Tag: “Richard Proulx” (5 posts)

Richard Proulx, RIP

February 19, 2010 by Michael E. Lawrence — 2 comments.

Word has trickled out today that Richard Proulx, former director of music at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, has died.  He was 72. In addition to being a competent composer, Proulx served on the editorial boards of The Hymnal 1982 and the United Methodist Hymnal, two of the sturdier modern efforts in this vein, as [...]

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My observations on the music of the Installation Mass of Archbishop Dolan

April 16, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 3 comments.

On NLM, Jeffrey Tucker and numerous commenters have shared thoughts on yesterday’s Installation Mass of Timothy M. Dolan as Archbishop of New York.  I watched the liturgy online as it was unfolding, and provided live commentary on Plurk and in Fr. Zuhlsdorf’s UStream.TV chat room.  (If you go to the chat room, you will find [...]

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Music list for the Papal Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A, April 20, 2008 (with audio, references and translations)

April 20, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 1 comment.

Courtesy of the Pope 2008 blog, below is the list of music for tomorrow’s Papal Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Easter at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, N.Y. Links, audio excerpts, sheet music sources and scriptural citations have been added for illustrative and educational purposes. Update: Score for Brahms added; MP3 for Palestrina added; Victoria Agnus replaced [...]

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The great Catholic hymnal replacement debate

September 16, 2002 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 59 comments.

It has been brought up at staff meetings that the hymnals we currently employ (OCP’s JourneySongs) should be replaced in the near future. I cannot but heartily agree—JS is possessed by numerous annoying quirks. Consider the following statement from OCP’s website. The editorial excellence, elegant design and fine artisanship you’ve come to expect from OCP [...]

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To those who don’t regard "Mass by Marty" as a good thing…

August 3, 2002 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

…here’s a nice laugh courtesy of the Schultz brothers. To those who may want to know…Last year at our campus ministry (my first full year as director), our Mass settings were as follows: Ordinary Time—CTK: Heritage Mass, Owen Alstott (OCP) Advent: ICEL sacramentary chant, ed. Robert Batastini (GIA) Christmas: Mass of Creation, Marty Haugen (GIA) [...]

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