PDF Download • 3-Voice “Agnus Dei” + Suggestions to Improve Music at Ordinary Form Masses
Should music at the Ordinary Form be identical to music at the Extraordinary Form?
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In Praise of Adaptability
A proposal: if we are going to study something as important and mysterious as Gregorian chant, we ought to be able to perform it convincingly in several different ways.
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EWTN Broadcast • Sacred Music by MacMillan + Eight Emerging Composers
This coming Saturday (8 July) at 7:00pm, EWTN will be broadcasting …
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William Byrd: Quatercentenary of Death
“And yet I may live and die a true and perfect member of his holy Catholic Church without which I believe there is no salvation for me.” —William Byrd
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“A Patriotic Hymnal” • (Not Kidding!)
“Hymns for the Use of the Catholic Church in America” was published in Baltimore more than 200 years ago.
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The Golden Rule and Mocquereau’s Method
Dom Mocquereau’s editions are a compromise between tradition and paleography. This explains his sometimes surprising semiological conclusions.
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“Six Suggestions” • Working with Volunteer Choirs
One priest on this committee said something I’ll never forget…
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Some Thoughts on Gregorian Modal Ethos
You should memorize this list.
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“The Use of Plainsong in Heretical Worship” • (Letter by Dom Gregory Murray)
“Unless Catholic musicians (especially priests) are careful, they may easily encourage non-Catholics in the belief that the differences between Catholics and non-Catholics are of minor importance.” —Dom Murray
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CRCCM Repertoire Project Released!
The Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians (CRCCM) has just launched a remarkable free resource offering recommendations of choral music, antiphons, propers, and more for all Sundays of the liturgical calendar, solemnities, and Ritual Masses.
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PDF Download • Extremely Rare! • “Liber Cantus Gregoriani” (1950) — 1,864 pages!
Church musicians ought not proceed in a frenzied, panic-stricken manner.
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“Psalm Transl.” • 1962 Sebastian Bullough (d. 1967)
1962 Sebastian Bullough Blackfriars (d 1967) • PSALM TRANSLATIONS
INDEX (11 of 14) • Catholic Hymnals from German-Speaking Countries
INDEX (11 of 14) • Catholic Hymnals from German-Speaking Countries
INDEX (14 of 14) • Roman Catholic Hymnals from German-Speaking Countries
INDEX (14 of 14) • Roman Catholic Hymnals from German-Speaking Countries
INDEX (13 of 14) • Roman Catholic Hymnals from German-Speaking Countries
INDEX (13 of 14) • Roman Catholic Hymnals from German-Speaking Countries