YouTube • “Latin Mass in Scotland”
We seldom post YouTube videos, and hope our readers will pardon this exception…
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What A Real Catholic Conductor Looks Like
What exactly is “the presence” ??
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Jordan B. Peterson • “My Biggest Regret In Life”
…church musicians will be surprised by this!
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Twelve (12) Tips • “Keeping Choir Members Happy”
Add variety to the singing, so choir members will “take delight” in what they are doing—and they should be “taking delight” in singing praises to God.
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“Part 2 of 3” • Guerrero Kyrie for Our Lady
This *might* be the most beautiful 45 seconds in music—Father Guerrero’s compositions are truly awe-inspiring!
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PDF Drafts • Ten (10) Gregorian Chant Litanies
Here’s what I currently have…but several of these draft copies are pretty ugly!
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They Did Something Bad & Inexplicable • (Documentation Included)
I beg you on my hands and knees to read verses 12-20.
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3 June 2021 • Re: “Mass of the Angels”
In the past, we have provided thirteen organ accompaniments to Mass VIII (a.k.a. “Missa de Angelis”). Some versions of the KYRIALE use the melody from Sanctus VIII for Agnus VIII also. Dr. Peter Wagner’s 1903 edition of the KYRIALE does this, as we mentioned earlier this month. Please sing through Sanctus VIII and then sing […]
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PDF Download • Organ Accompaniments for “Lauda Sion Salvatorem” (Sequence)
“Man cannot understand this, cannot perceive it; but a lively faith affirms that the change—which is outside the natural course of things—takes place.” (Ladua Sion, v12)
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1 June 2021 • Unsure of Author
The editors of this 1667AD Missale Romanum weren’t sure who wrote the VEXILLA REGIS hymn, so they wrote this in the margin. (To be fair, the original text by Bishop Fortunatus was greatly altered under Pope Urban VIII.)
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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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