Question & Answer Box • “Which Tune Is This?”
Including a live recording of a hymn about a donkey. (Not kidding!)
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Jean de Brebeuf Hymnal
“The Fifteen Best Catholic Hymns” • Wait……
Church musicians: Is this what we’re doing wrong?
Never Released Before! • Unique Version of “O Sacred Head Surrounded” (SATB)
What is a Catholic Hymnal? How old are these hymns?
Should Hymn Lyrics Be Inordinately Archaic?
The question of “Thee, Thy, Thou, Thine” • Speaks about whether referring to the “original version” of a hymn text makes sense • Treatment of the beautiful hymn melody called “Lafitau” and a harmonization by Claude Goudimel (d. 1572) with the melody placed into the Tenor voice+
“Christ as Creator” • Remarkable Findings in Ancient Hymns !
Archbishop Sheen immediately replied: “Then I didn’t explain it correctly, because it should be a mystery” • Including Rex Sempiterne Caelitum, Jesu Nostra Redemptio, Vexilla Regis Prodeunt, Auctor Beate Saeculi, A Solis Ortus Cardine, Jesu Redemptor Omnium, Conditor Alme Siderum, Corde Natus Ex Parentis, Pange Lingua Gloriosi, Veni Creator Spiritus, and more!
Communication • Re: Modern Catholic Hymns
Are you familiar with “Thaxted”—a beautiful hymn tune?
More on the Mystery Book
Examples: Non Abluunt Lymphae Deum, Rebus Creatis Nil Egens, Salve Caput Cruentatum, Sancti Venite, Victis Sibi Cognomina, Hoste Dum Victo Triumphans, and Jam Desinant Suspiria.
(Installment #6) “Catholic Hymnals” • Jeff Ostrowski
How to avoid that sickening feeling when you realize nobody—and I mean nobody—in the congregation knows the hymn you picked!
“Crown Him with Many Crowns” (Diademata) • Brébeuf Hymnal #752
Big news! They discovered why Franz Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony” was never completed!
Vexing? Irksome? • Thoughts On Hymnal Indexes
Most people comb desperately through the final pages, seeking the correct section…
8,000 entries • “Snippets Index” for New Hymnal
(Be patient while it loads) —Easy to use, fully complete; what more could you ask?
Two Settings • “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name”
Imagine trying to read from a score like this!
Two Remarkable Liturgical Realities (Which Few Realize)
It’s interesting to compare the literal translations in the Brébeuf Hymnal to those done by Solesmes Abbey during the 1950s.
How Good Are Your Musical Ears? • (Speedy Test)
Can you hear the difference between females and males?
“Comparison” • 15 Traditional Catholic Hymnals
Covid-19 has forced many parishes to remove all hymnals from their pews: A perfect opportunity for change!
“Jesu Nostra Redemptio” • Ancient Hymn for the Ascension translated into English!
Did you know every Mass is a celebration of our Lord’s Ascension? — Here’s proof.
New Harmonies! • “To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King”
It’s hard to believe, but Father Knauff’s “Christ the King Hymnal for Congregational Singing” (1954) omitted this hymn!
PDF Download • Organ Accompaniments (Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament)
Including O SALUTARIS (“O Saving Victim Opening Wide”) and TANTUM ERGO (“Down in Adoration Falling”) in Latin and English.
Can’t Decide Which Hymn Tune To Use?
My brain can’t accept the approach chosen by this “Graduale”…
A B C D F etc. — An Ancient “Alphabetical” Hymn
This hymn by Caelius Sedulius (Christian Poet from the 5th century) has been translated into English by a Catholic priest.
Stunning Harmonies! • “Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above” (Hymn #783)
This has been called the “incomparable and indispensable” hymnal for Catholics.
“Pange Lingua” translated into English • Hymn by Saint Thomas Aquinas
I predict this smooth harmonization will go down in history—it fits the voice perfectly.
“Christ The Lord Is Risen Today” • (Hymn #697)
…including several captivating attempts to translate “Victimae Paschali Laudes.”
Rehearsal • “Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest”
Including information about a *fabulous* liturgical book from the 1950s.
Brébeuf Hymn #554 • “Victis Sibi” in English
Better late than never!