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Anything related to music used in Catholic worship is appropriate here, including schedules, worship planning, publishers, performers, history, and so on. But there are several more specific related categories that should be considered first, where appropriate. Chant--Gregorian chant or plainsong--has its own category. Several types of music have a more (catholic-not-Catholic) interest and thus their own categories: hymns, carols, classical music.

Subcategories

• Bands and Artists
• Hymnals

Resources in This Category

• CanticaNOVA Publications

  http://www.canticanova.com/
  Catholic music publishing firm that specializes in "traditional music for the contemporary Church." Online catalog, liturgical planning pages.

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Hymn

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07595a.htm
  [hymnology]

• 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.

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Music of the Mass

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10001a.htm
  [hymnology]

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Musical Instruments in Church Services

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10657a.htm
  Historical article.

• 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 Jukebox

  http://www.catholicjukebox.com/
  Artist links, listening samples, and Catholic media resources.

• 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)

• Kingsfold Music Productions

  http://www.kingsfold.com/
  Original liturgical music by Fergal King: MIDI samples (free for personal use); sales of sheet music.

• Music at Mass

  http://www.matthewhoffman.net/music/
  Study describing the types of music and instruments allowed and prohibited by the Church.

• National Association of Pastoral Musicians

  http://www.npm.org/
  Membership organization in the United States, dedicated to liturgical music. Several mailing lists, sponsors workshops for cantors and instrumentalists, holds conferences.

• 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.

• Theology Library: Music

  http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/music.htm
  Directory, with brief annotations, of sites relevant to music in the Catholic Church.

• Traditional Catholic Hymns and Liturgical Music

  http://midihymns.homestead.com/midiindex.html
  [120+ MIDI, lyrics] Arrangements by Donald A. Wyckoff.

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• Home > Society > Religion and Spirituality > Christianity > Music > Styles > Choral > Chant
• Home > Society > Religion and Spirituality > Christianity > Music > Hymns

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