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âHeâll hold a position of national importance, especially in the eyes of those who work toward Catholic sacred musicâs renewal from sea to shining sea.â âDr. Tappan
A few days ago, our organization scanned and releasedâŚ
A simplified keyboard accompaniment for pianists struggling to be organists.
May I tell you a secret?
How does the conscientious choirmaster get this snowball rolling?
We seek to verify the name of this priest.
We get tons of messages from readers; perhaps we should do a better job sharing them. In 2010, composer Dan Schutte published âMass of Christ the Savior,â based upon the theme song from the My Little Pony television cartoon. Earlier today, someone under the moniker âPraying Girlâ wrote as follows: âI wonder how many people […]
How close are Anglicans to Catholics, in terms of their religious practices?
How well do you know hymnody? A few days ago, we recorded this really beautiful hymn as part of a Roman Catholic Spanish hymnal project weâre helping with. Can you name that tune? (Weâre looking for the correct name of the melody.) If you give upâor if you want to verify your answerâclick here for […]
Jennifer Urquhart wrote to us: âIâm currently involved in providing music for a non-specialist choir which will sing a TLM for the Sacred Heart. Since those propers changed in 1929, the one in the figured Liber Usualis (1924) now has the wrong texts.â Jennifer placed those propers into modern notation, which you can download as […]
Click here to listen to our 100% volunteer choir singing this famous hymn without organ. By way of comparison, you can hear the same choir sing that hymn accompanied by the pipe organ if you click here. Both have advantages and disadvantages. Please feel free to email me and tell me which you like better.
An English translation of âVeni Creator Spiritus.â
If you were arrested and charged with being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?
This SATB setting by Father Francisco Guerrero is brief but magnificent.
Including a ‘live’ recording of the Churchâs oldest Latin Eucharistic Hymn, which comes from a 7th-century Irish manuscript.
