William F. Buckley and Solesmes Abbey
Confirmed: Full archives of “Triumph” (a 1960s Roman Catholic magazine) are available online!
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Splendid Repertoire for (Reduced) Summer Choirs!
Here’s a technique you must try with your choir.
Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Jeff’s Fourth Response to Patrick” (19 July 2023)
Twenty years ago, I had the opportunity to conduct a week-long interview with Dom Cardine’s former boss.
PDF Download • 3-Voice “Agnus Dei” + Suggestions to Improve Music at Ordinary Form Masses
Should music at the Ordinary Form be identical to music at the Extraordinary Form?
PDF Download • Extremely Rare! • “Liber Cantus Gregoriani” (1950) — 1,864 pages!
Church musicians ought not proceed in a frenzied, panic-stricken manner.
“We’re In Financial Trouble!” • (June 2023)
We must avoid placing our website behind a paywall.
“Best & Worst Responses” • This Survey Was Responded To By 300+ Church Musicians
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.”
PDF Download • “Epitome Gradualis Romani” • Professionally Scanned — 1,106 pages!
Years ago, I struggled with being a “people pleaser.” (That means saying whatever will please the person standing in front of you.)
“Are Church Musicians Paid Enough?” • 5 Solutions
With a digression on Corrinne May’s upcoming presentation.
Analysis • “Archaic and Quack Ideas on Chant”
“Gentlemen: Nobody is going to follow the archaic and quack ideas on Chant you are trying to propagate.” Mr. John Sandar
“Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary” • (Hymn)
My colleague, Patrick Williams, has given me permission to share with our audience a recording his choir made.
Revealed! • Kevin Allen’s Setting of the “Confíteor Deo Omnipoténti” (SATB) for Compline
I find this melody hauntingly gorgeous.
Terrific Pentecost Hymn You’ve Not Heard Before!
Certainly the most beautiful capital “Q” I’ve ever seen!
PDF Download • Extremely Rare! Organ Accompaniment Book (165 pages)
Including an “added bonus” I discovered while researching Julius Bas (an Italian musicologist and organist).
7 Suggestions • “Winning the Sacred Music Crusade”
If we truly believe what we say we believe, how can we allow goofy, off-Broadway, secular, casual music at Mass?