Unexpected Grace
As I noted in a post a few months ago, some of our most graced moments as church musicians happen when least expected. This past Sunday was such a time. As is our custom on the first Sunday of each...
View ArticleConfirma hoc Deus Ant. and Ps. verse in the 1952 Rituale Romanum Editio Typica
Does anyone have a copy of the antiphon Confirma hoc, Deus and its psalm, for Confirmations administered by delegated priests, in the 1952 editio typica of the Rituale Romanum? I ask because in the...
View ArticleEnglish version of Missa de Angelis?
Hello new friends, I have written a new setting for the Mass, which is modern, but our Franscisan friars at the Shrine of St. Anthony would like a Chant Mass. One friar in particular usually sings his...
View ArticleSarum Chant Vespers
Hello everyone: I just wanted to let you know that I have recently published in 3 volumes the Sarum Office of Vespers in Latin. This is the first modern edition of the full vespers of any medieval Rite...
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 ArticleKyriale Triplex?
1. Do St Gall/Laon neumes exist for the ordinaries of the Mass?2. Where might I see and study them?3. I read once that the ordinaries listed in the Graduale are only a small part of a much larger...
View ArticleProper Office of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Does anyone have the proper office of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart? I am only able to find the proper Mass which is in the 1962 Roman Missal.
View ArticleArranging or Recomposing Gregorian Chant with this style
May I arranging or recomposing Gregorian Chant with this style, and sing it at the Mass?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5RPgCA5QRw&list=PLhFWL9vITMS8PeHO9j9mYAinPMFExRtYJI found this kind of...
View ArticleJubilate Deo Booklet
I was needing to download the Jubilate Deo booklet. I followed the link for the St. Cecelia Schola, but that link is no longer good. Does anyone know where I can find another resource for this?
View ArticleStans in Oratorio - chant?
The following antiphon (with versicle and collect) is said in honour of St Benedict, mindful of the promise made to St Gertrude the Great that whoever recalls that great saint's holy death will have...
View ArticleMaking an English "Les Heures Gregoriennes"
Hello all,I'm looking at compiling a Latin/English side by side version of Les Heures Gregoriennes, or something of that ilk (I may start with just Lauds and Vespers), and I have the possibility of a...
View ArticleCaeciliae v0.9.9 is out...
Caeciliae has been updated to version 0.9.9. It is available for download here.Updates include:The new Boldstaff variant which has thicker staff lines. Designed especially for those who photocopy...
View ArticleDe Notularum Cantus Figuris
I have not seen this posted here, so let me. I found a pretty good piece of free software for download which puts a lot of things together. It will not only compose in Gregorian square notation but...
View ArticlePointed Readings for Common of Doctors ('62)
Does anyone happen to have the Epistle and Gospel for the Common of Doctors (TLM) with music notation for clergy to sing? I'm trying to help a fellow music-director find these ASAP but haven't seen...
View ArticleChriste qui
I'm having trouble finding this hymn in the usual books (I do see a thread on Christe qui splendor), or indeed the Liber Vesperalis Mediolanensis. It is familiar to me from Lutheran sources as Christe...
View ArticleWord Painting in Gregorian Chant
I think many readers here will appreciate this article:https://onepeterfive.com/word-painting-gregorian-chant/
View ArticleLooking for a Responsory
Would someone with access to a copy of the Nocturnale be able to get me a copy of the chant reponsory "Quo progrederis sine filio, pater?", reponsory IV, for St. Lawrence?
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 ArticleCopyright Issues on this Antiphonal?
Does anyone know if this Antiphonal obeys all copyright laws?http://antiphonale83.inadiutorium.cz/pdf/psalterium.pdfTo my understanding, there are some pieces in there copied from copyrighted work...
View ArticlePeter Sandhofe antiphonal?
Hey everyone! Does anyone have the PDFs of the Peter Sandhofe antiphonal? I keep hearing about it, but can’t seem to find working links online anymore? Also, is anyone aware of the copyright status of...
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