“Music List” • Midnight Mass (Christmas)
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” we used at our Christmas Midnight Mass.
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“Silent Night” • Easy Organ Arrangement
Choirs will ‘pick up’ this piece up with minimal rehearsal time.
PDF Download • “Chart For Each Mode”
If you notice any errors, please let me know!
Reader Question • “Extra Verses” for the Propers
Jeff Ostrowski answers a reader’s question with nine (9) statements.
“Source and Summit” • What Is That?
Notice how Dom Franquesa (without explanation) stealthily annihilates sacrifice, sin, and the adoration we owe God.
Rorate Caeli + ICEL + Dynamic Equivalence
There’s an old adage: “Once stung, twice shy.”
“Music List” (4th Sunday of Advent, Year C)
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.
“Entrance Chant” • 4th Sunday of Advent
Like so many Advent antiphons, this one is in the first mode and comes from the prophet Isaiah.
Communion (4th Sunday of Advent)
It certainly seems like most of the Advent antiphons come from the book of Isaiah…
PDF Download • New Version of “What Child Is This” (SATB) … as of 18 December 2024
A different version was requested. I was able to complete that task earlier today.
PDF Download • “Order of Music” (Funerals)
I have made some changes to my “musical list” for funerals.
PDF Download • “The First Nowell” in Latin — Simplified Version (2024) for Choir & Organ
If you have items you’d like to learn (such as how to make multi-track rehearsal videos) please email them to us.
PDF Download • “What Child Is This?” (SATB arr.)
In my view, this one falls within the “Top Ten” list of Christmas carols.
“Entrance Chant” • 3rd Sunday of Advent
This Introit is in the first mode.
For The Record …
It strikes me as quite “Adventy”—for lack of a better term.