PDF Download • Draft Copy — “2023 Symposium Booklet” (320 Pages)
I will never forget standing in that green room, waiting to go on stage.
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“I Came From Somewhere” • (So Did You!)
Including a haunting hymn by Flor Peeters for Eastertide.
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“Quasi Modo” • Introit for this coming Sunday.
I’m desperately in need of this book!
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Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “The Hidden Dactyl”
“Perhaps surprisingly, not one word of three syllables in the ancient Easter sequence ‘Laudes Salvatori voce’ is sung to the rhythm of a dactyl.” —Alasdair Codona
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“Regína Caéli Laetáre” • 18 organ accompaniments
Plainsong sung poorly—in a sluggish, lifeless manner—can leave a bad taste in people’s mouths.
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“Truly Bizarre!” • Easter Vigil on Easter Sunday?
Rather than allow the traditional times, the Vatican gave permission to allow the Easter Vigil to be celebrated on the morning of Easter Sunday!
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Good Friday Hymn • From “Lyra Catholica”
Could 1% of Catholics? Or even fewer than that?
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Passiontide Carols?
… as Christians in the midst of the world, we have a solemn obligation to restore due reverence to these sacred times.
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Help! • Seeking “Machine Gun” Singing Technique
It was without question the wildest thing I ever heard.
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Three (3) Cheerful Items • “Sacred Music Revolution”
Dallas, Singapore, Los Angeles…there’s so much good in the world!
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“Seventy-Three (73) Changes” • Which Pope Pius XII Made to Holy Week
If we feel compelled to condemn these changes, let’s at least spend time learning what they are!
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Three (3) Tricks Every Choir Director Should Learn
Conscientious choirmasters know it’s crucial to get “as much bang for your buck” as possible.
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Question: “How Do You Read The Official Edition?”
A reader asks: “No Dotted Neumes?”
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PDF Download • “Organ Accompaniment Booklet” (Passion Sunday Vespers) — 24 pages
Fulton J. Sheen considered Monsignor Knox’s English translation of the Bible to be the greatest ever created.
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Vespers for Easter Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
A ramble about open source software and three PDF files for 1962 Vespers for Ferias 4-6 in the Octave of Easter.
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