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Tag Archives: Gregorian chant
Daily Rome Shot 781 – Wherein Fr. Z rants
Nice for Saturday! Thanks to The Great Roman™! The wonderful Benedictine monks of Le Barroux make great wine from the ancient vineyards of the Avignon popes. You can have some. Get some and help them. Win. Win. White to move … Read More
ASK FATHER: How to suggest more Latin and Gregorian Chant in a Novus Ordo Parish without being annoying?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: How do you suggest a layman approach the question of getting more Latin used in a NO mass (or even of suggesting a traditional mass) without coming off as though I am telling the priest how … Read More
Good podcast about Gregorian Chant in a parish setting
Here is an interesting podcast with Fr. Mark Moriarty, the pastor of my home parish in St. Paul, St. Agnes Catholic Church. He interviews, Mark Pilon and Paul LeVoir, two of the men chiefly involved with the Gregorian chant Schola … Read More
SOS! New Chant Collection: Prière pour temps de détresse … Prayer in time of distress, suffering, urgency… SOS Chant
I received a note from a friend, a recommendation about a sacred music “disc”. “Great”, quoth I, “Yet another recording of the Requiem Mass,” or some such. No. This is a little different. Here is a beautifully chanted cri de coeur. … Read More
Splendid Gregorian chant of Litany of Loreto
In my surfing about this morning, I found a stupendous recording of the Gregorian chant version of the Litany of Loreto sung by all women. The chant is easy. This could be done in parishes. First, I think that Gregorian … Read More
A parish’s immersion in Gregorian chant – YES, it can be done.
It can be done. All we have to do is try. 1600 views when posted Sacrosanctum Concilium says: 116. Ecclesia cantum gregorianum agnoscit ut liturgiae romanae proprium: qui ideo in actionibus liturgicis, ceteris paribus, principem locum obtineat. The Church recognizes … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Gregorian chant
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VIDEO: FSSP Gregorian Chant disc. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
There is a video about the new Gregorian chant disc released not long ago by the FSSP, with chants for the Requiem Mass. “Gregorian Chant has found a new audience.”, the voice over says towards the end of the video. … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Pò sì jiù, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Denton, FSSP, Gregorian chant
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VIDEO: FSSP – Requiem recording project
For your Just Too Cool file. And now … available for PRE-ORDER at a reduced price. Release date: 12 May 2017 US HERE – UK HERE
Gregorian chant CD from the Benedictine Abbey of Fontgombault
I’ve have visited the Benedictine Abbey of Fontgombault a couple times, though not for many years. Clear Creek in these USA is a daughter house of Fontgombault. The Monastic Choir of the Abbey Notre Dame de Fontgombault have issued … Read More
250 kneeling students sing Gregorian chant for ‘ad orientem’ Mass in motel bar
By now we have all heard about the March For Life pilgrims in the snow, the buses in the snow, the Masses in the snow, etc. Here is an interesting article at Catholic Pop: Stranded Pro-Life Group Holds Sung Ad Orientem … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Gregorian chant, March for Life, St. John Cantius
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New Chant CD from the outstanding Benedictine Monks of Norcia! (And a note about a pilgrimage.)
Here is some great news. The wonderful Benedictine Monks in Norcia, Italy (they make the best beer you may ever have), are releasing a new Gregorian Chant CD on 2 June. It is available for pre-sale now. Click HERE It is … Read More
Posted in The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged Benedictine Monks, Benedictines, Gregorian chant, Norcia
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Great news!
I received some great news today. The Benedictine monks in Norcia, Italy have finished recording some 30 tracks for a forthcoming music CD of Gregorian Chant. The target time for release is early June 2015. I will post links as … Read More
VIDEO: Online Gregorian Chant course!
My good friend Fr. Eduard Perrone of mighty Assumption Grotto, that liturgical oasis in troubled Detroit, is a fine musician. He is putting his extensive training and experience to work with social media. Here is the first installment of a … Read More
A 5-year old shows us how it’s done
For those snobby dopes out there who think Joe and Mary Bagofdoughnuts in the pews are too stoopid to handle Latin or that hearing some chant is toooo haaaard. Here is a 5 year old singing the common Christian table … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare
Tagged chant, ex ore infantium, Gregorian chant, Latin
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27 Comments
VIDEO: Children learn to sing Gregorian chant at Chant Camp!
How many of you have heard someone object to Gregorian chant on the grounds that it is tooo haaard! Right. Here is a video about a summer camp where children as young as 8 years old are learning to sing … Read More
“Let y’all know!” The sung announcement of 2014’s liturgical dates
I saw something helpful at New Liturgical Movement. Someone posted a printable image of the Noveritis (“Let y’all know”) in Gregorian chant notation for the singing of the liturgical dates for 2014 which takes place at Epiphany after the Gospel. They … Read More
Period.
Today we are celebrating the promulgation of Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on Liturgy. 50 years later! Has it been so long? Sacrosanctum Concilium, states this about Gregorian chant. The Latin of SC 116 is often rendered as: The … Read More
Can Gregorian Chant synchronize hearts?
Some people quote the phrase “He who sings, prays twice!” and they (wrongly) attribute it to St. Augustine of Hippo. The phrase does not appear in anything we have of Augustine. Also, it would be better if you said “He … Read More
Spare the rod and spoil the chant!
Over at NLM (now under new management) there is a fun entry about the baculus cantoralis. The cliffnotes version: The Baculus Cantoralis, to give it one of its many names, is a large staff held by a Choirmaster or Cantor … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Daily Rome Shot 1197 – Another note to donors: “My bad. WHITE’s play. 1. Ne5+ Ke6 2. Qf7+ Kf5 3. g4# 2…. Kd6 3. Nc4# 1. Ne5+ Ke7 2.…”
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