“Remembering William Mahrt” • My interview with Dr. Horst Buchholz (21 January 2025)
Includes Dr. Buchholz’s obituary for William Mahrt: “A Gentleman, a Scholar, and a Friend”
“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)
Includes Dr. Buchholz’s obituary for William Mahrt: “A Gentleman, a Scholar, and a Friend”
I have a confession to make…
I don’t pretend to have an answer to this question.
This is definitely a piece worth bringing out for choirs of all sizes!
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
This English adaptation matches the mode of the authentic Gregorian Chant version.
In 1979, Monsignor Robert F. Hayburn published an important book called: “Papal Legislation on Sacred Music.”
We have a wide range of expertise: from experienced choristers (some with music degrees) to a gentleman who’d never sung in a choir in his life before joining.
From what I have seen, musicians tend to be the best liturgists…
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I prepared…
Doesn’t it stand to reason that we should sing from this edition in the manner its creators intended?
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