Stomping Feet, Clattering Hooves, and Other Chant-Related Matters
Did you know that St. Augustine described the sound of one hand clapping?
Articles
Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Jeff’s Fourth Response to Patrick” (19 July 2023)
Twenty years ago, I had the opportunity to conduct a week-long interview with Dom Cardine’s former boss.
Corrinne May on EWTN (July 2023)
Platinum singer-songwriter Corrinne May, our contributor, recently appeared on EWTN.
Rude Priests, Rude Deacons, Rude Ushers, Rude Parishioners, Rude Choristers, Etc.
Unless I’m mistaken, this charming piece can be played on organ manuals alone.
Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Tradition, Beauty, and Musicality” (16 July 2023)
“How delightful it would be to hear chants sung beautifully in a style that hasn’t been recorded hundreds of times already!” —Patrick Williams
Finding Realistic Inspiration for Organ Improvisation
Here’s where to find improvisation recordings you can actually emulate.
Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Weaver Responds to Williams”
“Nothing so arouses the soul, gives it wing, sets it free from the earth, releases it from the prison of the body, teaches it to love wisdom, and to condemn all the things of this life, as concordant melody and sacred song composed in rhythm.” —St. John Chrysostom
PDF Download • 3-Voice “Agnus Dei” + Suggestions to Improve Music at Ordinary Form Masses
Should music at the Ordinary Form be identical to music at the Extraordinary Form?
Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Williams Responds to Weaver” (12 July 2023)
“What is to be gained from outdated scholarship and an anachronistic aesthetic that cannot be better accomplished by a return to the oldest sources?” —Patrick Williams
In Praise of Adaptability
A proposal: if we are going to study something as important and mysterious as Gregorian chant, we ought to be able to perform it convincingly in several different ways.
EWTN Broadcast • Sacred Music by MacMillan + Eight Emerging Composers
This coming Saturday (8 July) at 7:00pm, EWTN will be broadcasting …
William Byrd: Quatercentenary of Death
“And yet I may live and die a true and perfect member of his holy Catholic Church without which I believe there is no salvation for me.” —William Byrd
“A Patriotic Hymnal” • (Not Kidding!)
“Hymns for the Use of the Catholic Church in America” was published in Baltimore more than 200 years ago.
The Golden Rule and Mocquereau’s Method
Dom Mocquereau’s editions are a compromise between tradition and paleography. This explains his sometimes surprising semiological conclusions.
Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Patrick’s Fourth Reply to Jeff” (4 July 2023)
“It is disingenuous and ludicrous to inject the notion of hallucination and magic into the historical narrative.” —Patrick Williams
