“The English Mozart” • Who Was That?
Including a hymn suitable for a Catholic wedding (“Nuptial Mass”).
Jesus said to them: “I have come into this world so that a sentence may fall upon it, that those who are blind should see, and those who see should become blind. If you were blind, you would not be guilty. It is because you protest, ‘We can see clearly,’ that you cannot be rid of your guilt.”
Including a hymn suitable for a Catholic wedding (“Nuptial Mass”).
With a digression on Cardinal Antonelli and the feast of “Saint Joseph the Artisan” (1 May).
I wouldn’t argue if somebody made the claim that Sebastian Bach was “the most musical person who ever lived.”
“What follows are a few tricks that have greatly aided students with me from a young age…” —Dr. Tappan
According to Monsignor Franz Stemmer, the famous hymn “Praise to the Lord” originally came from the 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘣𝘶𝘤𝘩 (1665).
“No musician in our parish (and probably our archdiocese) is paid, despite the many hours we put in.” —Charlotte M.
“When our people have the courage to break resolutely with a bad tradition, there are unworked mines of religious poetry in the old hymns that we can use in translations.” —Father Adrian Fortescue
There was deep division in Chicago between those who cheered for the Cubs and those who cheered for the White Sox.
I can affirm that our first concert was a resounding success: everything from Allegri’s 𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑟𝑒 to the 10-year-old boy playing Bach.
“I’m a newly ordained priest. In seminary, we constantly used stuff from your website to help us learn things.” —College Station, Texas
Rachmaninoff never forgave Prokofiev for this, as anyone with a melancholic temperament will understand.
We must gauge rehearsal time so as not to totally bore the skilled members, while still making sure to do what’s needed to help lesser-skilled members.
Being hired as organist or choirmaster for Catholic weddings can be stressful.
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