Soloists in Gregorian Chant?
An “ensemble of soloists” will never sound the same as a true choir.
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PDF • Our Lady of Guadalupe (12 Dec.)
Why should that feast overpower Our Lady of Guadalupe?
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“Alma Redemptóris Mater” • Everything There Is To Know About This Marian Antiphon
Including a new harmonization for the pipe organ.
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Simplified Accompaniment (Advent Hymn)
Simplified keyboard accompaniment for “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus” (Advent hymn).
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PDF • “Music List” (Immaculate Concep.)
Readers have expressed interest in examining the music list I prepared for 8 December (“In Conceptione Immaculata Beatae Mariae Virginis”).
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“Reminder” — Month of December (2025)
Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…
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PDF Download • Agnus Dei Polyphonic “Choral Extension” (Simple Round by Ravenscroft)
It’s hard to banish that round once it enters your ears!
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Dr. Mahrt explains the ‘Spoken’ Propers
This image is found on the first page of a 1974 Sacramentary.
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PDF • “Music List” (1st Sunday of Advent)
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
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Kid’s Repertoire • “Jeffrey’s 3 Recommendations”
Growing up, I remember hearing this adage…
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A Quote Worth Reading
From a mother of 11 children whose brother-in-law is a Catholic priest.
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PDF Download • ‘Choral Extension’ for the Sanctus (especially useful in the Ordinary Form)
It’d be easier to accept if they admitted they were explicitly contradicting Vatican II … but instead, they lied egregiously.
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PDF Download • “Hymn for Christ the King”
“Catholic parishes are slow to change their habits. They still sing what the oldest members learned at school.” —Evelyn Waugh
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“Music List” • Christ the King Sunday
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
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PDF Download • “Pope Pius XII Psalter” — English, Latin, and Commentary (532 pages)
I know of no greater commentary on the psalms. Its author—an erudite Dominican priest—founded the famous “Homiletic and Pastoral Review.”
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