News From Belgium • Re: Choral “Our Father”
Including an update on the Sacred Music Symposium.
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(Holy Trinity Sunday) • An Astonishing Hymn!
Hymns by Monsignor Knox often make reference to “the friendless”—have you ever been without a friend?
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PDF Download • “Credo VII Polyphonic Extension” for a Girls’ Choir
We’ve decided to try an experiment, with assistance from one of my favorite composers: Giovanni Maria Nanino (d. 1607).
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What A Roman Catholic Hymnal Looks Like!
How exactly does the “Choral Supplement” look in real life?
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“Veni Creator Spiritus” + Organ Accompaniment • with English Translation by Fr. Fortescue
Did you realize there are two versions of this famous hymn?
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24 May 2021 • FEEDBACK
M.B. wrote to us: “Dear Corpus Christi Watershed: please keep posting beautiful hymns! You have no idea just how helpful it is to me! God bless the work and efforts that you pour into making the liturgy more beautiful for God’s glory!”
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“Part 1 of 3” • Guerrero Kyrie for Our Lady
Now that choirs are beginning to come back…
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“Veni Sancte Spiritus” (Sequence) • 18 Accompaniments
The Pentecost Sequence harmonized by Father Green, Father Jones, Dom Gregory Murray, Max Springer, Achille P. Bragers, and more!
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21 May 2021 • “Cheating?”
If you look in the 1952 Australian Hymnal by Father Percy Jones called The Saint Pius X Hymnal, you will see that they substitute “Confirma Hoc” from Confirmation with the Offertory antiphon on Pentecost Sunday. Thoughts? Was that cheating?
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18 May 2021 • A bad translation?
My friend L.F. has informed me that the editors of the 1965 Missale Romanum seem to have deliberately deleted the part about “raising the children in the Catholic Faith.” Do you agree? See for yourself. How would you translate that passage into English? Please email me at: jeff@ccwatershed.org
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“Slanty Wampus” Doesn’t Count
From one of my composition teachers…
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“Homily: Sunday after the Ascension” (EF) • Father Valentine Young, OFM
I wanted to become a Franciscan priest, and became one. But I certainly landed in places and assignments I never dreamed of being in.
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“Easy Polyphonic Agnus Dei” • Part 2 of 3
What is the best way to get your choir singing when they first return? Here are some tips…
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Being Too Hard On Priests?
…including a fancy capital “A” from a medieval manuscript.
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Did Bishop Sheen Favor A Particular Hymnal?
Including a wonderful hymn for the Ascension.
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