“Agnus Dei” For Three Voices • Guillaume Dufay
…including a digression on why choirs hate Solfège.
Musical Resources • 17th Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)
“Very humbly, O Lord, we implore of thy majesty, that the holy mysteries we are celebrating … save us from transgressing in the time to come …”
“The songs and hymns presently in use need to be reconsidered.”
“…it is important to avoid musical forms which, because of their profane use, are not conducive to prayer.”
“Live” Recording Of Polyphonic Kyrie VIII
Last Sunday we sang a beautiful composition by Richard Rice.
Fr. Jonathan Morris, Pit Bull Attack, & More
What you didn’t know about Fr. Jonathan Morris…
Musical Resources • 16th Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)
“May thy grace … cause us to be zealous at all times in the doing of good works.”
Video Demonstration • “Do Choral Vowels Matter?”
Can you see the difference? Can you hear the difference?
A New Edition Of The 1962 Missal?
Download these Propers for Saint Pio of Pietrelcina—according to the 1962 Missale Romanum!
“Wearing The Cassock” • A Bishop Weighs In
“I think that all of us clerics should rethink our choice of clothing…” —Bishop René H. Gracida
Rehearsal Videos • “Jesu Dulcis Memoria”
I first sang this marvelous piece as a freshman in college, under Dr. James F. Daugherty.
Musical Resources • 15th Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)
“May thine abiding loving-kindness, O Lord, cleanse and fortify thy Church…”
The Ordinary Form’s Incredible Freedom
Here’s a chart with rubrics from the 1974 “Graduale” translated into English.
Be Amazed By This Two-Minute Clip About Cathedrals!
Astounding video about how the Amiens Cathedral was saved by a medieval “iron band-aid.”
PDF Download • Rossini’s “Canticum Novum” (1935)
A Collection of 115 Motets and Hymns, with an Easy Mass for Two Equal Voices.
Musical Resources • 14th Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)
“Reconciled for evermore to thy Church, do thou watch over her, O Lord…”
