PDF Download • Belgian “Ordinary of the Mass” (Organ Accompaniment) — 191 pages
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“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
This volume has been professionally scanned—and you’ll love the results!
Readers already realize that seventeen (17) splendid organ accompaniments for the simple “Salve Regina” can be freely and conveniently downloaded here. But what about the solemn tone for the “Salve Regina”—has anyone composed an organ accompaniment for that? Yes, Canon Jules Van Nuffel has composed one for the solemn version.
We have scanned this extremely rare hymnal, granted Imprimatur by Francis Cardinal Spellman on 15 February 1954.
When it comes to Gregorian harmonizations, this piece is surely the “pons asinorum.”
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Potiron, Ostrowski, Bragers, Marier, Desrocquettes, Murray, and more!
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Including O SALUTARIS (“O Saving Victim Opening Wide”) and TANTUM ERGO (“Down in Adoration Falling”) in Latin and English.
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Organ Accompaniments for “Victimae Paschali Laudes” • Some people love it; others hate it. Regardless, Mocquereau never backed down, and we must admire his tenacity!
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I composed this organ accompaniment yesterday, looking ahead towards Eastertide.
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Finding the “perfect” accompaniment for hymns can be challenging. Here is my attempt.
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The 2nd part has blank staves, so you can compose your own harmonies!
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I followed the “Brébeuf hymnal method,” in which every verse is written out…
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Free Download of two sets of accompaniments for chants of the new Misal Romano, Tercera Edición.
There is a built in tendency for nervous musicians to rush things – I think as your heart beats faster, your perception of time is dilated. As you build more confidence your sense of timing improves too.
Free PDF downloads for “Mass of the Angels” organ accompaniments • Henri Potiron (1950), Achille Bragers (1937), Dr. Eugene Lapierre (1946), Franz Xaver Mathias (1906), Dr. Peter Wagner (1905), Monsignor Leo P. Manzetti (1906), Julius Bas (1906), and more+
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* 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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