sacred music

8 min read 2022-12-10 23:09:25

Yes, a new baby!

After I posted last week and some of you commented/emailed me, having counted up children in our Thanksgiving photo, I realized I hadn’t posted the

8 min read 2022-12-10 23:09:25

After I posted last week and some of you commented/emailed me, having counted up children in our Thanksgiving photo, I realized I hadn’t posted the

4 min read 2022-09-19 22:30:25

In the following guest post, Music Division Archives Processing Technician Dr. Rachel McNellis investigates a musical connection within the recently

4 min read 2022-09-12 19:00:00

It seems as if advocates of eliminating the Catholic Church’s liturgical tradition often try to explain away the surprisingly dogged adherence to

1 min read 2022-09-08 23:00:00

On the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, the Magnificat antiphon at Second Vespers is borrowed from the Byzantine Rite, in which it is sung

4 min read 2022-08-24 01:03:00

I am sure that by now, our readers have all seen that Rembert Weakland, the disgraced former archbishop of Milwaukee, passed away yesterday at the

3 min read 2022-05-07 19:28:08

Things are getting busy around here. I’m headed to Chicago next week to speak (come have lunch with me!), then RI for a parish visit where Phil and

4 min read 2022-04-11 19:00:00

The music of the Baroque composers never ceases to astonish and delight me. As a new discoverer of classical music toward the end of high school, I

4 min read 2022-04-11 19:00:00

The music of the Baroque composers never ceases to astonish and delight me. As a new discoverer of classical music toward the end of high school, I

4 min read 2021-12-27 20:00:00

I always feel that the feast of the Beloved Disciple, the Eagle Evangelist, the Divine, the Theologian, the Seer of Patmos, ought to receive much

1 min read 2021-10-25 01:36:10

I’ve spent most of my adult life in the church serving in Primary, interspersed by only a few brief stints in Relief Society. A few weeks ago, I

1 min read 2021-09-26 20:24:35

This weekend is my stake’s Stake Conference. Last night was the adult session, and the music was lovely. I watched it at home over Zoom, not

1 min read 2021-09-21 20:00:26

The following is a guest post from Jessica Grimmer, Ph.D., an MLIS student at the University of Maryland completing her field study at the Library of

1 min read 2021-08-30 22:01:00

This episode delves into the tantrika practice of harnessing sexual energy and prana as a channel for manifestation. Learn

1 min read 2021-07-12 13:36:45

Shakuhachi flute music is a meditation for players and listeners alike. It is dance of sound and silence, of movement and stillness. Some people