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Category Archives: Music
Passion Sunday (Fifth Sunday of Lent)
One unforeseen perk of being a parish music director is the ability to participate at Holy Mass during this strange period. I am grateful to my wife and daughters for providing the beautiful chant. In the future, I am hoping … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, Music, Sacred Music, Sacrosanctum Consilium
Tagged Fifth Sunday of Lent, Judica Me Deus, Passion Sunday, Sacred Music
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Sadness and Anxiety With William Byrd
No better way to purge anxiety and sadness than through the music of Byrd! Tristitia et anxietas occupaverunt interiora mea. Mœstum factum est cor meum in dolore, et contenebrati sunt oculi mei. Væ mihi, quia peccavi. Sed tu, Domine, … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, Music, passions, William Byrd
Tagged passions, Tristia et anxietas, William Byrd
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Palestrina and Handel March For Life!
Yes, both consummate sacred musicians George Frideric Handel and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina were at the 2019 March for Life! I am guessing that this was yet another record-setting precedent for the annual March which attracted hundreds of thousands of people … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, catholic education, education, Fine Arts, Music, Sacred Music
Tagged Crypt Church National Shrine, Handel, Life, March for Life, Palestrina, Saint Dominic's
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Christmas 2017: Feast Edition!
Although Christmas day itself has passed, nonetheless the Church insists that we keep up the celebration! As obedient sons and daughters, ours is the task to celebrate the feast as heartily as possible for as long as we can – … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, breakfast, Christmas, Custom, Dinner, Feasts, Fine Arts, liberal education works, Music
Tagged Brussells Sprouts, butterfly Roast, Enstroms Toffee, Gargonzola, Gruyere, Pancetta
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A Third Reason Why Philosophy is The Best and Most Noble Music
Let’s see if we can make this argument quickly and effectively! We have given two reasons why Socrates said that “Philosophy Is The Best And Most Noble Music.” We now present a third. Maybe there are more than three? But … Continue reading
Posted in Fine Arts, Music, philosophy, Socrates, Uncategorized, Wisdom
Tagged Aristotle, music, philosophy. Poetics, Socrates
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Philosophy Is The Best And Most Noble Music: A Second Reason
Well, its time to give one more reason to support Socrates when he said that Philosophy Is The Best And Most Noble Music Otherwise I might forget it and then where will we be? As we mentioned, one reason that … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Philosophy of Nature, Seven Fine Arts, Socrates
Tagged disagreement, harmony, music, Socrates
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Is There Such a Thing as Catholic Music?
A choir loft is a good place to get a whole view of what is going on at Mass. In fact, it is the only place in a Church where a bird’s-eye view is possible. Of course it is mostly a … Continue reading
The Secret to Beautiful Liturgy: Leave it to the Kids!
O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens. Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise… Recently I attended a simple daily Mass … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Sacred Music, Sacrosanctum Consilium, The Mass, Uncategorized
Tagged beauty, Classical Education, Missa de Angelis, viadana, worship
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Sacred Music is not like Frosting on a Cake!
Help! Somebody call Pope Francis! I can’t find the official Latin edition of the principal text for understanding the role of Sacred Music in the Liturgy. You ask, “what is the fundamental text about the role of Sacred Music in the … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Sacred Music, Sacrosanctum Consilium, The Mass
Tagged Frosting, Pope St. Pius X, Sacred Music, St. John Paul II, tra le sollecitudine
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Do You Actually Participate at Mass?
As a parish Music Director, like Garrison Keillor’s Guy Noir Private Eye, I find myself trying to find answers to one of life’s most persistent questions: How can I contribute to that “full, conscious and active participation in the ceremonies” that the fathers … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, Music, Sacred Music, Sacrosanctum Consilium, The Mass
Tagged Church Music, Gregorian Chant, Monsignor Schuler, Vatican II
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