“Entrance Chant” for Sunday (3-NOV-2024)
The reformers borrowed this “Entrance Chant” from Wednesday in the 2nd week of Lent.
“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)
The reformers borrowed this “Entrance Chant” from Wednesday in the 2nd week of Lent.
This one was put in a “brighter” mode—owing to its text—based on the somewhat peculiar place the original came from.
This one’s in Mode 3, imitating the authentic Gregorian chant.
With a digression on a 1971 film called “Fiddler on the Roof.”
This coming Sunday—13 October 2024—is the 28th in Ordinary Time.
This one’s in Mode 3, imitating the authentic Gregorian chant.
Let Busoni’s statement serve as a reminder to Catholic music directors everywhere.
This one’s in Mode 4, imitating in an admirable way the authentic Gregorian chant.
Today I discuss a myth about accompanying plainsong on the pipe organ.
Jeff shares a ‘quick thought’ regarding the topic of the sacred liturgy.
Including twelve (12) different versions!
“Entrance Chant” for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B.
Including ten (10) alternate versions!
English Gregorian Chant by the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood (O’Fallon, Missouri)
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