“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!”
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
He screamed into the telephone: “There’s no such thing as Gregorian Chant!”
Instead, Saint Francis knelt down and kissed the priest’s hands…
We must remember the lesson of the rock.
Today, I release another movement of the “Saint Noël Chabanel Mass Setting” (for use in the Ordinary Form).
As if the canonic sections were insufficiently stupendous, the composer works in stepwise ascending lines juxtaposed with lines in augmentation.
Today we release an exceedingly rare 1661 edition of the Graduale Romanum, in high resolution and in full color!
Twenty years ago, I had the opportunity to conduct a week-long interview with Dom Cardine’s former boss.
Should music at the Ordinary Form be identical to music at the Extraordinary Form?
You’re probably thinking: “Jeff, if you think Father Rossini’s narrow-mindedness was bad, get ready for a rude awakening when you see what we’re up against in 2023.”
Years ago, I struggled with being a “people pleaser.” (That means saying whatever will please the person standing in front of you.)
I find this melody hauntingly gorgeous.
Certainly the most beautiful capital “Q” I’ve ever seen!
Including an “added bonus” I discovered while researching Julius Bas (an Italian musicologist and organist).
If we truly believe what we say we believe, how can we allow goofy, off-Broadway, secular, casual music at Mass?
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We’re under tremendous pressure to transfer our website to a “subscription model.”
We don’t want to do this. We believe our website should remain free to all. It’s annoying to have to search for login credentials (e.g. if you’re away from your desk).
Our president has written the following letter:
* Thirteen Men & Coins (Holy Thursday Appeal)
Traditionally on Holy Thursday, the priest washed the feet of thirteen men. Theologians held various opinions regarding whom the “13th man” represented. Before the liturgical changes of Pope Pius XII (which changed the number from thirteen to twelve), the priest washed each man’s feet, kissed his foot, and gave him a coin.
This “coin” business seems providential—inasmuch as our appeal begins on Holy Thursday this year.
Time's up