
Sacred Music
Journal
Sacred Music is the official journal of the Church Music Association of America, and the oldest continuously published journal of music in North America. It is the essential resource for every Church musician, professional or amateur, who is interested in the restoration of the sacred in Catholic liturgical life.
Sacred Music is a continuation of Caecilia (archives here), published by the Society of St. Caecilia since 1874, and The Catholic Choirmaster, published by the Society of St. Gregory of America since 1915. It is published quarterly by CMAA.
You can receive Sacred Music by becoming a member of the CMAA. Who should join? Everyone interested in the cause of beautiful liturgy, including composers, organists, choir directors, cantors, and enthusiastic amateurs.
The Sacred Music Journal is an essential component for your parish music program.
“The greatest need of liturgy today is the restoration
of the sense of the sacred.”
Dr. William Mahrt, CMAA President and Editor of Sacred Music
Sacred Music contains the best analysis on topics important to Catholic musicians:
- The method and theory of chant, with commentary on its theological and musical significance
- The history and meaning of classics in the polyphonic repertoire
- Important Church documents on music
- Articles on starting scholas, and on dealing with the trials, tribulations, and triumphs in parish life
- Commentary on the current state of music in parishes
- Seasonal suggestions for music in liturgy
- What the masters of sacred music from all times can teach us today
- Reviews of new books, music, and recordings
- News and events in the sacred music community

Equip your parish with The Sacred Music Journal
Archives
The CMAA is pleased to offer the following full issues for download. If you have any of the missing issues of Caecilia or The Catholic Choirmaster dating as far back as the 19th century, please contact us.

Editorial: Learning Music (William Mahrt)
Article: Why the Liturgy Should Be Sung (William Mahrt)
Article: The Golden Years of an American Catholic Institution: an Annotated Chronicle of the Pius X School of Liturgical Music from 1946 to its Transformation as the Music Department of Manhattanville College 1969–1970: (Part II of III: 1953–1965) (Francis Brancaleone)
Commentary: Watching Your Words: Kindness and Honesty (Mary Ann Ballou)
Repertory: Weerbeke’s Anima Christi (Aaron James)
Last Word: The Debt of Worship (Kurt Poterack)
Volume 146.1
(Spring 2019)