Music (Subscribe)
Categories
- Hymnals (2)
Links
Traditional Catholic Hymns and Liturgical Music
http://midihymns.homestead.com/midiindex.html
[120+ MIDI, lyrics] Arrangements by Donald A. Wyckoff.
Theology Library: Music
http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/music.htm
Directory, with brief annotations, of sites relevant to music in the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Association of Musicians
(CAM) Offering support, training and promotion for Catholic musicians.
Sanctuary: Ritual music for prayer and contemplation
http://www.sanctuary.villanova.edu/
(ensemble of musicians, poets, and artists): group and contact information, calendar, CD sales.
National Association of Pastoral Musicians
Membership organization in the United States, dedicated to liturgical music. Several mailing lists, sponsors workshops for cantors and instrumentalists, holds conferences.
Music at Mass
http://www.matthewhoffman.net/music
Study describing the types of music and instruments allowed and prohibited by the Church.
Morgan Music
New Bedford, MA. Publisher of contemporary music, including recordings. Several recordings for use with sick and dying.
Kingsfold Music Productions
Original liturgical music by Fergal King: MIDI samples (free for personal use); sales of sheet music.
Hymns in the Life and Writing of Montfort
http://www.ewtn.com/library/Montfort/Handbook/Hymns.htm
Jesus Living in Mary: Handbook of the spirituality of St. Louis de Montfort (article)
Catholic Jukebox
http://www.catholicjukebox.com/
Artist links, listening samples, and Catholic media resources.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Rerum Deus Tenax Vigor
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12782b.htm
Brief article on a hymn for None, one of the "little hours." Mid-afternoon.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Musical Instruments in Church Services
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10657a.htm
Historical article.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Hymnody and Hymnology
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07596a.htm
Hymnody means exactly "hymn song", but as the hymn-singer as well as the hymn-poet are included under (hymnodos), so we also include under hymnody the hymnal verse or religious lyric. Hymnology is the science of hymnody or the historico-philogical investigation and aesthetic estimation of hymns and hymn writers.
CanticaNOVA Publications
Catholic music publishing firm that specializes in "traditional music for the contemporary Church." Online catalog, liturgical planning pages.