, please download: Only In Secret And With Horror. I have explained my views in […]
“Homily for Septuagesima Sunday” (EF) • Father Valentine Young, OFM
I don’t know whether all of you will agree with me when I say: “life is not fair”—but I would imagine older people would agree.
Glaring Omission from Post-Vatican II Lectionary
In the 1980s, Father Valentine wrote to a Vatican Congregation in Rome about this omission. It still hasn’t been fixed.
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(Ladies Singing Low) • “Adding Fifths Above”
Under Covid-19, certain “pre-conciliar” practices have been mandated by the same bishops who previously declared such things to be evil.