The Christmas Album for 2014
Young men singing the medieval carol Gaudete in the crypt of St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney.
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.”
Young men singing the medieval carol Gaudete in the crypt of St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney.
When I was young, I never viewed the Blessed Virgin Mary as a great source of inspiration for composition. How wrong that turned out to be!
“I’m not one of those Novus Ordo = bad, Tridentine = good people…” —Carlos de Quesado
A new book for those who are struggling to understand what has happened to the noble liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church and how we might find our way out of this crisis.
Colin Mawby, former Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral, travels to Rome in this video, letting you see an original manuscript of Palestrina.
A few questions about obligation to attend Mass on the Immaculate Conception.
Today’s installment is a rare image of the “Immaculate Conception.”
The phrase “ad populum conversus” does appear in the postconciliar books, and no amount of polemical articles can change this fact.
“What is the role of Liturgical Music?”
Priests often unknowingly drift into another tone, which is not allowed.
But how many times have we heard: “We shouldn’t use that that because nobody can sing it.” This is a self-fulfilling prophecy, is it not?
As we turn the corner to Advent, we might draw some inspiration from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
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