Compline according to new Ordo Cantus Officii
I would like to make adjustments to my booklet for Compline, so that it matches the new Ordo Cantus Officii (2015).However, they assigned antiphons to a couple of days that cannot be found in modern...
View ArticleNot online: Chant books (and others) missing from our resource websites
Given that old chant books are generally out of copyright, many of them are now available online.However, there are still plenty of books out there which are inaccessible except in hard-copy, and the...
View ArticleLiturgical Latin Pronunciation of "Ps"
I have always pronounced the ps of psalmum and psallite /s/ rather than /ps/. One of my schola members (a well-trained one, at that) says /ps/. I decided to double-check myself before correcting him,...
View ArticleLatin Future Tense in English
When grammatically reflecting on Ps. 51:17 Domine, lábia méa apéries., a question comes to my mind: Is the future tense in Latin more of a request than a statement of fact?In other words, is there a...
View ArticleLooking for Benedictus in Mode VIIIG
Does anyone happen to have a fully notated Benedictus in Mode VIII (termination G)?I'm looking to include it in a Divine Office booklet I'm putting together, for people who will need help following the...
View ArticleGR Alleluia in OF
For anyone out there who uses the Alleluias from the GR in the OF, or has seen them used, (even with psalm tone verse) how does it work? Seeing as how it's considerably longer than the triple simplex...
View Articlea recent article about the responsoria brevia tones and tunes
Does anyone recall reading a recent article about the responsoria brevia tones and tunes, as in a cataloging of the tones and tunes? I am doing a completely fresh build of my new iMac (not migrating...
View ArticleNew melismatic Mass alleluia?
Is there a collection (or at least 2-3 settings) of melismatic 'Mass Alleluia' (i.e. with a jubilus) that are somewhat easier than those found in the Graduale? The idea is to have something that the...
View ArticleSundays after Pentecost in the Paduensis Sacramentary
As I was reading "The Advent Project" by James McKinnon, I came across this:(p. 107)."The Paduensis was adapted from its Lateran original for presbyteral use at St. Peter's basilica sometime between...
View ArticlePsalm Tones and Propers
I wonder if anyone can help me. I am interested in finding out the history of using psalm tones to set the Propers. How long has that been done? I know of one such use in the 18th century in...
View ArticleCistercian chant books
Dear Friends,Probably some (many? most?) of you have seen by now that I have put some very fine rare Cistercian chant books up for sale at New Liturgical Movement:...
View ArticleI found more than I was looking for!
I may be coming late to the party but my copy of Alberto Turco's Gregorian Chant: Tones and Modes(translated by Stefano Concordia O.S.B.) just arrived. It is a treasure.Roma: Edizioni Torre D'Orfeo,...
View ArticleLatin pronunciation
in our very small parish, our very small choir is greatly in need of a second soprano (that is, an additional soprano to the only one we have). There is a lady here with a good voice, good range... who...
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Scribus and Gregorio (in a Windows environment), any automation gurus out there?
After lurking here for a time and going through the documentation on the gregorio github site, I've finally got everything running smoothly in Windows 10. I opted out of doing the full install of TeX...
View ArticleNew puzzle: pre-reformation chant for the Litany of the Saints?
I've been sent a copy of a page in a missal which apparently belonged to a priest. The text is easy enough to recognize: it's the litany of the saints. The tune, however, is not the one with which I am...
View ArticleResponsoria breves
I'm displaying considerable ignorance here, but hey. This forum is a wonderful source of illumination.Please could someone furnish me with a definition of a responsorium breve? I have come across odd...
View Articlegregorian chant (variations in performance)
Laudetur Jesus Christus! When people sing (and play organ) Gregorian chant they sometimes sound really different from each other. I mean, there are never two recodings of the same chant that sound...
View ArticleGoupil Gradual
Corpus Christi Watershed's nifty new Gradual looks splendid. I've been using Jeff O's annotated EF Introits and Communion antiphons for the last year or two with our children and adult schola because...
View ArticleA lovely translation of Jesu Dulcis Amor Meus?
Does anyone have a lovely English translation of this text? Or anyone having a boring Summer and feel like accurately, but beautifully, translating this into English? Jesu dulcis amor meus, ac si...
View ArticleWhat do you consider "proficient" in performance of chant?
When evaluating your own progress or that of a member of your ensemble, what factors and general benchmarks contribute to your practical consideration of "proficiency" in the performance of chant?Why I...
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