Communion antiphon placement
I have a question about the Communion antiphon. I always believed it was during the distribution of Communion, as explained here:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communion_(chant)But after choosing music for this...
View ArticleProoemia
Does anyone have a translation of the prooemium of the Liber cantualis?*Is there a good resource for translations of the various liturgical books prefaces in Latin?*Typesetting: Should the question...
View ArticleAlleluja Confitemini - Help needed
Dear colleagues, our schola has to sing the Mass on the Friday after Ascension (Novus Ordo), found in Graduale Triplex (GT), p. 239. There is an Alleluja (Tone VIII) with the verse Confitemini Domino...
View ArticleVideo Series: Chant Accompaniment tips, tricks, & ideas
Greetings, fellow musicians! This is something I've thought about doing for a long time, and decided to dive in head-first yesterday. I've created a video with tips, tricks, & ideas for chant...
View ArticleThree cheers for GregoBase
Just wanted to make sure that all our newer forum readers knew about this incredible site:http://gregobase.selapa.net/scores.phpA wonderful resource that I use on a weekly basis! Many thanks to the...
View ArticleOffertory: Jubilate Deo -- simplified
This Sunday's Offertory is one of the most exuberant and virtuosic chants of the repertoire. And also a real challenge for a Schola still growing into its role. Perhaps next year our men will sing the...
View ArticleChant accompaniment - best practices
What are the best practices when it comes to accompanying chant on instruments?I've seen and heard some fairly hair-raising approaches. It seems the chief dangers are a) forcing chant into an...
View ArticleAve Maria Virgo Serena
Been searching and could not find any chant notation... do they make it for this piece? Thanks in advance!
View ArticleChant settings for Meal Prayers?
Is anyone aware of any chant settings for the meal prayers, e.g., "Benedic Domine nos et haec tua dona..."? We're hoping to inject some more chant into our domestic church. pax! Scott
View ArticleSt. Francis - Officium Passionis Domini - chant
Are there any Franciscans, third order Franciscans and/or experts on Franciscan spirituality on the forum?I would love to know if the Officium Passionis Domini by St. Francis of Assisi has/ever had any...
View ArticleGraduale parvum
I was just looking at the Graduale parvum, which is lovely work, and wondering if anyone is typesetting this in square notes. That would make it so much more accessible. Anyone know anything about that?
View ArticleSequences
Wikipedia states that the Dies irae was moved in 1970 to ad libitum use in the LotH the week before Advent. Is it still optional on All Souls' Day?GIRM states that all sequences other than at Easter...
View ArticleChant in Films
I just finished watching "Teresa de Jesus," the series of the life of St. Teresa of Avila made for Spanish television in the 1980s. There was a fair amount of chant. The Te Deum appeared several times,...
View ArticleSchola Bellarmina
Has anyone heard of these? A sample perhaps? It's the entire liturgical year, EF.
View ArticleI am new
Hello every body,I am new in this forum.I am french gregorien choirmaster. My english is very very poor so i invoke your patience for understanding me.I am a regular reader of MUSICA SACRA web site...
View Articlemy first retractatio (and by no means last)
This morning I received a private message through this forum, questioning my musical choice template for diaconate ordination, specifically the communio. The message prompted me to revisit all the...
View ArticleLitany of the Holy Name from Cant. Romano-Seraphicum: Origin?
Question:The Litany of the Holy Name given in the Cantuale Romano-Seraphicum (1951) has the following annotation:Melodia partim ex libris Solesmensibus, partim nova.So, if the melody for part of it...
View ArticlePropers for First Vows??
Hello!My sister is making her first vows as a religious sister on July 16, the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in the Ordinary Form. I am tasked with leading the choir, and need a bit of help.I...
View ArticleEnglish Version of Henri du Mont's Mass in the Sixth Mode
This is an English version I put together of du Mont's Messe de 6me Ton if any one would like it.Unfortunatey it's in modern (stemless) notation. If anyone would like to type-set this in neums they'd...
View ArticleStock Gradual Melisma Terminations
Do there happen to be formulaic melismatic phrases tacked onto the end of Gradual verses to bring them back to the root, and which are normally omitted from medieval Graduales? I'm trying to transcribe...
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