“Is it not true that prohibiting or suspecting the extraordinary form can only be inspired by the demon who desires our suffocation and spiritual death?” —The Vatican’s chief liturgist from 2014-2021; interview with Edw. Pentin (23-Sep-2019)
Ostrowski, wishing to avoid fussiness, may justifiably refuse this invitation. But to argue, as he has, that these signs and the prayerful and aesthetic movements they embody are “illicit” is just wildly off the mark.
Announcing a concert next Saturday in honor of Christ the King.
Are we even singing the Solesmes rhythm at all?
What can medieval and renaissance music pedagogy offer to us now?
What happened to all that polyphony once Catholicism became illegal?
This can seem like a dry topic, but it actually often deals with practical issues faced by every choirmaster who wants to promote plainchant.
A look at Dom Pothier’s performance instructions for a communion antiphon reveals a great deal of complexity in this pre-Mocquereau interpretive approach.
This summer, there are several interesting graduate-level courses on offer at St. Joseph’s Seminary in New York.
Occasionally the Solesmes rhythmic markings are surprising, as in one of tomorrow’s alleluias. Can we make sense of this?
Today’s communion antiphon is a masterpiece of musical exegesis.
The early history of Solesmes plainchant research provides a historical parallel for responding to current Vatican liturgical rules.
A massively underrated composer died 500 years ago today.
Announcing an opportunity for graduate-level summer study in sacred music.
Two of our authors offer thoughts about the meaning of the liturgy within the context of our daily lives.
What if we take medieval music pedagogy seriously? Do its methods have anything to offer us today?
