How do you pronounce this word in Latin?
Including a comparison chart (PDF) which many readers will appreciate.
Gregorian Rhythm Wars
“Dom Jausions had a skilled hand. His transcriptions are masterpieces of neatness & precision.”
A few days ago, Dominique Gatté released something quite extraordinary.
Nobody Cares About This! • 1887 Rheims-Cambrai Gradual included “Restored” Plainsong
I’d be interested to know what Dr. Weaver thinks about how the mode is given.
“Basic Catechism of Gregorian Chant” • Fifteen Questions Answered
“Kids, you’re only on this floating rock for a very short time.”
PDF Download • “Gloria III” Organ Accompaniment
This is surely one of music history’s great ironies!
“My Song Is Love Unknown” • Jeff Attempts to Sing All Parts … Including the Female Voices!
Few Catholics seem to realize it was Pope Pius XII who suppressed Tenebrae, a ceremony deeply loved by the faithful for centuries.
PDF Download • Intensely Rare 1898 “Roman Gradual” — (Released for the First Time in History)
I carefully scanned all 642 pages in (color) high resolution.
My Recent Conversation • “Chant Rhythm”
This past week, I appeared on the Nikhil Hogan show to talk about Gregorian rhythm and the Vatican edition.
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?
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.
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (8 December)
What is he talking about? Where can I go to hear these “aesthetically superior” interpretations? Where can they be found?
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for this Coming Sunday (Christ the King) — 34th in Ordinary Time
Including three separate points on Dom Combe’s shameful and defamatory statement.
Choir Members Can’t Get Enough of This Piece
An English translation of “Veni Creator Spiritus.”
J. R. R. Tolkien and Guéranger : Antiquarianism is Protestantism! Was Pius X an Antiquarianist?
The Church is a living body, that has grown from a seed to a full grown tree. It can never return to the seed.
Jeff Writes A Song About Dr. Weaver And Himself
This article—a “mini-dissertation” on syllabic plainsong—writes songs using the names of various CCW authors.