Category Archives: Liturgical Music

Musical Misconceptions

Posted on 16 February 2015 by

Jeff Ostrowski at CCW blogged about the “problem” of not having approval for non-Gradual liturgical music or, I think, music composed and published by people adhering to an antiphonary yet to be really updated after Vatican II. In it he referred to … Continue reading →

Posted in Hermeneutic of Subtraction, Liturgical Music | Tagged | 7 Comments

Singing Ashes

Posted on 15 February 2015 by

I’ve said if there’s anything close to as overdone as the Mass of Creation its the criticism of it. I would say the same about the song that gets automatically programmed on the Wednesday before the first Sunday of Lent, … Continue reading →

Posted in Lent, Liturgical Music | Tagged | 2 Comments

Attende Domine

Posted on 12 February 2015 by

When the parish music committee convened last month, it was mostly students (for whatever reason). The unanimous choice for Lent was the plainchant “Attende Domine.” I’ve been thinking about introducing it for at least a decade. So it was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Lent, Liturgical Music | 3 Comments

Da Pacem, Wrong?

Posted on 4 February 2015 by

Charles asks a good question here. I and the rest of the world woke up to the news that the second Japanese hostage by ISIS had been beheaded. I thought “This is getting to be Groundhog Day” (no pun intended) … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Liturgical Music, Ministry | 2 Comments

Three Kings, One Gift?

Posted on 3 January 2015 by

One of the more popular Christmas songs gets its due this weekend, if your faith community moves Epiphany to a Sunday. A little wiki background is here. Remember: we all like gold. Some of us are “allergic” to (frank)incense. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Liturgical Music, Liturgy | 1 Comment

The Non-Festive Lyrics of Christmas

Posted on 28 December 2014 by

I had a request from one of the group leaders this weekend to omit Edward Sears’s third verse of “It Came Upon The Midnight Clear” which sings: Yet with the woes of sin and strife, The world has suffered long; … Continue reading →

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Cold Are The People

Posted on 4 December 2014 by

Anthony Esolen helps LifeSiteNews break into music reviewing here. He flexes his chops as an English professor, but really: music is more than its text. I won’t say anything about the intentions of the composer and author, or about his … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Commentary, Liturgical Music, The Blogosphere | Tagged , , | 11 Comments