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I love the little “wandering” left-hand accompaniment beginning in the variation on page 3.
Peter Piel (1835–1904), was a Roman Catholic composer named “Royal Music Director” under Wilhelm I, King of Prussia.
Regarding this topic, the late Dr. William Peter Mahrt of Stanford University once made a statement I’ll never forget.
Twenty-three (23) harmonizations of a famous German hymn tune, carefully transcribed from Roman Catholic hymnals printed between 1886 and 1961.
You can see the “Præfatio de Sancto Joseph” inserted directly into the priest’s missal.
This might be excellent for a children’s choir.
If you play the pipe organ, I encourage you to try out this organ interlude for manuals only.
Also Included: a Conversation about famous hymns in Duple or Triple rhythm.
(Part 2) • Should congregational hymnals include SATB parts?
This melody was found in a Carthusian plainsong book (published hundreds of years ago).
I recently learned that Pope Leo XII honored him with the “Order of the Golden Spur.”
Highlighted in yellow (on this single-page PDF file) is documentation concerning whether the 2nd Eucharistic prayer may be used on Sundays.
That such a richly-illustrated missal could have been created—much less mass produced—in the 1930s is beyond belief.
Its final verse is the famous “O Salutaris Hostia.”
Father John Buchanan was a priest of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul–Minneapolis.
