Solmization from the Inside, Part 3
Making the case for the (very) old method of solfège, or, what is so sharp about sharp notes?
Johann Sebastian Bach
“Ite, Missa Est” • What Does That Actually Mean?
Bishop Ambo’s assertion that Mass was attended—for centuries—by a single woman (and nobody else) is bizarre.
Church Music Shouldn’t Be “Headache-Inducing”
Authentic sacred music should attract people. It should not drive them away.
J.S. Bach “Alleluia” • Director Posts Live Recording!
Our singers really love this one…
PDF Download • “Advent Eucharistic Hymn”
I don’t know a more powerful exposition on the Holy Eucharist than this striking hymn by Archbishop Pecham!
PDF Download • SATB “Alleluia” by J.S. Bach
This short piece shimmers with beauty. The arrangement is by Monsignor René Moissenet.
Jeff Ostrowski • “Three Rules For Good Music”
But we have not spoken very much about Baroque music…
In the Beauty of Holiness: Music and the Transcendent
New Lecture Series at the International Institute for Culture
Seven Theses for the Evaluation of Music
Let us listen consistently to the greatest works in music and make them the exemplars, the teachers, the inspirations and consolations of our interior life as aesthetic beings.