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Veronica Brandt • Article Archive

Veronica Brandt holds a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering. As editor, she has produced fine publications (as well as valuable reprints) dealing with Gregorian chant, hymnody, Latin, and other subjects. These publications are distinguished on account of their tastefulness. She lives in the Blue Mountains near Sydney, Australia, with her husband Peter and six children.—Read full biography (with photographs).

Veronica Brandt · December 14, 2013

Mode 3 Antiphon for the party season

Translating English carols into Latin, always good for a laugh, especially where scarlet nosed deer are concerned.

Veronica Brandt · November 30, 2013

Trimmings on Advent

Cards, gifts, wreaths, trees and candles. How do you keep Advent?

Veronica Brandt · November 23, 2013

What passion cannot music raise and quell!

John Dryden’s Song for Saint Cecilia’s Day – in praise of the power of music

Veronica Brandt · November 11, 2013

Funerals and Last Things

Having stable, familiar, unchanging plans in place can be very reassuring, rather than the pressure to be original and creative.

Veronica Brandt · November 2, 2013

Tonight, pray Compline for the Holy Souls

After many years, I finally type up the psalms for Compline of All Souls’ Day in Latin and English.

Veronica Brandt · October 19, 2013

St Teresa’s Dad and Standards

“My father was fond of reading good books and had some in Spanish so that his children might read them too.” – some in Spanish – today we assume our books would be in our native tongue, but not so in St Teresa’s home.

Veronica Brandt · October 12, 2013

Jump start your rehearsal

Packing more chant into your regular rehearsal.

Veronica Brandt · October 5, 2013

Pedagogy, propers and psalm tones

While psalm tones are comparatively simple, understanding and singing them is still a learned skill. Here are some psalm toned settings of two upcoming Sundays.

Veronica Brandt · September 28, 2013

Holy Michael Archangel

Not one, but two hymns that the omniscient Google didn’t know about, in honour of St Michael the Archangel, with sheet music.

Veronica Brandt · September 21, 2013

The Pope’s interview, context and Latin.

We shouldn’t sing in Latin because it cuts people off. Except O Sanctissima, because everyone knows that one. And maybe Salve Regina. And Tantum Ergo we all know by now. And…

Veronica Brandt · September 14, 2013

Singing the Divine Office before and after Mass

Singing Terce before and Sext after Sunday Mass and Compline after weeknight Masses. A new book with everything you need according to the Monastic Office with English translations.

Veronica Brandt · September 7, 2013

Chant antiphon for peace

Gregorian chant is a great resource for transcending cultural differences and joining people in prayer. Here is a simple chant especially for peace.

Veronica Brandt · August 31, 2013

Making time

Time, time, said old King Tut, is something I have nothing but.

Veronica Brandt · August 24, 2013

What not to do on GitHub

Read my mistakes to save yourself the trouble.

Veronica Brandt · August 17, 2013

A hymn for St Mary of the Cross

A beautiful hymn from Rev Fr Popplewell FSSP from Canberra, Australia.

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    14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
    Our choir is on break during the month of July. However, on the feasts website, the chants have been posted for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C), which is this coming Sunday: 6 July 2025.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Bugnini’s Statement (6 November 1966)
    With each passing day, more is revealed about how the enemies of the liturgy accomplished their goals. For instance, Hannibal Bugnini deeply resented the way Vatican II said Gregorian Chant “must be given first place in liturgical services.” On 6 November 1966, his cadre wrote a letter attempting to justify the elimination of Gregorian Chant with this brazen statement: “What really gives a Mass its tone is not so much the songs as it is the prayers and readings.” Bugnini’s cadre then attacked the very heart of Gregorian Chant (viz. the Proprium Missae), bemoaning how the Proprium Missae “is completely new each Sunday and feast day.” There is much more to be said about this topic. Stay tuned.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Luis Martínez Must Go!
    Sevilla Cathedral (entry dated 13 December 1564): The chapter orders Luis Martínez, a cathedral chaplain, to stay away from the choirbook-stand when the rest of the singers gather around it to sing polyphony—the reason being that “he throws the others out of tune.” [Excerpt from “The Life of Father Francisco Guerrero.”]
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Pope Pius XII Hymnal?
    Have you ever heard of the Pope Pius XII Hymnal? It’s a real book, published in the United States in 1959. Here’s a sample page so you can verify with your own eyes it existed.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    “Hybrid” Chant Notation?
    Over the years, many have tried to ‘simplify’ plainsong notation. The O’Fallon Propers attempted to simplify the notation—but ended up making matters worse. Dr. Karl Weinmann tried to do the same in the time of Pope Saint Pius X by replacing each porrectus. You can examine a specimen from his edition and see whether you agree he complicated matters. In particular, look at what he did with éxsules fílii Hévae.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Antiphons Don’t Match?
    A reader wants to know why the Entrance and Communion antiphons in certain publications deviate from what’s prescribed by the GRADUALE ROMANUM published after Vatican II. Click here to read our answer. The short answer is: the Adalbert Propers were never intended to be sung. They were intended for private Masses only (or Masses without music). The “Graduale Parvum,” published by the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in 2023, mostly uses the Adalbert Propers—but sometimes uses the GRADUALE text: e.g. Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June).
    —Corpus Christi Watershed

Random Quote

At the Council of Trent, the subject was raised whether it was correct to refer to the unconsecrated elements of bread and wine as “immaculata hostia” (spotless victim) and “calix salutaris” (chalice of salvation) in the offertory prayers. Likewise the legitimacy of the making the sign of the cross over the elements after the Eucharistic consecration was discussed.

— ‘Fr. Uwe Michael Lang, Cong. Orat.’

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