Elaborate Verses used with the Offertory
Hello all,I have recently been finding a number of offertory chants sung with elaborate psalm verses (see linked example below). Since modern graduals do not include any verses to go along with the...
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Hello all, I have been thinking of a possibility the will enable the usage of a gradual chant within the context of a responsorial psalm. This idea involves composing a simple antiphon in the mode of...
View ArticleTenebrae - tradition to stand
Our Parish has been singing Tenebrae for the last four years. For the section of Good Friday we remain standing for the entire 2 1/2 hours. Does anybody know where this tradition comes...
View ArticleModes
I have a little sheet of paper from the CMAA event in Houston that defines each of the modes: range, final, dominant...But I'm wondering if there is a resource/document (free and online, or otherwise)...
View Article'Uxor tua' Gradual, rendering into English
When I am singing a TLM wedding, or a New Rite wedding with the Proper from the Graduale Romanum, I am not singing in Hebrew. Nor am I singing the Lectionary text of Psalm 127/8.In consequence,...
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 ArticleLooking for this gregorian Alleluia
I am trying to find this AlleluiaAlleluia: Recordare, Virgo Mater Dei- not to be confused with the offertory.The source is Abba Silos 5th Edition Misal Diario y Vesperal, Compendium Musicae Sacrae...
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 ArticleWhy does the Sixth Tone (Plainsong Psalmody) have no alternate terminations?
All the other eight tones have varieties of terminations. Does anyone know why Tone VI doesn't?
View ArticleCan anyone tell me anything about this 'Alleluia'
What mass it comes from? What style of Gregorian Chant (rhythmic, etc.) it is being sung in, etc?Thanks!https://open.spotify.com/track/7lpAxsJzeBafqnMJVM4AmZ?si=fea7e8a21afa4308
View ArticleSide-to-side examples of rhythmic and non-rhythmic gregorian chant?
I am wondering if there is a youtube video, or a pair of links, by which I could learn *by hearing it* how the different schools of Gregorian Chant sound? Mensuralism, etc.Can anyone help me?
View ArticleMozarabic Chant
Jeff Tucker suggested I pose this question on this forum (though I'm not sure if it's the proper category, apologies if so). I've been working to translate the Mozarabic Rite mass to English (see the...
View ArticleAbbreviated plainchant incipits
I am currently editing the psalm settings for Compline that Giovanni Rovetta published in 1662. They are scored for two four-part choirs (broadly SATB soli, ATTB tutti with the whole ensemble probably...
View ArticleThe Office Music of Saint Gengulphus
Noted earlier but now (after long Covid delay) up and running. Saint Gengulphus was a Burgundian knight of Varennes-sur-Amance in the present département of Haut Marne in the Grand Est region of...
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U.S. Missal "Vidi aquam"
Can someone with access to an altar missal confirm that this is indeed what is printed for the renewal of baptismal promises [the red dots are my emphasis]? Are we to assume that it was transcribed by...
View ArticleGregorian Requiem Kyrie
Would anyone know what the manuscript source is for the Kyrie used at Requiem Masses in the Pre-Vatican II Solesmes chant books?
View ArticleFree Materials for Introductory Gregorian Chant Workshop
For your free use, I am making available for download the materials I use to teach an introductory workshop on Gregorian chant. There is a full presentation that goes along with a guidebook/handout....
View ArticleLaon 239 re-interpreted
I have interpreted some selections from Laon 239 and transcribed them into modern notation. I feel these accurately represent the original rhythm of Carolingian chant (yes, a very bold claim indeed!)...
View ArticleLaus In Ecclesia Volume 2 now available in English
From Clear Creek Abbey:https://clearcreekmonks.org/gift-shop/laus-in-ecclesia-vol-2/I tell anyone who asks that Volume 1 is the best introduction to chant published. I have been awaiting this second...
View ArticleMusic Writing App for Tablet Running Windows
I transcribe Gregorian chants (e.g., antiphons and responsories) from square to modern notation for my church organist from time to time to facilitate his improvised accompaniment of the pieces for our...
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