What is Sacred Music?
The priests engage in conversation about the true nature of sacred music with two experienced Church Musicians: Stephen Stachofsky frequent cantor for the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne (and member of the Storytelling Breakdown podcast: storytellingbreakdown.com) and Richard Kochel, Music Director at Saint Jude Parish, Fort Wayne:
Other Resources:
Catholic Music through the Ages: Balancing the Needs of a Worshipping Church by Edward Schaefer
Musicam Sacram: http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Resources/Music/Musicam-Sacram.pdf
Sacrosanctum Concilium (with pertinent info in Ch. 6): https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html
Tra le Sollecitudini by Pope St. Pius X: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=7352
Sing to the Lord a New Song by Archbishop Alexander Sample: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=12056
Catholic Hymnody at the Service of the Church: An Aid for Evaluating Hymn Lyrics by the USCCB Committee on Doctrine: https://www.usccb.org/resources/Catholic%20Hymnody%20at%20the%20Service%20of%20the%20Church_0.pdf
General Instruction of the Roman Missal: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20030317_ordinamento-messale_en.html
Church Music Association of America: https://musicasacra.com/about-cmaa/faq/
Corpus Christi Watershed: https://www.ccwatershed.org