Dick Morris & Gregorian Accompaniment
Some people accept a job as choir director and say, “I have five singers who don’t read music, so I guess that’s how it will always be.”
Articles
Catholic Bulletin Art • Installment #67
Today’s installment is a third image for 8 September—totally different than the two we’ve posted in the past.
From The 1400s • Communion Kneeling
A beautiful image from 15th-century Austria.
Praise of God Demands Song
Impromptu Address of His Holiness Benedict XVI to the Members of the Pontifical “Sistine” Choir
Teaching your own children
Starring the almost two year old darling of the family along with miscellaneous siblings egging her on.
Reviving a Music Program & Ryan Lynch on “Sounds from the Spires”
Good-hearted and talented people respond quite positively to the philosophy of service to God and others.
PDF Download: Standard Catholic Hymnal (1921)
This extremely rare Catholic hymn book is here made available for the first time ever as a PDF download.
Musical Resources • Second Sunday after Epiphany
It’s hard to imagine a more beautiful text than Sedulius’ Hymn: Hostis Herodes Impie.
Hypocrisy About Francis From An Unlikely Source
Resist the temptation to believe that Francis is 80,000 times as important as Benedict since he receives 80,000 times as much media coverage.
PDF Download: Notre Dame Hymn Tune Book (1905)
“They call me a Papist and they laugh at my creed…”
Cristóbal de Morales Missa “Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La.”
You’ll want to immediately download these scores, videos, and Mp3 files!
PDF Download: Rare Hymnal By Boston’s Archbishop
Can you imagine singing all those vernacular hymns while Mass is happening?
Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #66
Today’s installment is a rare image of Our Lady’s Nativity.
The Verge Of The Abyss
“Fellow church musicians, rejoice and be glad!” —Aurelio Porfiri
What to Do with Musicam Sacram
Does the 1967 Instruction on Music in the Liturgy have any relevance today?