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Which Gregorian Credo is the best?

i've been mulling over which Credo setting might be introduced to our OF congregation, and Credo III seems the obvious choice, given an englished version in the altar missal. But I seem to recall there...

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Help helping another religious community

A poor clare nun has written our monastery asking for help with her organ accompaniment. She can do it fine but wants to understand the theory behind it better. Basically she sight reads without...

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matching antiphon setting to psalm tone

Hello, I have a question about how to match a musical setting for an antiphon to a particular Gregorian psalm tone. It seems to me I read how to do this in a book available on one of the online free...

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Gregorian chant with solfege

Please where can I find a free book (pdf) with Gregorian chant hymns with solfège alongside the Neumes. Something similar to those found on Ccwatershed.

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Litany of the Saints for the Dying

There are a number of online resources suggesting the praying of the Litany of the Saints for those who are near death, with the usual "pray for us" responses replaced with "pray for him/her" (i.e.,...

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Greg Compiler Convert 2 Midi Issue (Gregorio; TeX; GABC; Chant; Audio; Scores)

+JMJ+[SOLVED]-----------------------[Edit 2025-01-06]Although I was able to compile a midi file for the originally problematic score fragment by removing all square brackets, "[ ]", and their contents,...

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Benedictus Antiphons from the Antiphonale Romanum (2020), Volume 1

May someone scan for me two Benedictus Antiphons from the Antiphonale Romanum (2020), Volume 1, for In Baptismati Domino and for Anno C—Dominica III?My copy is on backorder.I am about to teach my chant...

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Responsoria in history

In Marcel Zijlstra’s article from Tijdschrift voor Gregoriaans (original in Dutch, brought in English by Google translate) you may read how our heroes of chant were able to chant any text as a versicle...

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Resurgence of Mass in Africa

A resurgence in chant Mass in Africahttps://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/7590-mass-restoration-michael-matt-interviewed-by-african-traditionalist

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Praying with Gregorian Chant, Part II: Sung Speech

Hello, all! I just published a second article in a series about Gregorian chant, which is ultimately leading up to the practice of Musical Lectio Divina.Topics in this article include:+Cantillation,...

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Divine Mercy Chaplet in modern notation

Hi everyone! I've been asked by some people in my parish if I could find some more traditional setting of sung Divine Mercy Chaplet. I've found sheet music for a setting that I really like on this...

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Looking for Missa De Angelis Tropes

According to the article from the Caecilia which gives the history of the Missa De Angelis (VIII), there exist tropes for the Kyrie. After explaining that the name of the Mass is not based on any...

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1962 Confirmation Rite Chants

Has anyone notated (or have directions for the correct tones) for all parts of the Confirmation Rite in the 1962 Rituale?

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brass parts for Missal chant/ ICEL Mass Setting

Hello, I'm looking for brass quintet parts for the missal chant or Icel mass setting. Is there anything like that out there, or has anyone written anything similar? It's for the easter vigil mass. We...

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General voice technique on gregorian chant

Greetings,I usually listen to and prefer recordings of Gregorian chant by Benedictine monks, especially the French ones (Fontgombault, Solesmes, Triors, etc.), but also others like São Domingo de Silos...

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Monastic Compline - fully notated psalm settings

We are trying to establish weekly recitation of Monastic Compline at my parish, however the booklet that we have obtained from another parish only has pointed psalms.This will make it difficult to...

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Mass of Monastic Profession

On Saturday morning (March 15, 2025), one of the monks at Saint Benedict Abbey in Still River, MA, professed his solemn vows, and for the occasion, a Mass was offered with the Rite of Profession (which...

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Request for informed opinion on chant short-hand: VERY TECHNICAL

I've been looking at a chant of Duo Seraphim, from Cantus Selecti. Independent of whether one likes the book...... there's one place where I think there is chant short-hand, but I'm not perfectly sure....

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Seeking chants for York Plays performance -- niche question

Asking for a friend...The York Plays were a series of traveling plays that were performed between the 1300s to the late 1500s in England and ended when the Protestant Reformation finally found its way...

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Praying with Gregorian Chant, Part III: a Liturgical gaze

I don't recall if I've shared these posts here yet, and now there is a new installment in the series. This is all leading up to giving people the tools to take on a comprehensive Musical Lectio Divina...

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Hymnal at Gregorio

My first Gregorio project would be an Hymnal. I dont like much the way that hymns are written in gabc, I think it's more clear when each stanza is separate. In order to make something like that, what...

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ICEL versus USCCB translation of Easter Sequence Victimae Paschali Laudes

https://archive.ccwatershed.org/media/pdfs/23/06/19/00-17-20_0.pdf shows a newish translation of Victimae Paschali Laudes approved for liturgical use by USCCB. Cf. CCW - Jeff Ostrowski - Easter...

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NOH Mass XVII : Digital Edition for Ipad : by FK

HiI always condense my scores for reading from my ipad... not even the pro, so this works on the less expensive mods. This appoach is by zooming the music to fit edge to edge on the screen and...

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Solfege with Transposed Chants

For those of you who practice on solfege, do you find it preferable to use syllables corresponding to the mode or what's actually printed? For example, with the mode II gradual from last Sunday,...

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Orchestra and chant?

Is anyone aware of an orchestral accompaniment for Missa de angelis? The only one I can find is the one by Domenico Bartolucci, but it seems to be out of stock everywhere. Ex....

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Tenebrae Lessons : Does anyone have pdfs?

I am interested to see what you might have for the lessons of each day, and in particular which tones are employed. I have a set and I am suspecting the DO clef may be wrongly placed in some of the...

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"solemnior" version of Jeremiah's Lamentations for Holy Week triduum?

I heard what I'd call a "solemnior" version of Jeremiah's Lamentations for Holy Week triduum (more solemn than the Liber Usualis's). Does a scanned version of the score exist somewhere?

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Chant and St. Angela Mass

I'm looking for two things. I would love to have a copy of the Credo for the Mass in honor of Saint Angela by Rene Becker and if anyone has a utube for any parts of this Mass, I would love to hear it....

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Rendering gabc in LilyPond

I was reading this comment and saw that it was right: there is indeed a vast amount of chant transcribed in Gregorio's gabc format and no music typesetting software serious about supporting chant...

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Requesting advice on chanting Liturgia Horarum daily

Greetings from Santiago de Chile,I've been reading this forum for over a year, and I'm a member of the CMAA, but this is my first post and topic. I would like to thank, in the first place, to all the...

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