Pipe Organ During Lent?
To withdraw the pipe organ no longer has the impact it once did.
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.”
Sign up today to hear Band of Voices, led by Alfred Calabrese, sing eight Latin motets on EWTN on Saturday, March 11, 2023. Archbishop Cordileone will be offering commentary as a Lenten reflection.
Jesus Christ “will not snap the staff that is already crushed, nor put out the wick that still smolders.”
“Matthew Frederes is encouraging resistance and asserting that ‘progress trumps antiquity,’ without recognizing that he is resisting both!” —Patrick Williams
The last thing church musicians need is another collection of goofy, syrupy, mawkish hymns.
Obedience to the Church, and respect for Tradition is paramount in Sacred Music, as well as subjugation to the Liturgy. Was GR (1974) “The” Critical Edition? An incessant or insatiable thirst for variety and novelty is a vicious symptom of our modern age.
By March 1596 Marenzio had arrived in Poland. In October of that year, he directed a Mass he’d written in the form of an “echo.”
“. . . zealous to keep the traditions of our forefathers, ever trying . . . boldly to restore any which might have been forgotten in the course of the ages.” —Preface to the Vatican Edition
The Vatican Edition, as well as St. Gregory’s work were both a Cento built on tradition to unify the Church. Semiological editions are archaic reversions. A close look at the Puer Natus Est in both forms is offered.
“Our hymnbooks know nothing of such a treasure as this, and give us pages of poor sentiment in doggerel lines by some tenth-rate modern versifier.” —Father Fortescue
It seems to me that our responsibility of teaching the Faith through music is much more serious than is commonly perceived.
“Transcriptions are best done by those who both sing & conduct and enjoy studying minute neumatic details & problems—all this while making sure that the horizontal musical line of each song is their main musical concern.” —R. John Blackley
NEW CD from the Saint Paul’s Choir School, Harvard Square with the Sophia Music Group label
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