“Feast of All Saints” • Do You Know This Hymn?
All Saints—November 1st—will be here before you know it!
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PDF Download • “A Very Sloppy Accompaniment”
What I played from yesterday…
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8 August 2021 • “More on the Moræ”
If you look at the 1961 Solesmes Gradual for the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, you will see that somebody in the 1960s was trying to figure out the “melismatic moræ vocis” (a.k.a. “Vaticana white notes”) which we have spoken of so frequently on this blog.
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Hymn For The Transfiguration (6 August) • “Recorded During Choir Rehearsal”
An English translation by Robert Campbell of Skerrington (d. 1868), who was a convert to the Catholic Faith.
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PDF Download • Alleluia (SATB) by Morales for “Ordinary Form” + “Extraordinary Form”
This piece works well in the “OF” (Ordinary Form) and also the “EF” (Extraordinary Form).
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“Talking To Dead Composers” • Part 2
Including a live recording (without organ) of “Alleluia, Sing To Jesus” by a volunteer choir.
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It Finally Happened.
Father Valentine used to say: “The cemeteries are full of people who thought they were indispensable.”
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“What is Vespers?” • Live Rec. + 100% Scrolling Score
After more than a year of Vespers having been forbidden (due to Covid-19) we’re back!
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“Homily: 10th Sunday after Pentecost” (EF) • Father Valentine Young, OFM
Unfortunately, this virtue often seems to be lacking in people who have high positions of authority.
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(29 Pages) • Free Organ Accompaniment Book — Draft copy
The following is what I will use to accompany the congregation tomorrow.
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PDF Download • Vespers Booklet for This Sunday (draft)
Starting pitches are included!
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SATB Hymns • “Consors Paterni Luminis” (Translated to English)
Brave choir director posts *live* recording by a volunteer choir!
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Father Adrian Fortescue on the “Agnus Dei”
Speaking about the AGNUS DEI, Father Fortescue wrote: “Agnus as a vocative is curious, evidently in order to reproduce the original text (John 1:29) exactly.” [Altera die vidit Joannes Jesum venientem ad se, et ait: Ecce agnus Dei, ecce qui tollit peccatum mundi.] Father Fortescue, as usual, is correct; but in some medieval manuscripts you […]
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“Shocking!” • What Vatican II said about Latin
Will the true defenders of Vatican II please stand up?
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List • Responses by each bishop!
This incredible website gives each bishop’s response to the recent MOTU PROPRIO Traditionis Custodes, a decree by Pope Francis which seeks to reduce the number of celebrations of the “Extraordinary Form” (Traditional Latin Mass): traditioniscustodes.info
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