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PDF Download • Simplified Keyboard Accompaniments for Lenten Hymns
There’s nothing wrong with simplicity—so long as the music itself is inspired, memorable, dignified, and singable.
Ending Good Friday on “Mi” … ?
I’ve always loved this variant.
“Innsbruck Hymn” • Bach Saint Matthew Passion
Singers just love this melody!
Dr. Tappan • Answers + Analysis: My “Inquiry” For Music Directors (3,087 words)
“This spring my chorister program will see the first priest ordained from our former chorister ranks.” —Dr. Tappan
Eucharistic Hymns for Your Choir
From Los Angeles!
Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”
(10 of 50) “Humanity of Christ”
“Breviary Editors Did It First!” • Omitting Verses?
A reader says: “If a verse ends on a question mark, it might make sense to sing the verse that follows.”
Consultor to the Vatican Council Enters the Fray • (Vis-à-vis Jeff’s Pipe Organ Assertion)
“The first breakthrough came in Czechoslovakia where they gave permission to play the organ on Good Friday.” —Father Percy Jones
Palm Sunday • “Repertoire for Children’s Choir”
My children’s choir sang the soprano and alto parts of No. 4 last year…
Most “Congregational” Hymn • (In My Experience)
The key ingredient for a good parish music program.
Music is the “Humble Handmaid” of the Mass
“Upon hearing this, my kids immediately glanced at me with horrified looks on their faces.”
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for Holy Thursday (Plainsong in English)
Only a foolish and stubborn person would claim that “hyena” is basically the same thing as “a holy person.”
“Dies Irae” • A Monstrous Translation
There’s a place for dynamic equivalency, but this is repugnant.
“National Survey” (Order of Christian Funerals) • By the USCCB Secretariat of Divine Worship
“For this reason, I encourage everyone to take the survey.” —Jeff Ostrowski