When Others Say You’re “Dumb”
I could give a zillion more examples of my disability.
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Are You A Professional? • (Am I One?)
Including a Eucharistic Hymn (#142) every Catholic should know!
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Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “The Counter Tradition”
Guest submission (1 September 2023) by Alasdair Codona of Glasgow, Scotland.
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“Momentous Release!” • Freakishly Rare Gradual & Vesperal Published by Pothier’s Protégé (1,638 pages!)
He screamed into the telephone: “There’s no such thing as Gregorian Chant!”
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PDF Download • “Alleluia Verse before Gospel” • (Mass in honor of Saint Noël Chabanel)
Instead, Saint Francis knelt down and kissed the priest’s hands…
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In Festo Sancte Augustine
“In the psalms and hymns used in your prayers to God, let that be pondered in the heart which is uttered by the voice; chant nothing but what you find prescribed to be chanted; whatever is not so prescribed is not to be chanted.”
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Natalia’s Message • “Hymn Verses Written Out!”
The cruelest thing you can do to anyone is…
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PDF Download • Saint Noël Chabanel Mass Setting (“Kýrie Eléison”) for the Ordinary Form
We must remember the lesson of the rock.
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PDF Download • “Our Father” (SATB Version)
Today, I release another movement of the “Saint Noël Chabanel Mass Setting” (for use in the Ordinary Form).
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PDF Download • Saint Noël Chabanel Mass Setting (“Holy, Holy, Holy”) for the Ordinary Form
As if the canonic sections were insufficiently stupendous, the composer works in stepwise ascending lines juxtaposed with lines in augmentation.
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Give Them Permission to Be Awesome
The case for offering private lessons to your singers. (Part 1 of 2.)
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Father Morales’ Astonishing “Ave Maris Stella” Gloria
Including a recording from Sacred Music Symposium 2023.
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“OCP” (Oregon Catholic Press) Forbids Organ Improvisation! • Screenshot Provided
The hubris on the part of OCP is breathtaking.
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Why Did You Become a Church Musician?
Including two (2) haunting and powerful Eucharistic hymns.
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“Did One Man Single-Handedly Sabotage the Gregorian Restoration?” • (Part 1 of 2)
Including a scanned copy of a rare “Graduale” (Pustet, 1911) released a few minutes ago—for the first time in history!
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