Young Boys Who “Play” Mass
A mother describes her son’s love for the Mass. He memorizes and recruits friends to “play Mass.” We are a people of hope.
“What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too…” Pope Benedict XVI (7 July 2007)
A mother describes her son’s love for the Mass. He memorizes and recruits friends to “play Mass.” We are a people of hope.
In my humble opinion, that ‘explanation’ is sheer, unadulterated gobbledygook.
I don’t know a more powerful exposition on the Holy Eucharist than this striking hymn by Archbishop Pecham!
Fascinating details from never-before-seen letters recently discovered in southern France!
… including a deliciously dazzling discovery you won’t want to miss!
There’s nothing necessarily authentic about the “authentic” rhythm.
You look upon these thousands of manuscripts in much the same way that I view the plainsong editions of Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers.
Dom Gajard said to Jean Langlais: “Hear the blackbird! It doesn’t know what an ‘ictus’ is, yet it sings better than we.”
I’m not embarrassed, because these practice videos save us time during rehearsals.
They were not allowed to remove their boots, so thousands had their feet amputated (as the frostbite often turned into gangrene).
This book makes it easy for singers who only know Treble Clef.
Including three (3) professionally-scanned versions of the Kyriale, released here for the 1st time!
Church music should not be boring! Here I provide eleven (11) ways to keep it awesome.
Including a few brief responses to Professor Charles Weaver.
Preparing this blog, I discovered interesting snippets about the hymn, the composer, the translator, and even the poet who penned these lines in Latin!
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