PDF Download • “Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Mass”
The fourth installment—“Mass settings that work well, even with a single cantor + organist.”
Wonderful emails received recently…
(#1) “Thank you for all the great work you do to provide music and rehearsal videos for all of us to use! It has been invaluable to those music and choir directors who’ve had to build a Gregorian chant schola from scratch! May God continue to bless all you do to promote sacred music for […]
1,055 Images • “Paramentica Liturgical Design”
When we pray from a book which is special, beautiful, and dignified, it helps us focus.
Honesty and Integrity
Someone who made a generous donation wrote as follows: While I sometimes strongly disagree with the content or tone of the blog article authors, I, as a parish music director, have used CCWatershed’s resources countless times and have always found the site to be an excellent source of high-quality Sacred Music, which is very hard […]
Two Settings • “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name”
Imagine trying to read from a score like this!
Featured • “To All Who Care About CCWatershed”
During my 9 years as president, you know I never ask for assistance unless it’s absolutely necessary.
Can These Youngsters Save Catholic Music?
This remarkable piece by Father Victoria contains a mind-blowing canon between upper voices!
“Just how Tridentine are you?” • Quiz by GIA Publications
GIA’s 2004 article Re: “masses of yesteryear” seems absurd on this 13th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum.
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.
Draft Document • “Church Music Manifesto” (2020)
We’re living in darkness—but, like the phoenix, authentic Church music can rise from the ashes!
Sonata during the Gradual?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote seventeen Church Sonatas between 1772 and 1780. These are short pieces intended to be played between the Epistle and the Gospel (during Mass). Shortly after Mozart left Salzburg, the Archbishop mandated that an appropriate choral motet or congregational hymn be sung at that point in the liturgy, with the result that […]
Sister Goodchild • “Gregorian Chant for Church and School”
This 130-page book can be downloaded for free.
Note from a reader (25 June 2020)
“Just visited your website for the first time 5 minutes ago. Was that struck by the beauty of the chant and the immense gift of such a beautiful collection that can be downloaded with ease…at no charge! In awe of the gift of this extensive content and the amount of labor that has gone into […]
PDF Download • “Saint Edmund Jennings Mass”
Today comes the third setting. A total of five Masses will be released.
More on the subject of “Mutual Enrichment”
My previous post on this subject was misunderstood in some quarters.