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.”
Each year, without fail, someone asks me to typeset the Epiphany Proclamation, an announcement of moveable feasts chanted each year on the feast of the Epiphany. As a result, you may now find an archive of 23 such proclamations in PDF ready to print HERE.
Recently I have been enjoying looking through the inaugural (1927) edition of a 20th-century liturgical magazine called Orate Fratres. The July 1927 issue included an excellent article by a Chicago laywoman named Ellen Gates Starr entitled “The Delights of the Breviary: From the Point of View of a Lay Woman.” As we in the 21st century […]
I ran into this idea recently…
A perfect “apples-to-apples” comparison.
There’s no reason to get bored at this time of year!
The great masters sometimes even wrote parallel sevenths!
The version by Father Victoria is also quite beautiful, although the ranges for some voices are challenging.
Veronica Moreno shares a ‘quick thought’ regarding the topic of the sacred liturgy.
The best conducting advice I’ve ever received…
It strikes me that many of the best motets my choir sings are ones I found by accident. These are motets that popped up as YouTube suggestions, or that someone mentioned in a Facebook thread and I casually gave them a listen. The lesson? Be open to finding good sacred music even when you’re not […]
That single change made clear that those present were able to enter more deeply…
ICEL wasn’t the only group that produced reprehensible translations in the 1970s…
Rehearsal videos are included—and they’re pretty fantastic!
Back in January I gave a talk at Sacred Heart Parish in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They have a fantastic lecture series, and this was also in connection with their admirable project on the fifth centennial of Palestrina’s birth. The talk is now available on Spotify, and I hope it will be of some interest to […]
Nobody’s been able to provide any reason for this—and it’s been 60 years.
