“Palestrina500” • Sacred Heart Parish (Michigan)
Jean Calvin (d. 1564) famously detested sacred music. Ironically, Jonathan Bading—a convert from Calvinism!—has become one of the Church’s “leading lights” when it comes to authentic church music.
Articles
PDF Download • “Two-Voice Polyphony For Lent”
Found in a special choral collection by Maria von Trapp.
Choir Doesn’t Sound “Musical” Enough? Here’s What May Be MiSSSing
How a simple technique called “SSS” can bring out the elegance of any phrase.
PDF Download • “For the Season of Lent” (SATB)
It even sounds great with four (4) singers: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass!
Josquin Des Prez Was A Vandal • (Not Kidding)
Also included: the day my life changed forever.
PDF Download • “Jesuit Martyrs of North America” (Stained Glass Window) — High Resolution
From “American Martyrs Catholic Church” in Manhattan Beach, California.
“Ite, Missa Est” • What Does That Actually Mean?
Bishop Ambo’s assertion that Mass was attended—for centuries—by a single woman (and nobody else) is bizarre.
Must We “Love” All Gregorian Chant?
Where “Parce Dómine” (the famous song for Lent) came from.
Father Robbie Low: “The State of Catholic Music”
“Music has an immense part to play in this perception of the divine reality and the heavenward leanings of the soul.” —Fr Robbie Low
“Reader Feedback” • 6 February 2024
The word 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 can mean “not punctual” or “dead.”
“Mass in the Vernacular?” • Seven (7) Considerations
Should Mass be in Latin or English? Or should it be a mixture?
What is the Place of the Horizontal Episema in Dom Mocquereau’s Theory?
It really is a minor part of Mocquereau’s theoretical enterprise. That doesn’t mean it’s completely pointless, though.
Do You Like Organ Accompaniment for Hymns?
Real choir (‘live’) vs. studio recording.
“When Does Christmas End?” • (Correct Answer)
Including the official hymn for February 2nd: the feast of the Purification.
Abbat Bourigaud Challenges Dr. Charles Weaver!
Father De Santi opined that “Solesmes had rid themselves of Pothier by giving him an abbey”—to which Pope Pius X responded that it amounted to “a small compensation.”