PDF Download • “Musical Outline” for the Feast of Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception
Rachmaninoff said: “Nine hours? That’s nothing. For a period of my life, I used to practice 17 hours a day.”
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“A Peculiar Discrepancy” • Immac. Concep. (8 Dec.)
Who can explain this?
PDF Download • Pristine Scan: Father Mathias’ 1905 Kyriale Organ Accompaniment (186 pages)
Father Mathias served as organist for Strasburg Cathedral, where he founded the “Saint Leo Institute for Church Music” in 1913.
“Promptly, Firmly, & Persistently Repressed.”
The book is called: “Cantica Sacra: Hymns for the children of the Catholic Church.”
Saint John of the Cross • Arrested & Imprisoned By His Own Carmelite Brothers
Many years ago, I was very calmly trying to de-escalate a disagreement I was having with someone close to me…
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (8 December)
What is he talking about? Where can I go to hear these “aesthetically superior” interpretations? Where can they be found?
Bouyer on Liturgical Reform: “More intolerant and fussy than anything we’ve ever known.”
“Perhaps in no other area is there a greater distance between what the Council worked out and what we actually have.” —Professor Louis Bouyer
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for this Coming Sunday (Christ the King) — 34th in Ordinary Time
Including three separate points on Dom Combe’s shameful and defamatory statement.
“Imagine You’re Out of Rehearsal Time but Desperately Need a Hymn for Advent…”
“I had such fun recording the vocals for these rehearsal videos.” —Corrinne May
“Reader Feedback” • 19 November 2024
“I’m currently gathering materials for a newly ordained priest…”
High Resolution Scan • “Missale Romanum” (1857)
This rare missal from 1857 contains some musical notes.
PDF Download • “Put Out into the Deep”
“His appointment was somewhat unexpected as he was installed as Bishop of Providence in May of 2023.” — Richard J. Clark
PDF Download • “Polyphonic Enhancement” for the Lord’s Prayer (Mass in English)
As the congregation sings their part, the choir “enhances” them with polyphony. This is genius!
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for this Coming Sunday (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The sixth mode is sometimes the “peaceful” mode.
Internet Trolls + Cardinal Merry Del Val
We sometimes receive messages which…