PDF Download • Agnus Dei Polyphonic “Choral Extension” (Simple Round by Ravenscroft)
It’s hard to banish that round once it enters your ears!
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“Translations Approved for Liturgical Use”
There are three (3) translations of the Bible which can be used in the sacred liturgy.
Dr. Mahrt explains the ‘Spoken’ Propers
This image is found on the first page of a 1974 Sacramentary.
PDF • “Music List” (1st Sunday of Advent)
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
Kid’s Repertoire • “Jeffrey’s 3 Recommendations”
Growing up, I remember hearing this adage…
PDF Download • ‘Choral Extension’ for the Sanctus (especially useful in the Ordinary Form)
It’d be easier to accept if they admitted they were explicitly contradicting Vatican II … but instead, they lied egregiously.
Kid’s Repertoire • 3 Recommendations (Mark Haas)
“My children’s choir absolutely loves this piece.”
PDF Download • “Hymn for Christ the King”
“Catholic parishes are slow to change their habits. They still sing what the oldest members learned at school.” —Evelyn Waugh
“Music List” • Christ the King Sunday
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
PDF Download • “Pope Pius XII Psalter” — English, Latin, and Commentary (532 pages)
I know of no greater commentary on the psalms. Its author—an erudite Dominican priest—founded the famous “Homiletic and Pastoral Review.”
“Simplified” Keyboard Accompaniment (PDF)
A simplified keyboard accompaniment for the “O Jesus Christ, Remember” hymn.
Re: The People’s Mass Book (1974)
“A Man Can Kill With a Gun, a Bomb, or a Lance…”
PDF Download • “Music List” for 9 November
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
PDF Download • Offertory (9 Nov.)
“Mother and Head of all churches of the City and of the World” says the inscription over the entrance.
Job Opening • $65,000 per year +
Exciting job opening in Michigan for a Roman Catholic choir director!