francis

If you have a computer, You can get a midi keyboard for $100 and use grandorgue. The only really tricky part is getting a sound system that will fill the space.

I have this… it is trul…

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O my goodness golly guys!

Here is an organ prelude for those of you suffering from diabolical disorientation.

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Finerosary.com

The ultimate “daily driver” of rosaries… natural bone.

http://finerosary.com/bone-bead-corded-rosary

The video shows the strength by liftin…

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Here is a complete version of the Agnus VIII.

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another more polished and augmented rendition... seems like every five years or so I revive and repolish this one.

http://www.myopus.com/preview/AdagioInEMin2025Rev2Strings.mp4

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...and then of course the ultimate for rhythmic accuracy is to see exactly what the schola is singing... I proposed this years ago, but am revisiting the idea again... the organist uses two hands to …

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Hi All:

We are singing Mass IV today for the Feast Day of St. Cecilia at the 8am.

HAPPY FEAST DAY!

I thought I would leave you all a small gift in celebr…

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Stopwatch. Music. Sing from cover to cover. Stopwatch.

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Your mileage may vary, of course, and I am aware that this is not the appropriate forum to discuss language issues. I only replied in order to explain my considerations, not to start a flame war abou…

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Those who compose for the TLM will not be included in that category.I was actually pointing out that the COMPOSER would not be able to “be in good standing” because he is “standing” in the shadow of …

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Lol… Mr Liam and Master Serviam… you have great ways of saying what a lot of us might think if we weren't running away so fast. I don’t even know why I am still in this boiling pot since i turne…

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This is basically simonaic extortion all in the interest of protecting their own job.and blatant black and white admittance of the fact

Todays Gospel reading in part from the new cal

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I find much of Catholic music so bad that it feels disgusting and degrading to be forced to sing it.yes

Allow for status of “Composer of Good Standing in the Catholic Church,” continge…

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@JeffreyQuick
Francis is obviously being sarcastic here.the sarcasm is alone directed at the beaurocrata. (from here forward, crats) My rates are real, and I am always ready to consider a comm…

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@tandrews

Unfortunately, many composers are driven by their muse and have no sense of their creative value (business model), and wind up being like van gogh and cutting off their ear a…

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I was told explicitly that they are uncomfortable with people giving music away for freeand i am uncomfortable composing music to their text unless they pay me up front… my fee is about $500 for a fi…

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I was at a meeting recently that included some composers. Said composers offered that they would no longer compose in English, only in Latin and if they did compose in English, they would ignore this…

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I dont know if the bots are prejudiced, but I read this not too long ago somewhere…. Food for thought…

Are we not, by now, immersed in a new form of totalitarianism? A subtle, digital …

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Oh the irony

It seems the NO world is running quickly toward being obsolete as it plans its own demise with restrictions, which is truly the pendulum swinging very hard in the opposite…

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@oldhymns

Holy Ghost

417 Carlton Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015, United States

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@oldhymns

Yes, Bethlehem PA. Look us up and come on down (or up!) depending on your location.

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Prelude
Miserere Mei Deus - Allegri

Propers Missa pro Defunctis Gregorian
Ordinary Missa pro Defunctis - Anerio

Offertory
Miseremini Mei

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Good luck writing music for local cultural vernaculars which (as you have already experienced) is in the state of constant flux and subject to being abrogated and even suppressed by the whims of mode…

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Liturgical Judgement, Musical Judgement, and Pastoral Judgement
In my thinking, these are all very subjective judgments, and do not amount to much in terms of searching out and testing music t…

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It’s not personal time with Jesus.
Last supper…

Judas…

“Hey John…. What are you doing!? This is not a personal time with Jesus! This is a time to get together wit…

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"121. Composers, filled with the Christian spirit, should feel that their vocation is to cultivate sacred music and increase its store of treasures.*" —Sacrosanctum ConciliumI thought culti…

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You NEVER give up.

You NEVER give in.

But you must ALWAYS give…

No matter the cost.

Give them truth.

Give th…

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Hymns… not a significant part of Catholic music for Mass. The real question is who made everyone think so? And why do we keep perpetuating this false narrative? We have our music books. We’ve had the…

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