Originally posted on Learn Church Latin:
Catholics have accepted some of the worst distortions of their Faith in the order of music, art, and literature without a shiver of discontent because they never really heard the “Tantum Ergo” or the “Ave Maris Stella” –not for lack of faith, but because there had never been ordinary…
If you’re ready to prepare for the beautiful liturgical season of Christmastide by learning traditional chants for this time, you’re in the right place. It’s never to early to begin practicing these chants, keeping a good Advent season the meanwhile! (Speaking of which–for Advent chants, please go here.) The chants for Christmas clearly inspired the…
Anyone can learn to chant. It’s important to remember that for centuries very young boys learned to sing this by ear, simply by hearing it over and over. Now that we have so much technology to help us, anyone anywhere with the internet and the ability to read can learn chant. Lately (for several months…
Yes, even if you “can’t sing,” you should learn some of the glorious chants by heart and sing them to your babies every night. (I’ll bet you sing in the shower, or somewhere else where no one hears you. And I’ll bet you’re keeping in tune pretty well, too.) I could give you dozens of…
Yes, it really is this easy to begin chanting the ancient music of the Church! Two and a half years ago I knew NOTHING about Sacred Music, had no vocal training, and had never even sung in a choir. But I wanted to learn to sing this amazing music, and this is how I got…
Earlier I posted a list of six Lenten hymns in English, and here is a list for the Latin-lovers among you as well: Attende Domine (*Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the audio file!* Sheet music is here, under “Extra Downloads”) Parce Domine (*Scroll down to the bottom of the page for…
Oh, the memories I’m having this week! Two years ago, after seeing an ad in the parish bulletin, some parishioners at our local parish church got together and embarked on the most crazy project imaginable–bringing the tradition of Sacred Music into the life of our parish by starting a Schola.* So, Our Schola is going to have its…
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