Reader Question • “Extra Verses” for the Propers
Jeff Ostrowski answers a reader’s question with nine (9) statements.
De musica sacra et sacra liturgia
Gregorian Chant Introit • (Sung According to the Official Rhythm of the Catholic Church)
This coming Sunday is the 17th Sunday after Pentecost (EF).
Should Chant Be Accompanied On The Organ?
As late as 1924, Dom Mocquereau mentioned Dom Desrocquettes “whose beautiful and discreet accompaniments I hear every day at Solesmes.”
PDF Download • Max Springer’s Gradual in Modern Notation (870 pages) — Extravagantly Rare!
In addition to this rare book by Max Springer (870 pages), I release the draft copy of a new Gregorian project (157 pages).
Live Recording • “Jesus My Lord, My God, My All”
Vernacular hymns at Communion during EF High Mass—your thoughts?
3 September 1958 • Issued by Pius XII
The Sacred Congregation for Rites issued De musica sacra et sacra liturgia (“Instruction on Sacred Music and Sacred Liturgy”) on 3 September 1958. An excerpt: Finally, perfect active participation is achieved when there is also sacramental participation, by which “the faithful who are present communicate not only with spiritual affection, but also in reception of […]
PDF Download • Instruction on Sacred Music (“De Musica Sacra”) • Issued by Pope Pius XII in 1958
Don’t you hate it when you think you know the answer to something . . . and then you find out you were dead wrong? This happened to me regarding the congregation reciting Mass Propers in the Extraordinary Form.