“What Are the Urbanite Hymns?” (4-Page PDF)
“No one who knows anything about the subject now doubts that that revision of Urban VIII was a ghastly mistake, for which there is not one single word of any kind to be said.” —Father Adrian Fortescue
Urbanite Hymn Reform
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” — 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
I’d love to hear you sing this!
“Urbanite Hymns” • What are those?
Dr. Aaron James, who earned a double doctorate, has stated publicly that the Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal does a wonderful job explaining—by means of gorgeous color plates—the difference between the “Pre-Urbanite” hymns and those which were modified by Pope Urban VIII (d. 1644). Dr. James calls the Brébeuf treatment of the urbanite reform “a […]
“Vatican Commission on Gregorian Chant” • Biographies for Its Twenty Members
Including two (2) documents translated into English for the first time!
“This Hymnal Makes My Heart Sing!” —Lauren E.
“It was compiled by priests and musicians who are authentically Catholic…” — Lauren Elizabeth
PDF Download • “Four Easy Pieces” (Smaller Choirs)
Including more information about the “Pope Pius XII Hymnal.”
PDF Download • Commemorating Dr. Fayrfax
A massively underrated composer died 500 years ago today.
Brave Schola Director Posts Live Recording
This is a beautiful melody worth learning, worth singing, and worthy of the temple.
“Traditionis Custodes” • Five (5) Brief Reflections
“Deliver us, Lord, from every evil: past, present, and to come.”
“Veni Creator Spiritus” + Organ Accompaniment • with English Translation by Fr. Fortescue
Did you realize there are two versions of this famous hymn?
Two remarkable (radical) 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.
Pope Francis Condemned The Reform Of The Reform? Not Quite…
“Devout people are the ones who will be most disturbed by the new liturgy.” —Pope Paul VI (11/26/1969)