PDF Download • “Two-Voice Polyphony For Lent”
Found in a special choral collection by Maria von Trapp.
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Choir Doesn’t Sound “Musical” Enough? Here’s What May Be MiSSSing
How a simple technique called “SSS” can bring out the elegance of any phrase.
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PDF Download • “For the Season of Lent” (SATB)
It even sounds great with four (4) singers: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass!
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Josquin Des Prez Was A Vandal • (Not Kidding)
Also included: the day my life changed forever.
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PDF Download • “Jesuit Martyrs of North America” (Stained Glass Window) — High Resolution
From “American Martyrs Catholic Church” in Manhattan Beach, California.
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“Ite, Missa Est” • What Does That Actually Mean?
Bishop Ambo’s assertion that Mass was attended—for centuries—by a single woman (and nobody else) is bizarre.
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Must We “Love” All Gregorian Chant?
Where “Parce Dómine” (the famous song for Lent) came from.
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Father Robbie Low: “The State of Catholic Music”
“Music has an immense part to play in this perception of the divine reality and the heavenward leanings of the soul.” —Fr Robbie Low
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“Reader Feedback” • 6 February 2024
The word 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 can mean “not punctual” or “dead.”
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“Mass in the Vernacular?” • Seven (7) Considerations
Should Mass be in Latin or English? Or should it be a mixture?
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What is the Place of the Horizontal Episema in Dom Mocquereau’s Theory?
It really is a minor part of Mocquereau’s theoretical enterprise. That doesn’t mean it’s completely pointless, though.
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Do You Like Organ Accompaniment for Hymns?
Real choir (‘live’) vs. studio recording.
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“When Does Christmas End?” • (Correct Answer)
Including the official hymn for February 2nd: the feast of the Purification.
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Abbat Bourigaud Challenges Dr. Charles Weaver!
Father De Santi opined that “Solesmes had rid themselves of Pothier by giving him an abbey”—to which Pope Pius X responded that it amounted to “a small compensation.”
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PDF Download • “Pew Edition” — Monsignor Martin B. Hellriegel’s Hymnal (149 Pages)
Including never-before-released photographs of Monsignor Martin B. Hellriegel.
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