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.”
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To you and your colleagues who helped produce the Brébeuf hymnal, I wanted to drop a line to say “bravo.” I just got a copy and immediately ordered the choral supplement (I ought to have just gotten it in the first place). What an achievement this book is! This is the sort of hymnal one […]
If this had caught on, every chant book—along with every psalm setting of Palestrina, Victoria, Morales, Guerrero, etc.—would have become “garbage” overnight.
Religious instruction from Fr. Robert Nash, SJ. (1943 Imprimatur)
The fourth installment—“Mass settings that work well, even with a single cantor + organist.”
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When we pray from a book which is special, beautiful, and dignified, it helps us focus.
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Imagine trying to read from a score like this!
During my 9 years as president, you know I never ask for assistance unless it’s absolutely necessary.
This remarkable piece by Father Victoria contains a mind-blowing canon between upper voices!
GIA’s 2004 article Re: “masses of yesteryear” seems absurd on this 13th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum.
It’s interesting to compare the literal translations in the Brébeuf Hymnal to those done by Solesmes Abbey during the 1950s.
We’re living in darkness—but, like the phoenix, authentic Church music can rise from the ashes!
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote seventeen Church Sonatas between 1772 and 1780. These are short pieces intended to be played between the Epistle and the Gospel (during Mass). Shortly after Mozart left Salzburg, the Archbishop mandated that an appropriate choral motet or congregational hymn be sung at that point in the liturgy, with the result that […]
