Most Magnificent Plainsong Kyrie?
Here are some of my favorites.
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PDF Download • “Offertories and Communion Hymns for Unison + Organ” (Carlo Rossini, 1951)
I provide three (3) reasons you’ll want to download this book immediately.
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Liturgical Tomfoolery
Nobody’s been able to provide any reason for this—and it’s been 60 years.
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“Entrance Chant” • For Sunday (29-Sep-2024)
This one’s in Mode 3, imitating the authentic Gregorian chant in a magnificent way.
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PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” in English (26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B)
Sometimes one hears the objection: “But Gregorian Chant was not originally accompanied on the organ…”
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Priest Demands Musician’s Resignation • (No Reason Given)
“Our priest was delighted with the program, or so it appeared. During Holy Week he asked me to resign (which I did). He gave no reason and would not even discuss the issue.”
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Music List • (25th Sund. Ordinary Time)
Readers have expressed interest in looking over the “music list” I have prepared for this coming Sunday.
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“Entrance Chant” • For Sunday (22-Sep-2024)
This one’s in Mode 4—and it imitates the authentic Gregorian chant in a magnificent way.
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A Real Advantage!
Before the internet, certain translators could easily “pull the wool over” unsuspecting eyes.
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Music List • (24th Sund. Ordinary Time)
Readers have expressed interest in looking over the “music list” I have prepared for this coming Sunday.
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Musical Setting • “Confíteor Déo Omnipoténti”
The participants went nuts over this musical setting. They just couldn’t get enough of it!
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PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Plainchant in English)
Today I discuss a myth about accompanying plainsong on the pipe organ.
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Music List • (23rd Sund. Ordinary Time)
This coming Sunday (8 September 2024) is the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B. Some have expressed interest in seeing my “ORDER OF MUSIC.” If such a thing be appealing to you, it can be downloaded as a PDF file.
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Communion • (23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
This coming Sunday (23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time) we’re singing the Communion antiphon in English as adapted by the SISTERS OF THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD (O’Fallon, Missouri). Their enormous body of work is usually referred to as The O’Fallon Propers. Click here to download this Communion as a PDF file. (For the record, I couldn’t […]
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“Spanish Entrance Hymn” • (You Might Enjoy This)
Javier R. wrote to us: “One thing that caught my eye—and which I’ve been wrestling with—is how to fit Hymns with Antiphons, especially during the entrance procession.”
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