PDF Download • “Quasi Modo Sunday”
The official language of the Catholic Church is Latin (whereas Greek is our mother tongue).
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‘German’ Introductions for Hymns
German organ books have an enchanting habit…
PDF Download • “Sprinkling Rite” + Psalm Verses
“From your wounded side, O Christ, a spring of water bursts forth, by which the squalor of the world is washed away…”
Buckfast Abbey Weighs In
Dom John Stéphan was a Benedictine monk of Buckfast Abbey in South Devon, England.
PDF Download • “Catholic Hymnal & Service Book” (632 Pages)
Includes an interesting harmonization for “Víctimae Pascháli Laudes.”
PDF • “Liturgical Law” (467 Pages)
Dom Charles Augustine Bachofen was born in Switzerland but spent his career between the Benedictine monasteries at Conception (Missouri) and Mount Angel (Oregon).
Responsorial Psalm Fauxbourdon?
What does this actually sound like?
Music List • (Easter Sunday, 2026)
Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for Easter Sunday 2026.
PDF Download • “Sprinkling Rite”
At the last second, a few tones were changed in the antiphon.
‘Sarum’ Good Friday?
Do you recognize it?
Gregorian Chant • The “Correct” Way of Singing?
Now I will explain what that means.
PDF Download • “Eb Organ Postlude”
Although a Lutheran himself, he held the appointment at a Roman Catholic Cathedral until his death.
Music List • (Palm Sunday, 2026)
Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.
Easter • Would You Sing This Hymn?
Should this be added to the “pernicious hymn pairing” collection?
Pipe Organ “Answers” in Plainsong?
Some might be a bit confused as to why it says the organ “answers” in Plainsong.