News From Belgium • Re: Choral “Our Father”
Including an update on the Sacred Music Symposium.
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(Holy Trinity Sunday) • An Astonishing Hymn!
Hymns by Monsignor Knox often make reference to “the friendless”—have you ever been without a friend?
PDF Download • “Credo VII Polyphonic Extension” for a Girls’ Choir
We’ve decided to try an experiment, with assistance from one of my favorite composers: Giovanni Maria Nanino (d. 1607).
What A Roman Catholic Hymnal Looks Like!
How exactly does the “Choral Supplement” look in real life?
A Summer Course in Old Notation
Announcing an opportunity for graduate-level summer study in sacred music.
“Veni Creator Spiritus” + Organ Accompaniment • with English Translation by Fr. Fortescue
Did you realize there are two versions of this famous hymn?
“Kyrie by Father Guerrero” • For Amateur Choirs
Now that choirs are beginning to come back…
“Veni Sancte Spiritus” (Sequence) • Musical Score + Organ Accompaniment: Eighteen Versions!
The Pentecost Sequence harmonized by Father Green, Father Jones, Dom Gregory Murray, Max Springer, Achille P. Bragers, and more!
On Musicianship: A Thought Experiment for Choir Directors
Teaching sight-singing is important, but let’s not forget that it’s a means to an end.
“Slanty Wampus” Doesn’t Count
From one of my composition teachers…
“Homily: Sunday after the Ascension” (EF) • Father Valentine Young, OFM
I wanted to become a Franciscan priest, and became one. But I certainly landed in places and assignments I never dreamed of being in.
PDF Download • (1 page) “Agnus Dei for Two Voices”
What is the best way to get your choir singing when they first return? Here are some tips…
Podcast: James Kennerley: Sacred Music in Education, the Church and the World
Maestro Kennerley underscores the myriad salutary benefits of music education for children and that of a community that sings together.
The Ascension Depicted in the Rabbula Gospel Book
This is one of the earliest Christian manuscripts to be illuminated with (the oxymoronic) “large miniatures.”
Being Too Hard On Priests?
…including a fancy capital “A” from a medieval manuscript.
Updated Litany of St Joseph with Chant
Chanting the Litany of St Joseph with the newly announced invocations.
Did Bishop Sheen Favor A Particular Hymnal?
Including a wonderful hymn for the Ascension.
Re: “Christ the King Hymnal” (Imprimatur, 1954)
Venerable Pope Pius XII explicitly allowed vernacular hymns during High Mass in 1958.
Virtual Sacred Music Colloquium 2021
Alongside many familiar faces, several new presenters are joining the faculty this year.
Question & Answer Box • “Which Tune Is This?”
Including a live recording of a hymn about a donkey. (Not kidding!)