Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
Several readers have requested the URL link to download the GREGORIAN MISSAL (Solesmes Abbey, 1989) in PDF format. All you have to do is click here. The book was professionally scanned and made available online by the Church Music Association of America on 21 January 2009.
In the 1970s, some musicians felt that annihilating the Mass propers would lead to “freedom”—but the opposite was true.
Those who wish to do so may download the Order of Music I’m using for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B (English Masses). Including plainsong in English, wonderful hymns, settings of the Ordinary in both Latin & English, and even a motet by Kevin Allen.
This Sunday I begin service at my new church in Michigan. If you’re curious about the musical lineup for the Spanish Mass, feel free to download the Order of Music I created for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B. I tried to be sensitive to what the parish was doing before my arrival […]
I’d love to hear you sing this!
What we do undeniably involves a type of “performance.”
We complain about the abysmal state of music in the Catholic Church—yet we ought to rejoice!
Without rehearsal time, what can be done?
Including a brief word about “Englishing” plain-chant.
On page 226 of the “People’s Mass Book” (1964), you’ll discover the “TOULON” melody used several times in the Brébeuf Catholic Hymnal, whose editorial team made it clear they had zero interest in “ginning up” a brand new hymnody tradition. Many of the melodies in the Brébeuf Hymnal were used by hundreds of Catholic hymn […]
Tinctoris said: “There is no music worth hearing save that written in the last 40 years.”
At the end of the American Civil War, nearly 33% of all currency in circulation was counterfeit.
A few days ago, our organization scanned and released…
A simplified keyboard accompaniment for pianists struggling to be organists.
May I tell you a secret?
