Holy Week Bulletin from 1943
Notice when the ceremonies begin!
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.”
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in d minor…
Until we start forming our youth in the Church’s treasury of sacred music we will continue contracepting our musical future to death.
It never occurred to him that this would be hard, or that he wouldn’t do well. He just thought it would be fun.
Free download of an Introit for Holy Trinity (Years A&B). English text; SATB, organ, schola/cantor, and congregation.
Unfortunately my avocation of church musician doesn’t allow me to sidestep the Latin vs. vernacular issue any more than a house painter is able to avoid paint.
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President’s Message (dated 30 May 2025)
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