A Blessing in Disguise, Sacred Music, Fall 2010
Amy Danielle Waddle's excellent article in the current Fall 2010 issue of Sacred Music on the history of Gregorian Chant was very informative, but I was a little concern with individualist talk of the...
View Articleresponsory »Media Vita« – Solesmes Version
I am an organist and are planning to play the Symphony on »Media vita« by Joseph Ermend Bonnal (1880-1944). As this responsory is no more so well known as it was at the time of the composer, I would...
View ArticlePange Lingua chant (minus Tantum) for cut-and-paste?
Friends, I'm sure some more googling could have turned something up, but . . . I'm curious if any of you have the following handy:--Pange Lingua chant--modern notation--2 flats (so, D phrygian)--First...
View ArticleSecond Chant Workshop in Fresno CA, brief report
This last Saturday, March 22, CMAA member Greg Plese was the clinician for the second "How-to" workshop for folks in the Fresno Diocese interested in restoring chant as normative practice in our...
View ArticleGregorian Antiphon of Magnificat, Vespers for the Solemnity of the Annunciation
Our Schola will be chanting Vespers II for the Solemnity of the Annunciation. I was unable to find a practice recording of the Antiphon of the Magnificat online, so I made one for our group. I decided...
View ArticleINDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE of COPYRIGHT VIOLATION
Matthewj, who has allegedly invented RECTO TONO PROPERS, almost certainly stole the entire idea from the British Broadcasting Company.For those unfamiliar with the artistry of Twenty Twelve, it must be...
View ArticleSOmething the liturgy teacher said
At our diocesan music school, the liturgy teacher (who happens to be a priest) said that there is no one writes gregorian chant anymore because it is a style that is foreign to us, that there are no...
View ArticleInconsistencies in Psalm Punctuation.
This may seem a trivial thing, but:As part of the typesetting I do, I of course proofread my work against my source. However, when it comes to the psalms, I have noticed that different sources will...
View ArticleGregorio: how to get selective color?
This discussion was created from comments split from: Instant chant engraving with Gregorio.
View ArticleTenebrae Chant books update
In case anyone has been vainly trying to find where my Tenebrae chant books (for Holy Thurs and Holy Sat only), they're downloadable from my web page at the top. I made some minor amendments to them...
View ArticlePopule meus - Bragan rite version
I've attached pictures I took of the Bragan rite Popule meus I found in the missal, for those curious about such matters. If you notice in the first image, you'll see that the Flectamus genua and...
View ArticleDemonstration videos on interpreting chant?
I often recommend two sets of demonstration videos on chant, one by Fr. Funk from the Chicago Benedictines, the other by Giovanni Vianini in Milan, though, obviously, it helps if you know Italian with...
View ArticleCompline Hymn for the Holy Week
context: OF Divine Office, official Latin songbooksIn the Liber hymnarius (Solesmes 1983) I cannot find the proper Completory hymn for the Holy Week. The hymns on page 51 (for Lent) are explicitly...
View ArticleAntiphonale Romanum for the EF: Does anyone still publish it?
Hi!I've been looking for an Anitphonale Romanum for a group of people, so they can sing the office when they are together easily. (Lauds, Vespers, Compline normally)However, when I look around the web,...
View ArticleCompline hymn tone for Immaculate Conception 1962 Liber Usualis
Very off topic, but hoping someone has a quick answer.My 1962 Liber Usualis with English rubrics tells me that the hymn Tone for Advent is used..."even on Feasts. But on the Feast of the Immaculate...
View ArticleAlternating at the mediant cadence?
I know much about chant, but this is one thing that has always puzzled me and I have never found an answer; does anyone have any insight into this: Why do some people when chanting/reciting the psalms...
View ArticleSpecial tone for Easter Gospel?
Hi there folks, Has anyone ever heard of a special tone for the Easter Sunday Gospel in the extraordinary use? If so, where can the music be found? Thanks! In Christo per Mariam, Chris.
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Chrism Mass (OF): new compositions for Introit
Browsing through the booklets for the celebration of Chrism Mass at the Vatican, I noticed that the last couple of years several different compositions have been used at the Introit.Prior to 2011, the...
View ArticleHelp with vespers
I know this topic has come up before, and I have read those discussions, and I am not particularly enlightened, so Hoping someone might be able to give me some brief and precise pointers.The task at...
View ArticleLectiones III et IV Vigiliae Paschalis melismatim decantandae
This is very late but I will post anyway.The lessons for the Paschal Vigil in the EF, when chanted by cantors, were traditionally chanted "juniores ante seniores." The most experienced cantor,...
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