Time and Again We Are Asked…
(1880s) Time and again we are asked: “Is the Gregorian chant to be accompanied by the organ?”
“Citation Needed” • Dom Foote of ICEL
Father Basil Foote, OSB, served on the Music Sub-Committee of the “International Commission on English in the Liturgy” (ICEL).
“Should the People Sing in Parts?” • Weighing the Case for SATB Hymnals in the Pews
A normal person would respond: “There are many television shows; to which do you refer?”
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Revealed • “Answer to the Riddle”
Nobody was able to correctly guess this ‘rubrical riddle’—so here’s the answer.
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Music List • “Corpus Christi” (Year A)
The 28-page Singers’ Booklet is included. Our children’s choir will join us for this Mass.
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PDF Download • 35 musical scores for “Lauda Sion Salvatorem” • (Corpus Christi Sequence)
Including many different organ accompaniments!
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Rare! Rare! Rare! • “Australian Hymnal” (Roman Catholic) from 1942 • By Father Percy Jones
These 3-voice Gregorian Chant harmonizations (from Spain and Australia) are certainly among the rarest we’ve ever posted.
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“Reminder” — Month of June (2026)
Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…
PDF Download • “Rubric Challenge”
So far, nobody has guessed correctly. (Challenge posted a few weeks ago.)
“CCW Subscriptions” • (Update — 31 May 2026)
We recently switched to a ‘subscription model’ for our website.
PDF Download • “Singer’s Booklet: Trinity Sunday”
Three “indispensable items” for a successful parish music program are discussed.
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Music List • “Trinity Sunday” (Year A)
Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.
“Entrance Chant” • Feast of Corpus Christi
Very difficult to imagine a more gorgeous mode than Mode 7.
Vanishingly Rare! • 1955 “Organ Accompaniment” (Mainz Diocese) — 328 Page PDF
The work that went into creating this book is unfathomable: Hymns, Gregorian Chant, Vespers, Psalmody, and more!
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21 Organ Accompaniments • Pentecost Sequence (“Veni Sancte Spíritus”) in Latin and English
These twenty-one (21) keyboard accompaniments for the ‘Golden Sequence’ will hopefully have something for everybody!
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