Reader Feedback • Re: “Simplified” Music (Part 2)
“I haven’t been doing parish music that long—only about 3 years at this point.” —Celeste M.
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
“I haven’t been doing parish music that long—only about 3 years at this point.” —Celeste M.
This ‘live’ video shows three young women singing…
“For twenty years I sang in the front of a Novus Ordo parish despite wanting to sing in the back.” —Veronica Moreno
Consider a few items you’ll learn at this year’s conference…
Vatican II went out of its way to be explicit—which is good news for conscientious choirmasters.
On 23 January 2025, Arthur Cardinal Roche attempted (?) to overrule the Vatican’s “Committee on Canonical Affairs.”
You owe it to yourself to listen to this ‘live’ recording.
“No one who knows anything about the subject now doubts that that revision of Urban VIII was a ghastly mistake, for which there is not one single word of any kind to be said.” —Father Adrian Fortescue
I’ve lived through various pendulum swings: the “Glory and Praise” phase; the “hymn sandwich” phase; and the “baroque tracker organ” phase.
This past week, I appeared on the Nikhil Hogan show to talk about Gregorian rhythm and the Vatican edition.
Includes Dr. Buchholz’s obituary for William Mahrt: “A Gentleman, a Scholar, and a Friend”
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