Hymn Options - A and B (EWTN Vespers)
I notice that the booklets for the EWTN Vespers (based on the Mundelein Psalter) have hymns with A and B options. (See p. 5 in the attached document or p. 5 of the January 16 option in the link...
View ArticleVespers - pitch relationships
I feel like I saw a discussion related to this topic previously on this forum, but I am having difficulty locating it.Should there be a consistent pitch chosen for all parts of Vespers?For example, if...
View ArticleSnow "Our Father" - chant notation
Would anyone happen to have the Snow version of the "Our Father" in chant notation?Or know where I might be able to find that?Thanks!Bri
View ArticlePsalms and Gloria Patri in Introit Antiphons
I am doing an assignment and need some insight on what to look for:1. How is a psalm assigned to an antiphon? i.e. if I am dealing with Signum Magnum Introit Antiphon from the Assumption of Our Lady,...
View ArticleChanting the Benedicamus Domino during the week days in the Divine Office
Hi everyone,I am singing the LOBVM and found out the following information regarding the Benedicamus Domino:- The Liber gives variations for lauds, 1. and 2. vespers for: feasts (class 1, 2,3), feasts...
View Articleplease help me with Marian hymns
I know that someone out there can help me. Where do I find a list of the proper Marian hymns to be sung seasonally at the end of Vespers...i.e. Salve Regina, Regina caeli(Easter) and so forth. Thanks,...
View ArticleMode 2 chant using Do clef?
What determines whether a chant in mode 2 is notated using a Fa clef or a Do clef? The Fa clef seems more common, but as I have flipped through hymnals I have noticed that the Do clef is not infrequent...
View ArticleAntiphon ‘In die resurrectionis meæ’
The Missale Romanum offers different antiphons to be sung during the sprinkling of holy water during the Easter Season. One of them is In die resurrectionis meæ. It is, other than you would expect, an...
View ArticleLitany of Ss. for Lent I
[Just to prove that I am not entirely against the N.O., and those things in it that are a true restoration of ancient practices, rather than the fantasies of the Apostolic Nuncio to Iran...]We are...
View ArticleTeaching Chant
Dear All,I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on the following concerns I have with our Nuns when they sing in Choir. We are 13 sisters and of the 13 we have 2 strong singers, 3 semi strong...
View ArticleShortening the Tract
Is it allowed for to cut verses from the tract from the Gradual and sing only 1 to 2 verses? This is for an OF vernacular mass. I am wondering if this could be a way to introduce the tract to a parish...
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Jesu decus angelicum
I pulled this version of Jesu decus angelicum off of youtube. I cannot see where it is in the usual Roman chant books. Is this perhaps unique to a particular rite or use? What mode is this?
View ArticleChant notation for this version of Caelestis aulae nuntius (I Vespers SS...
I'm looking for chant notation of this version of Caelestis aulae nuntius. I cannot find this in the "usual" books. Can anyone tell me if this tune may be borrowed from another hymn so that I can find...
View ArticleHelp finding this invitatory
Hello everyone,I am trying to locate online for easy printing in a way that I can edit without having to transcribe the entire thing- the invitatory in the Liber Hymnarius pg. 135 for the 22nd Chair of...
View ArticleThe Devil came Down to Canberra
I was quietly going over v1 of today’s offertory “Perfice” in preparation when my eye strayed down to V2 … and there it was. A tritone! The Devil’s Interval! The first I’ve ever encountered in the...
View ArticleTo Credo or not to Credo
Hello,I should know this, but I have forgotten... do we sing both Gloria and CREDO for Feast of the BVM the Queen on May 31, 2022, a Tuesday? I know we sing Gloria, but do we CREDO?Also, is T.P....
View ArticleAntiphonale Monasticum (Praglia) and Antiphonale Romanum I (Lauds): questions...
I have decided to typeset some of the chants of the preconciliar Liber Usualis and Antiphonale Romanum as needed for the Divine Office (mostly Vespers for now, and bit-by-bit, that is, by season or...
View ArticlePraglia AM: rhythmic signs
Apparently schema B of the Benedictine Liturgia Horarum is the most popular form, hence the need for a new antiphonale that doesn’t reflect that of Solesmes. But I find it curious that the book uses...
View ArticleLitanies pointed for the road
On our annual 3-day Christus Rex Pilgrimage from Ballarat to Bendigo (Australia) Cathedral in late October, the 6 Litanies chanted are staple fare for the itinerary. But as everyone knows who has tried...
View Articlepre-Gregorian sacred chant in Ireland?
Dom Saulnier, O.S.B.'s Gregorian Chant: A Guide pp. 3-4 lists the following types of pre-Gregorian chant:1. Beneventan (southern Italy)2. Roman (city of Rome and its environs)3. Milanese (northern...
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