“Is it not true that prohibiting or suspecting the extraordinary form can only be inspired by the demon who desires our suffocation and spiritual death?” —The Vatican’s chief liturgist from 2014-2021; interview with Edw. Pentin (23-Sep-2019)
Ever thought of changing the way you play a hymn without needing to have studies advanced theory and harmonization techniques? Here are two ways of changing the way you are playing a hymn without changing the harmony or re-voicing it.
Some very brief comments on the lessons we might learn during this pandemic for the future of liturgical music.
My brain can’t accept the approach chosen by this “Graduale”…
It stands to reason that if someone wants to sell a lot of books, he should put something in there that people want to buy.
Father Lawrence Lew, OP, is perhaps the world’s greatest photographer.
Michelangelo, without training and in wont of the best paints and plaster, would have struggled to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
The way to “repeat” Alleluia during Eastertide confuses many people.
You can form a stronger connection with your choir even while rehearsals are suspended. All it takes is one simple thing that you probably already have.
This hymn by Caelius Sedulius (Christian Poet from the 5th century) has been translated into English by a Catholic priest.
A mother recounts her son’s yearning for a return to Holy Communion and she reflects on our absolute necessity for the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass.
“The late Archbishop Sheen once pointed out how the Greeks in their language had three different words for love…”
Fallout from the recent NATS/ACDA webinar: A Conversation: What Do Science and Data Say About the Near Term Future of Singing.
This has been called the “incomparable and indispensable” hymnal for Catholics.
This is a good way to get to know several contributors a little better!
At the heart of the great conductor is one who is born in wonder, one who stands in awe and amazement of heaven’s divine gift of music.
