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Saturday's Audio from the Sacred Music Colloquium 2025
The Mass on Wednesday included a new Mass Ordinary in Spanish by Brent McGough, and motets by McGough and by Francisco Guerrero: https://recordings.musicasacra.com/cmaa-recordings/2025-sacred-music-colloquium/

Comment by chonak June 26 permalink
Saturday's Audio from the Sacred Music Colloquium 2025
Tuesday: Today's additions are from the Mass of the day (Nativity of St. John the Baptist), with a Mass setting by Healey Willan; and recordings of three works in honor of the Holy Trinity performed at the open-reading session.

Comment by chonak June 25 permalink
“Hands down the best Catholic hymnal ever published.”?
I'm following up about that mistaken ad.

Comment by chonak June 25 permalink
Searching for this Salve Regina arrangement
Various discography sites had no composer info for the Salve, though one specified Techelmann. Still, that might be wrong.

Comment by chonak June 13 permalink
Searching for this Salve Regina arrangement
From some searching on-line, I found that the composer was apparently Franz Matthias Techelmann. I haven"t found information on any scores.

Comment by chonak June 12 permalink
Sunday Mass before the Colloquium in MN?
St. Agnes is probably pretty impressive too

Comment by chonak June 12 permalink
Is a vernacular gradual (chant) licit?
I'm no lawyer, but canon lawyers often point to a general rule (stated in maximal legalese in canon 36 sec. 1): in cases where there is doubt about the interpretation of a decree, the interpretation which is more favorable to the persons involv…

Comment by chonak June 2 permalink
Fr. Samuel Weber's "The Proper of the Mass" now complete. Volume 4 finished
Volume 1 is sold by Ignatius Press; as far as I know, a PDF is not available. https://ignatius.com/the-proper-of-the-mass-for-sundays-and-solemnities-pmssh/?searchid=2345400&search_query=weber

Comment by chonak May 28 permalink
Job Opening: Director of Music and Faculty Member, Mount St. Mary's Seminary and School of Theology
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Comment by chonak May 27 permalink
Is a vernacular gradual (chant) licit?
Regarding the question about whether a diocesan bishop could approve a musical work, or whether express USCCB approval was necessary, let me point back to a thread from some years ago. At the time, the USCCB had an approach of leaving the decision …

Comment by chonak May 25 permalink
Chaumont propers
I assume you mean "Chaumonot". I did stumble upon this some years ago, but didn't realize they had a connection to CCWatershed. https://addeumquilaetifica.wixsite.com/chaumonot Have you tried contacting Watershed? They're a s…

Comment by chonak May 25 permalink
Director of Liturgical Music and Organist - Full Time, London, Ohio
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Comment by chonak May 24 permalink
Rift in Music Ministry
It's a rather loose English adaptation of St. Thomas Aquinas' "O Sacrum Convivium", combined with other thoughts about the Eucharist. The original is not very long, which allows it to be reflective: O sacred banquet, in which C…

Comment by chonak May 24 permalink
Is a vernacular gradual (chant) licit?
Please stay on-topic.

Comment by chonak May 23 permalink
Is a vernacular gradual (chant) licit?
AnimaVocis asked some time ago regarding all those who have been using "Simple English Propers" and the like, or any version of the gradual in the vernacular CMAA's useful and popular book Simple English Propers does not offer vernac…

Comment by chonak May 23 permalink
Is a vernacular gradual (chant) licit?
[Please note: I have revised the thread title and the opening comment to clarify that the topic under discussion is not the appropriateness of certain books, but of certain chants.]

Comment by chonak May 23 permalink
Where to find English propers in Gregorian chant?
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Comment by chonak May 22 permalink
Where to find English propers in Gregorian chant?
Welcome, @theCebuano_Child03 ! As others have suggested, I'd recommend CMAA's book "Simple English Propers", which you can download at https://churchmusicassociation.org/sep/ It presents entrance, offertory, and communion chan…

Comment by chonak May 22 permalink
Gaudete Psalter - Liturgy of the Hours
FWIW, I found a saved copy of Ryan's "Gaudete Psalter" files from 2020. Contact me if interested.

Comment by chonak May 22 permalink
Director of Music Ministry, St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Hickory NC
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Comment by chonak May 21 permalink
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Liam, from your ellipsis to God's ear!

Comment by chonak May 21 permalink
Papal Mass without commentary
For people who prefer to watch a service (or other long-form video) on a TV set, one option is to access YouTube with a Roku streaming device connected to your TV. The device can be set to use your home wifi to connect to the internet.

Comment by chonak May 21 permalink
Let's Sing with the Pope
Fr. Mehlhart, the instructor in the videos, is the rector of the Institute. He was appointed a couple of years ago and was previously a director of music in Munich.

Comment by chonak May 17 permalink
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Dot's all there is to say?

Comment by chonak May 15 permalink
Need a tutorial for chanting the Divine Office
You may find it helpful to watch the celebrations of the Office from Mount Angel Abbey (and Seminary) in Oregon; they present their Vespers (and maybe some other Hours) on YouTube daily. They might follow a monastic schedule of psalms and readings …

Comment by chonak May 13 permalink
Pope Leo XIV
I think MatthewRoth is alluding to an early 20th-century debate about perspectives on the liturgy: it's usually characterized as the "Jesuit-Benedictine" debate, and took place between scholars such as Dom Lambert Beauduin and Dom Mau…

Comment by chonak May 12 permalink
Hymn for Pope Leo!
For what it's worth, the fourth stanza of "O Holy Name" has a fill-in-the-blank spot for the reigning pontiff.

Comment by chonak May 9 permalink
Pope Leo XIV
The claim that he had an indult in the '90s was attributed to the 73-year-old former rector of a major seminary in the US, perhaps specifically in the southern US: https://x.com/tradcathdixie/status/1920542398137983145 As for the photo sent to…

Comment by chonak May 9 permalink
Variations on rubrics according to country?
This post ("Frequently Asked Questions about the GIRM") has some links, though I haven't checked whether they are still good: https://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/discussion/7869/frequently-asked-questions-about-the-girm

Comment by chonak May 9 permalink
Pope Leo XIV
Maybe the doom-and-gloom just comes naturally? Please try to ease up some, OK?

Comment by chonak May 9 permalink

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