What They Didn’t Tell You About Psalm Tone VIII
Even the “Liber Usualis” omits critical information about Tone VIII.
Articles
Review: An English Gradual (Belmont Abbey, 2013)
For myself, I prefer the liturgy entirely in Latin or entirely in the vernacular. Others will disagree.
Any Hope For Modern Catholic Hymnody? Yes!
Major publishers include Haugen’s verse “not in some heaven, light-years away”—what can be done about it?
The Polyphonic Piece Your Choir Has Been Desiring!
As an added bonus, the score contains solfege markings!
A Meeting With Angela Ambrogetti
In Rome, Aurelio Porfiri interviews a respected Vaticanist about the Pope, Curia, and more.
Sound the Bell of Holy Freedom
Hymn for the World Meeting of Families 2015
The Christmas Album for 2014
Young men singing the medieval carol Gaudete in the crypt of St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney.
Musical Resources • 2nd Sunday of Advent
Including scores, audio files, and organ accompaniments.
Marian Meditations on RJC Cecilia Music
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!
Latin Mass In Los Angeles • THIS SUNDAY!
“I’m not one of those Novus Ordo = bad, Tridentine = good people…” —Carlos de Quesado
Resurgent in the Midst of Crisis
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.
Holy Days of Obligation: Immaculate Conception
A few questions about obligation to attend Mass on the Immaculate Conception.
The Actual Authentic Writing Of Palestrina
Colin Mawby, former Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral, travels to Rome in this video, letting you see an original manuscript of Palestrina.
Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #61
Today’s installment is a rare image of the “Immaculate Conception.”
The Current Missal Specifies When To Face the Altar & When To Face The People
The phrase “ad populum conversus” does appear in the postconciliar books, and no amount of polemical articles can change this fact.