Rehearsal videos • “Veni Creator Spiritus” (Fauxbourdon)
Modern ears don’t always enjoy the sound of extremely ancient music—do you?
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Musical Resources • Fourth Sunday after Easter (Extraordinary Form)
“…grant Thy peoples that they may love what Thou commandest and desire what Thou dost promise…”
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Our Lady’s Royal Ancestry • Gregorian Chant
“Richer than I you can never be—I had a Mother who read to me.”
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Dazzling Canon • “Adoremus in Aeternum”
John Paul II: “For compositions of liturgical music, I make my own the general rule of St. Pius X…”
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Shocking Parallels By Guerrero
I’ve seen similar passages by Orlando Lassus.
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Benedictus & Hosanna • “Missa Beata Mater”
My friend was in charge of picking music for papal Masses under Pope St. John Paul II.
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“Catholic Choirmaster” • Fascinating Photo Taken 29 August 1964
CMAA was formed the same year “Inter Oecumenici” was issued by the Vatican.
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“No Time For Cowardice” • A Letter To Liturgy Columnists
Too many columnists focus endlessly on minutiae while leaving untouched a crucial issue.
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In Memoriam • Sister Clare Crockett
She passed away when the community’s house collapsed during the earthquake that hit the Ecuadorian coast on 16 April 2016.
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Musical Resources • Third Sunday after Easter (Extraordinary Form)
“O God, Who dost show the light of Thy truth to them that go astray…”
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Feeding Our Children Liturgical “Garbage”
Some of you know I’ve been extremely ill for more than two years…
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Picture • Pope Pius XII in St. Peter’s (Low Mass)
With a lovely chasuble!
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Sacrament of Confirmation (EF) • “Fully Notated Confirmation Prayers”
You Will Want To Download These! • Written-out (“notated”) sheets for the Rite of Confirmation in the Extraordinary Form.
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Ven. Pope Pius XII Singing The Preface
We normally sing the way we heard the priest singing as a child…
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“Tantum Ergo” • Eleven (11) Harmonizations
Do you know what the “Tantum Ergo” means, word for word?
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