Music List • (32nd Sund. Ordinary Time)
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.
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Huge Discovery! • Rare Document Explains Why There’s a “Spoken” Version of the Propers
His statement is not only foolish, it approaches heresy!
“Entrance Chant” for this Coming Sunday • Jeff Attempts to Accompany Himself on the Organ
Singing Gregorian Chant lifts one’s spirits. Agree or disagree?
“Entrance Chant” • Sunday (10 Nov. 2024)
The reformers borrowed this “Entrance Chant” from the Ember Saturday of Lent.
Re: Copyright Status of “Abbey Psalms & Canticles” (PDF Chart)
There’s been considerable online discussion about this. Our readers have a right to know what’s at issue.
“All Saints” • Jeff Ostrowski Tries to Simultaneously Accompany His Voice on the Organ
Although it beggars belief, in his entire life Father Josef A. Jungmann never celebrated a sung Mass—not one!
Music List • (31st Sund. Ordinary Time)
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant in English” (31st Sunday in Ordinary Time) for 3-NOV-2024
With a brief digression on “feelings of inadequacy.”
“Entrance Chant” for Sunday (3-NOV-2024)
The reformers borrowed this “Entrance Chant” from Wednesday in the 2nd week of Lent.
Music List • (30th Sund. Ordinary Time)
Readers have expressed interest in looking over the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.
PDF Download • “Seasonal Index” for the Brébeuf Hymnal
It’s been downloaded more than 4,000 times, so it seems useful.
PDF Download • “Like Gold Dust” — Extremely Rare Book of Gregorian Chants (315 pages)
Including “O Come All Ye Faithful” (with Latin text) in a delightful arrangement for two voices.
Entrance Antiphons • “Transitioning from a Contemporary to Sacred Music Program”
“These are simple propers, but not to the point of being monotone.” —Rebecca De La Torre
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant in English” (30th Sunday in Ordinary Time) for 27-OCT-2024
When the congregation isn’t moved, such a musician will reply: “Well, that’s just because they’re uneducated philistines who don’t know anything.”
“Entrance Chant” for Sunday (27-Oct-2024)
This one was put in a “brighter” mode—owing to its text—based on the somewhat peculiar place the original came from.