Chaplet of the Divine Mercy sung in Gregorian Chant
I know some are wary about the Divine Mercy devotion, but I am posting my chant version of the devotion anyway. So, here it is. Download away if you find it useful.
View ArticlePsalm Tone Changes
Can anyone recommend books or articles on how the use of psalm tones has changed over the years?For example: what happened to psalm tone ending 8a? The 1934 Antiphonale Monasticum gave 4 endings for...
View ArticleLitaniae Sanctorum : Reaching Back Into Tradition : Garnering the Power and...
As some of you may know, I recently put together a booklet (see thread 'Cantus In Angustiis') which I made available to everyone here to ENCOURAGE the daily chanting of prayers that are significant to...
View ArticleFirst and Second Vespers
Could someone kindly clarify for this old, retired organist/choir director/conductor the differences, liturgically and in rubrics, between first and second vespers? Thank you.
View ArticleOF chanted Vespers online
Dear forum members,Some of you may be interested in the results of the Zoom Vespers a friend and I have been undertaking, which I mentioned in two earlier threads. I owe a big thanks to @smvanroode for...
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Instant chant engraving with Gregorio
Hi, folks--Occasionally on the forum I mention the chant engraving software Gregorio. It makes cool-looking output like this:But setting the software up is a big technical job. (I'll skip the details:...
View ArticleMusic Engraving Bezier Curve Comparison : Sibelius / NOH / Brietkopf
I am setting some GC and decided to do a comparison for best practices in notation since I am refining my hybrid notation method. This method uses chant notation for the top staff and then modern...
View ArticleIt is only in my imagination? Chant Video Game?
Or is there a video game that permits you to play notes on a keyboard to have them displayed on a chant staff?Helping make the connection in the brain, sort of like playing a piano reduction under a...
View ArticleConverting Grégoire (.grg) file format to GABC
Does anyone know anything about the .grg file format that the Grégoire notation software uses? I have a couple of professional contacts who have created thousands of these files over the years, and it...
View ArticleSeeking notation for Kyrie from Ensemble Organum video
This discussion was created from comments split from: Old Roman Chant.
View ArticleHelp Needed Finding the Music to a Latin Hymn
I am trying to find the chant notation for the hymn “Aeterna Christi munera”, which is not found in the Liber Usualis. It is sung for, amongst other things, the octave of the feast day of Sts. Peter...
View ArticleDei matris cantibus
Looking for information on the beautiful hymn, Dei Matris Cantibus, in Cantus Selecti. It's history? An English translation?
View ArticlePBC Christus Vincit - source?
I would like to know what source was used for Christus Vincit as given in the Parish Book of Chant. I've seen a number of variations. I do love great hymn given in the PBC. Source??
View ArticleChristus Vincit, Worcester
Can anyone point me to an online score for this setting? I have a pdf of the Solesmes facsimile of the Worcester Antiphoner, courtesy of Gallica. So I could construct it in gabc, but I have neither the...
View ArticleSeeking an early Anglican church version of the Requiem Mass Gregorian Chant...
Surely it must have existed.Early chant, the Gregorian melodies, but with English text.
View ArticleGregorio Web App with GUI - "Illuminare Score Editor"
Over the past several months, Benjamin Bloomfield and I have developed a web application for the processing of Gregorio GABC. We have now made available a public facing installation of this app for...
View ArticleRequiem Introit Additional Psalm Verses
Praised be Jesus Christ! This is my first post. I was blessed to be able to attend the Sacred Music Colloquim in 2010 and 2011 in Pittsburgh and am currently involved in a EF Schola that supports a...
View ArticleRev. Sam Weber's Psalms & Alleluias
Forgive me for asking, but I'm having trouble finding Fr. Sam Weber's Responsorial Psalms & Alleluias for Sundays. Thank you!
View ArticleNeed a translation: Kyrie XVII
I am looking for an English translation of the Trope for Kyrie XVII: Kyrie, salve, semperque. My Latin, sadly, is rusty, and my German is not enough, if anyone here can translate from either for me, it...
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