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...
View ArticleHelp 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...
View Articlematching 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...
View ArticleGregorian 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.
View ArticleLitany 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.,...
View ArticleGreg 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,...
View ArticleBenedictus 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...
View ArticleResponsoria 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...
View ArticleResurgence 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
View ArticlePraying 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,...
View ArticleDivine 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...
View ArticleLooking 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...
View Article1962 Confirmation Rite Chants
Has anyone notated (or have directions for the correct tones) for all parts of the Confirmation Rite in the 1962 Rituale?
View Articlebrass 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...
View ArticleGeneral 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...
View ArticleMonastic 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...
View ArticleMass 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...
View ArticleRequest 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....
View ArticleSeeking 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...
View ArticlePraying 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...
View ArticleHymnal 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...
View ArticleICEL 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...
View ArticleNOH 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...
View ArticleSolfege 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,...
View ArticleOrchestra 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....
View ArticleTenebrae 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...
View Article"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?
View ArticleChant 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....
View ArticleRendering 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...
View ArticleRequesting 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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