Marcel Dupré • “Live” Recording (2 Feb 1964)
A recording of Bach’s A-minor Prelude & Fugue made by the master at age 78.
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PDF Booklet • Christmas Midnight Mass (36 pages)
It looks so simple when placed in a booklet like that…
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The Most Popular Hymn Tunes? • A List
I could not have been more thrilled to see this list—those are exactly the tunes I love!
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Counter-Melodies • “Accompaniment of Psalm Tones”
Go to the 1:07 marker and you will hear something worth dying for…
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Christmas Midnight Mass • Saint Vitus Parish (LA)
“And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him up in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.”
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Seven Tips • “Directing A Catholic Choir”
The physical and mental demands made upon a choirmaster are considerable.
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PDF • “Creator Alme Siderum” (Organ Accompaniment)
Each verse written out, with a translation by Fr. Adrian Fortescue.
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Exclusive images! • Draft Pages (Brébeuf Hymnal)
As you can see, this new hymnal is pleasantly thin and not heavy.
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PDF • “Ecclesia Dei” Responses (14 November 2018)
Several questions deal with music at the Traditional Latin Mass (“Extraordinary Form”).
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First Sunday of Advent at Saint Vitus Parish (LA)
“May we receive Thy mercy, O Lord, in the midst of Thy temple, that with due reverence we may prepare for the coming festival of our redemption.”
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The Only Hymn Father Fortescue Ever Wrote
…including a “Sneak Peek” at the Brébeuf Hymnal.
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PDF Download • Mass Hymns by Fr. Seed, SJ (1906)
How utterly strange to see such items!
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Hymn Texts by Fr. Christopher Phillips
Listen to an original text accepted for publication in the Brébeuf hymnal…
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“Last” Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)
“Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it cockle?” And he said to them, “An enemy hath done this.”
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PDF Download • “Pope Pius XII Hymnal” (1959)
Were you shocked to see the Pius XII Hymnal assigning vernacular hymns to different parts of the Mass?
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