“Basic Catechism of Gregorian Chant” • Fifteen Questions Answered
“Kids, you’re only on this floating rock for a very short time.”
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“Music List” • 3rd Sunday of Easter (Year C)
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
Communion (3rd Sunday of Easter)
This piece is sung by either all men or all women.
Antiphons Don’t Match?
The short answer is: the “Adalbert Propers” were never intended to be sung.
Dramatic & Spectacular Testimonies from Last Year’s Sacred Music Symposium
“I had to stop singing for a moment while trying not to cry.” —2023 Participant
“Entrance Chant” • 3rd Sunday of Easter
This “Entrance Chant” is used during liturgical years A, B, and C.
“Music List” • Easter Sunday
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
PDF Download • Exceedingly Rare! — “The Torn Tunic” (122 pages) … published in 1967
Is Tito Casini correct that vernacular plainsong is a “sin against nature?”
PDF Download • “Easter Sunday Introit”
In accordance with the official edition.
“Music List” • Holy Thursday
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for Maundy Thursday.
PDF Download • “Communion” (Holy Thursday)
Its verses are quite beautiful.
“Ubi Caritas” • Knox Translation (1950s)
What a treasure!
“Music List” • Palm Sunday
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
PDF Download • “Offertory” (Palm Sunday)
Some believe that “joyful” texts sound happy in Gregorian Chant and “sad” texts sound mournful.
“And the Chief Priests…” (Palm Sunday)
“And the chief priests made a plot against Lazarus’ life too…”