“Victimæ Paschali Laudes” • Thirty-One (31) Different Versions — Including Organ Accompaniments
This version by Father Adrian Fortescue is fascinating!
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
This version by Father Adrian Fortescue is fascinating!
How dare I broach such a subject?
In 1957, the Abbey of Solesmes publicly claimed copyright over “the rhythmic signs 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗵𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁.”
Is it fair to forever bind Dom Guéranger to what he wrote about “barbarous archaisms” in 1855?
Including several hymns eminently suitable for the feast of Christ the King.
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Will anyone step forward to defend this?
Feel free to examine every single page if you doubt what I’m saying!
My husband tells me this edition (by Dom Pothier’s student) is of monumental importance. I take him at his word.
He screamed into the telephone: “There’s no such thing as Gregorian Chant!”
Dr. Weaver kindly made me aware of something stupendous. Created by Abbat Pothier’s assistant and approved by his successor (about ten years after his death), it’s a KYRIALE, GRADUALE, and VESPERALE: 2,000 pages long! It’s in Gregorian notation on five staves and marks each mora vocis. Here’s a photograph of the “Puer Natus” INTROIT taken with my […]
Twenty years ago, I had the opportunity to conduct a week-long interview with Dom Cardine’s former boss.
Father Ralph March wrote: “If any single man could deserve the title father of the renewed chant it would be Dom Joseph Pothier.”
My humble attempt at singing the Introit for the 3rd Sunday of Advent in accordance with the official rhythm.
You look upon these thousands of manuscripts in much the same way that I view the plainsong editions of Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers.
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We’re under tremendous pressure to transfer our website to a “subscription model.”
We don’t want to do this. We believe our website should remain free to all. It’s annoying to have to search for login credentials (e.g. if you’re away from your desk).
Our president has written the following letter:
* Thirteen Men & Coins (Holy Thursday Appeal)
Traditionally on Holy Thursday, the priest washed the feet of thirteen men. Theologians held various opinions regarding whom the “13th man” represented. Before the liturgical changes of Pope Pius XII (which changed the number from thirteen to twelve), the priest washed each man’s feet, kissed his foot, and gave him a coin.
This “coin” business seems providential—inasmuch as our appeal begins on Holy Thursday this year.
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