Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
Many readers watched this video, which was a iPhone recording from last Sunday of three young women singing “Soul of my Savior” arranged for three equal voices by Miss Helen Drost. People have been asking where they can get the musical score. Please know it can be instantly downloaded by clicking here.
In the 1970s, some musicians felt that annihilating the Mass propers would lead to “freedom”—but the opposite was true.
I’d love to hear you sing this!
What we do undeniably involves a type of “performance.”
At the end of the American Civil War, nearly 33% of all currency in circulation was counterfeit.
A few days ago, our organization scanned and released…
A simplified keyboard accompaniment for pianists struggling to be organists.
May I tell you a secret?
How close are Anglicans to Catholics, in terms of their religious practices?
This SATB setting by Father Francisco Guerrero is brief but magnificent.
Including a splendid harmonization of “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name.”
I wouldn’t argue if somebody made the claim that Sebastian Bach was “the most musical person who ever lived.”
According to Monsignor Franz Stemmer, the famous hymn “Praise to the Lord” originally came from the 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘣𝘶𝘤𝘩 (1665).
Rachmaninoff never forgave Prokofiev for this, as anyone with a melancholic temperament will understand.
Being hired as organist or choirmaster for Catholic weddings can be stressful.
