“Let the Choir Have a Voice” • Jeff Ostrowski’s Essay on Choral Music in the Catholic Mass
“In a world filled with a lot of noise, your sacred song lifts our hearts to heaven…” —Parishioner
Carmen Gregorianum
💰 Are Church Musicians Paid Too Little?
I came very close to paying an unspeakably severe price.
What does this mean? “Pre-Urbanite”
This topic I had believed to be fairly well understood—but I was wrong.
Soloists in Gregorian Chant?
An “ensemble of soloists” will never sound the same as a true choir.
“In Paradisum” • Gregorian Chant
While the coffin is being carried to the grave, the following anthem is sung.
PDF Download • “Offertory” for this Sunday
Anyone know why the Book of Esther was chosen? That same section of Esther was chosen for last Sunday’s Introit.
The Real Miracle of Gregorian Chant
It may not have been dictated into a saintly pope’s ear by a dove, but the real story is no less wonderful.
Why A “Fugue” Here?
I think you will agree about this.
What No Musicologist Can Explain!
How glorious is Gregorian Chant!
PDF • “Gloria VIII” on 5 lines!
As of a few minutes ago, you can freely download this PDF score.
PDF Download • Extremely Rare! —Solesmes “Graduale” acc. to the Official Rhythm (1,049 pages)
Doesn’t it stand to reason that we should sing from this edition in the manner its creators intended?
“Entrance Chant” • 4th Sunday of Advent
Like so many Advent antiphons, this one is in the first mode and comes from the prophet Isaiah.
PDF Download • Pristine Scan: Father Mathias’ 1905 Kyriale Organ Accompaniment (186 pages)
Father Mathias served as organist for Strasburg Cathedral, where he founded the “Saint Leo Institute for Church Music” in 1913.
“Quotation” • Pope Pius X on Plainsong
“That would be to me the finest triumph sacred music could have…” —Giuseppe Cardinal Sarto (1897)
Huge Discovery! • Rare Document Explains Why There’s a “Spoken” Version of the Propers
His statement is not only foolish, it approaches heresy!